Annual preview 2025: Important dates of the Catholic Church in Austria!

Annual preview 2025: Important dates of the Catholic Church in Austria!

Wien, Stephansplatz 6, 1010 Wien, Österreich - Vienna, December 27, 2024 - The Catholic Church in Austria is preparing for a varied year of event 2025. An updated year -old preview was published by the KathPress news agency. The highlights include the "Hans Ströbitzer Prize", which will be awarded on May 19 by the press club of the Diocese of St. Pölten, and the "Festival of Earth" on October 4 in Linz. In addition, an ecumenical celebration will take place on December 6th to send the ORF peace light in Linz, which attracts international scout delegations.

Special initiatives will also start in 2025, such as the star singing campaign of the Epiphany of the Catholic Young Scar, which is carried out between December 27 and January 6th. At important church holidays, services are held in the Austrian Bischofskirchen. Especially at the beginning of the year, on January 1st, the church's world day of peace is on the program, followed by a New Year's service with Pope Francis in the Vatican. According to Wikipedia , the Roman-Catholic Church in Germany is broken down, which also influences the events organized there. The structure was reorganized in the course of the German reunification, which has an impact on everyday church life.

The dioceses in Germany are distributed to church provinces, with most of the historical roots, including old, large dioceses such as Cologne and Munich. A significant upheaval took place in 1990 when the church landscape was comprehensively restructured in the course of reunification. The challenges of the low visits to worship and the increasing church exit also affect the dioceses in Austria, who are increasingly looking for solutions to secure their financial stability. The past few years have shown that many churches and rectory are no longer sufficiently utilized, which leads to checking their own real estate stocks, it is actively searched for investors to reduce them. This plays an important role in planning future events and the design of church work.