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insight: to become "blue men" or in the Catholic Church: The hosts of St. Mary of birth and their guests from Latin America saw that their faith connects

With Latin America week, the parish of St. Mary birth beyond their own backyard and witnessed the visit of the Brazilian Bishop Alfredo Schaffler and the Honduran Kolping-Chairman Rufino Rodriguez, who works in his home as an honorary delegate of the Word of God, a piece of the world church.
exchanged at a retreat in local councils and from other active lay people from the Virgin birth and their guests from Brazil and Honduras, among other things, such as a municipality by volunteers living designed and so powerful and can be gaining appeal.

"For family reasons I have exposed some time. But by meeting with Rodriguez and Schaffler I got a strong impulse to get involved again more and to take my own responsibility for a successful community life," described as Liturgy of the Word leader Maria Elisabeth Kaufmann human value that they could personally benefit from the transatlantic retreat as it were.

your active as a lector and communion assistant Mrs Hannelore Leinen said after the meeting with the Latin Americans, especially impressed by the "what can there be anything done with less." Their conclusion: ". We are here in spite of all difficulties quite well off and one should perhaps somewhat more involved."
"We have in our communities, mass participation of lay people. Here as well, many lay people who are involved very committed. But there are a large group of dedicated employees. We know this is not correct. We are completely voluntary." Described Rodriguez perceived difference from him. He was particularly impressed by the openness of the local laity and their great interest in Latin America. "I believe that the church has a future in Germany," was the word delegate Honduras from his fellow Christians Mülheimer courage and said: "At meetings like ours, it's not only that we listen to each other, but also understands that God will bring with them."

Rev. Michael Janssen felt that Latin America Week "as retreats, serving the whole community well, because they show us, will be given the enthusiasm with which the word of God in Latin America and takes it out to us from our own blind spots and you clearly suddenly see what we have with us all at full-service and volunteer work. "

native of Austria takes bishop Schaffler from Mülheim Days "above all a sense of gratitude," and with the conviction that "the world is increasingly becoming a global village closer together where we have to learn from each other and live together as brothers and sisters can." It is not without resonance Schaffler had advertised in Mülheim to include support for its tank construction project. In his diocese in the north-east Brazil Parnaiba there is severe drought, as it does not rain for six months. The more important is that the people there collect rainwater in cisterns, thus exploiting the long term. "In this county there is a strong awareness of the world church. This is evident not only in the collections for Adveniat, but also through initiatives such as the Colombia aid ", said the longtime bishop and chairman of Adveniat, Franz Grave, which now collaborates as pastors in the Virgin birth. He thinks that" we have shown the guests from Latin America this week, what the soul of the church voluntary work, namely the inner enthusiasm for the faith and the Word of God. "

This text was published on 16 December 2010 at the Ruhr word