European Meeting of the ICCPPC, 8-9 May 2023 in Würzburg, Germany
From 8-9 May 2023, a meeting of Catholic prison chaplains from Europe took place in Würzburg. This meeting was organised by Doris Schäfer, the European representative of the ICCPPC (International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care), a worldwide association of Catholic prison chaplains. It took place in the rooms and with logistical support of the Community of Sant'Egidio in Würzburg. The meeting was also financially supported by the Katholische Gefängnisseelsorge in Deutschland e.V. (Catholic Prison Chaplaincy in Germany) and by Renovabis, which paid part of ...
O brother, were art thou?
Dr. Jonathan Werner held a lecture at the Restorative Justice Congress in Puerto Rico (february 2020).
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Newsletter Europe 5
Dear colleagues, At the start of 2020 I send you warm greetings. I hope Christmas was a feast of warm welcome to all you care about, and that 2020 may bring you and your loved ones peace and joy! Here some news from several meetings and what to expect in 2020, completed with some interesting attachments.
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Newsletter Europe 4
Dear colleagues,
Many of us will be in holiday mood. Despite of this a short update is useful to avoid further delays.
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Newsletter Europe 3
Dear colleagues, I hope you are doing well in private and in your prison chaplaincy! In this Newsletter you will find a summary of the meeting in Prague in April 2019 (with many thanks to our Austrian colleague Jonathan Werner), and news about the next meeting, next to human resource news.
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Newsletter Europe 2
Dear colleagues, First of all to everybody a happy and blessed 2019, hoping and praying that the Lord may bless your work and the people entrusted to your care!It has been a long time since the last Newsletter. I think a short review of 2018 and update is good to see where we stand, and how we can improve things.
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ICCPPC Report Europe 2017
Report of the representative
What has happened in Europe since the last congress?
Marc Helfer (France) was elected as the Europe representative in Cameroon, as agreed
at the last Congress Malachy Keegan/England followed him after two years in 2013.
In October 2014 I was elected as the Europe representative.
I travelled to various countries to get them into or to revive their participation in
ICCPPC, among others these are: Spain, Italy, France, Luxemburg, Sweden, Belgium.
Furthermore I contacted most of the European Bishop’s conferences to get connected,
howe...
Austria: Volunteers Receive Price
Austrian prison chaplaincy volunteers received the human rights price 2015. They were awarded for the fact that by their work they give expression to a realization of social human rights.
