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Excellent junior or: Why the high school center not only young people for outstanding performance honors

Yes, yes, the youth of today. The Can! Of this one could be convinced on Tuesday evening at the high school downtown. In the auditorium, which would redound to the glory of each town Theatre, 72 students had their big show. There were young people, distinguished by their school officially because they were in very different ways made special something ahs spectrum extends with certificates and small presents from the good book to football ticket for one match of the U-17 Junior excellent performances from the extremely high grades of the year's best about the social commitment of the school orderly and break helpers met up with the politically active youth city councils and Schülersprechern.Man that evening students who have proven themselves as arbiters, as shown have in reading competitions and Mathematics Olympiads, what they are made or to be at football and badminton tournaments not only successful but also as a fair sport guns proved haben.Tut to students actually a favor if they are as role models for the school community under the spotlight?

this dignity can not be a burden. The sophomore Randi buyer and Maik Stein, lead this evening not only by the musically delightful program and are later awarded for her commitment as a student speaker to see it differently: "That's a great reward and an incentive to keep going," see sie.Auch freshman Elias air, which is awarded with a stunning grade point average of 1.4 as a best of year feels this award as a "pleasant and motivating." for the its use as a break helper excellent freshman Marvin Steffen said: ". Such a thing should be in every school, because promoting the honor dedicated student integration and cohesion in the school community" Apart from the fact that his now well-documented use as a break workers with job applications well, then he does his volunteer work and fun, because he at the interface between school recreation and education ". can convey my experience younger students," Deputy Headmistress Susan Dieker (photo) provides the established three years ago, the official ceremony to honor outstanding achievements as an expression of "Success and culture of support."

And head teachers Gebhard Lürig emphasizes. "We make it clear by this honor, that we perceive commitment and achievements beyond the grades and recognize" recognized and honored were that night in high school downtown and not only student performance. Excellent as were also the years of professional consultants Reinhard Nastaly of the employment agency that helped in the past 30 years, about 6,000 students in career choices, which are also long-standing and committed in different fields Gabriele Kexel and about their retirement, in the day care dedicated concierge Ursula Oesterwind.

This text was published on 24 February 2011 in the NRZ

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look back 100 years ago was the first castle bridge inaugurated

Who Broich between downtown and wants to change the clock or, walks or drives over the castle bridge. She did recently with talk of the restoration needs. The city wants to replace the seal and the roadway of the bridge, but does in its preliminary financial guidance for the first time ahead of the Bezirksregierung.Die Castle Bridge, as we know it today, was released in September 1960 for transport. But it is not the first castle bridge. The

was on 24 February 1911 put into operation. The first Castle Bridge was the successor to the Chain Bridge opened in 1844. Today you can imagine it does not, that before 1844 could only come by ferry from one to the other Mülheim Ruhr banks, if not exactly flood the same path over the river versperrte.Durch the Chain Bridge came Mülheimer left and right of the Ruhr faster first time to one another. On foot you could cross it for free. Wagons had to pay a bridge toll. But in 1874 showed the capacity limits of the Chain Bridge, then had to be reinforced to carry the increasing traffic load to können.Doch 1909 was nothing more than the mere 7.53 meters wide from the Mülheim dearly beloved Chain Bridge. It was adopted by the citizens on the day before they were demolished in October 1909 celebrated with a torchlight procession.

bridge demolition and reconstruction were not without controversy. The then Lord Mayor Paul Lembke had to let the accusations of having destroyed with the demolition of the bridge is a chain Mülheimer gem and landmarks. Discussed but not implemented, plans, between the Chain Bridge and Styrum Speldorf wiederaufzubauen.Die solid clinker and Ruhr sandstone built successor to the Chain Bridge was the city cost around 500 000 DM. The building was 164 feet long and 14 meters wide expansion of the firm green and Bilfinger. The bridge construction specialists from Mannheim had prevailed in 1907 in a competition announced by the city against 20 competitors. During the two-year construction phase could cross the Ruhr Mülheim only a temporary wooden bridge.

The opening of the first lock bridge means a tremendous mobility progress. For the first time the central Ruhr bridge not only for pedestrians and carriages, but also on the tram and to cross roads more often than Mülheims moving automobiles. The installation of an electrical bridge lighting was now möglich.Ständchen to EröffnungBei the opening of the first lock bridge, which was celebrated with gun salutes and the traditional song of the male choir mirth, gave Mayor Paul Lembke expressed the hope that this 24th February 1911, "a happy step forward for the development of the city mean" may. His Baudezernent Carl Linnaeus man had in his speech pointed out that had come in the construction no one was hurt and noted in this context: "This fact may strengthen our resolve in the hope that henceforth should manage a good star of this structure. May it all the hopes which the citizens put on the new Transportation has plentiful and still meet the most distant generations a monument such citizenship and technical skills are. "

ruled fact about the bridge, to march on in the coming decades, German, French, American and British soldiers on 11 April 1945 lucky star. Because the only bridge Ruhr she survived the war intact because of the Corporal Rudolf tax does not command its demolition executed. Irony of history: 15 years later, they should then be blown up, officially, in order for the new, now 24.50 meters wide and so much more just auto lock bridge to make room.

This article was published on 24 February 2011 in the NRZ

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Fromm and cheerful a feather flock together, as the Foolish hard mass in St. Mary Rosary shows

For God's sake, you might think of some carnival muffle when he hears that the carnival move now even in the church. But the fact that the foolish Festmesse Styrum the church filled St. Mary Rosary on Sunday to the last place (which is otherwise experienced only Easter and Christmas), speaks for the attraction of the symbiosis between Fromm and Fröhlich.Beides are two sides of the same coin. Of these, the pastor of St. Mary Rosenkranz, Norbert Dudek is convinced.

No wonder. The man of God was before Born 42 years in the carnival town. Therefore, it fell to him on Sunday, not too hard to keep a sermon in the best Büttenredner style in which he said among other things. "The good faith has humor about himself and his things when does a rogue out then, let the champagne crashing. I know of gay Muslims and gay communists. But often there's the carnival in the pack Merry Christians. " And left the pastor with the Karnevalsgen not only in the rhyming sermon, but lay with his guitar and serenaded a carnival goes one better.

O-Ton: "I'd like to read in the life of Prince Carnival and throw candy for you and the people." Those who are called in Mülheim already prince and princess, Hans & Saskia & Yann, and would lead contained in the silly high mass, however, the Kamellewerfens. Finally, we have not even Rose Monday. Instead, they took as the hosts for the offertory and placed on the intercessions their desire for greater joy, and the fifth not only in the season, expressed and taken to heart, of course, what Pastor Dudek gave to them and the other foolish-minded Christians on their way was: "You clowns, laughs loudly and joyfully about others and yourselves look that the royal couple are well behaved and not saut as the calves.." Amazingly good harmonize the organ of St. Mary Rosary with the drums and trumpets, the white of the musicians of the carnival societies blue, Houltköpp and die were voiced. Since hit "Praise and bless the Lord" on how self-evident: "If the Trömmelchen goes, we stand ready all." But that's not listening, and the look was worth it in the carnival festival mass in which the MükaGe-trapeze artists Noel Gaetke for the Eucharist in the sanctuary showed that professional Tanzgardistin is also home to a small space a big show.

There were in the aisle full of fools as well as before applause for Dudek's sermon and Singing. Last but not the feast mass Mülheims Chefkarnevalist Heiner Jansen was in his words of thanks to the result. "The community of St. Mary Rosary is lucky to have such active and innovative Pastor To thank them for the spiritual hospitality he made the offer, some to have community members in the Carnival ride, not without the same assurance: "The cars are built safe and stable. Because no one needs to fear. "

On Saturday, March 5, there is at 19.11 clock in Styrum Union Hall at the New Town road under the motto" nonsense in the angel ring "a foolish lookup.

This article was published on 17 February 2011 in NRZ and WAZ

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If the tube guard and provide their friends Engelbertusstift for the fun of it, the reunion has been doing for 40 years joy

you can have fun in the nursing home? You can. This proves the senior carnival on the tube Garde invited the silver-blue last Sunday in the Engelbertusstift. For 40 years, the silver-blue clowns provided at the Frankfurt City for the fun of it. Previously, the nursing home still run by nuns and priests of St. Engelbert Endlein Eric went into the tub. "Only once we had to suspend. That was during the Gulf War in 1991, "recalls the singer of the tube guard, Elli Schott.

The honorary chairman of the tube guard, Werner Heisenberg and his wife, Waltraud have 38 of the 40 carnival celebrations witnessed in Engelbertusstift: "Today, the elderly are much more active than before," says Heise. Thomas Strassmann from KG Blue White was able to confirm as a pop singer of the carnival feast day only: "People do not only know the old ones, but also the new pop songs and sing with everyone," he praised his audience. This was also visible in spite of many handicaps, the enjoyment of pleasure and sway not spoil. Only rarely do you see so many costumed revelers in a colorful room decorated like Sunday's could not and would also Engelbertusstift.Da device manager Lutz Sarzio a Blues Brother with dark sunglasses are not inferior. "Since Most residents leave the house only rarely able to participate in normal daily life, we want to bring with festivals like this as much normalcy as possible into the house, "he describes the human value of Carnival in Engelbertusstift.

The residents who could participate due to health reasons, no longer at the Mardi Gras event at the ground floor of the old people's home, got on the tube guard a colorful clown decorations, the handicrafts their friends from the Fliedner workshops for them as a small carnival greeting hatten.Außerdem attracted the musicians of the KG nozzle with a bang all through the house. "We were only concerned that perhaps might be too loud. But then we the residents and staff have said no, is quiet with a band. For the more life into the house, the better. "Says Ellie Schott.

This article was published on 24 February 2011 and in WAZ NRZ

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Why the local water utility RWW overlooking the Valentine's Day to save water advises

Many people wonder how they can save water. "This is not really necessary for us, because we are a blessed land with water," says the press officer of the RWW, Ulrich Schallwig. However, he finds that one idea should think about the saving of water when his sweetheart for Valentine's Day flowers schenkt.Er points out that about 80 million roses from water-poor developing countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Colombia and Ecuador are.

"In every bunch of roses for Valentine's Day," said Schallwig, "put nearly 120 liters of virtual water from regions with dramatic water shortages and a daily struggle for water. They are almost as much as for the consumption in the household are employed, namely 122 liter. "Schallwig even involve the consequence that he gives to his wife for Valentine's Day flowers, but prefer to eat with you're going. But the man from the RWW, it will spoil in no case with the florist for flowers and therefore does not advise abstinence, but for the purchase of regional and seasonal flowers, not for their manufacture and transport much so Water and energy must be expended, as of flowers from overseas.

Hans-Hermann Nagel, who sold his wife Angela on the weekly market at the Castle Street Flowers says. "We do not pull even our flowers, but refer them to the U.S. Currently, we sell a lot of seasonal flowers such as tulips, bulbs, anemones and freesias. But of course, the roses are in demand all year round. "Most of the flowers, nail selling he and his wife come anyway from the region, from the Lower Rhine and in Holland. However, he also roses from Ecuador in the range, and very strong. Hans-Hermann Nagel and his wife also offer roses from the so-called Fair trading on that from a customer perspective but have the disadvantage of a section of a € more expensive than conventionally produced overseas flowers.

Claudia Brück of Transfair estimates the market share of the roses in the Republic to about one-third and the proportion of flowers from fair trade and fair production to about 2.4 percent. In order to get roses and other flowers from overseas the-black-green turquoise-colored fair-trade mark, they must have been without child labor, fair wages, and produced in an environmentally friendly manner.

"customer must be favorable, especially flowers," says the Styrum florist Edith Friday. Her colleague, Heike Simons from city center asks its customers never asked, where are their flowers and the conditions under which they are made. Will still provide two flower traders on fair trade flowers. "I can calculate something different," says Friday, it is important to sell flowers made fair and includes the estimated 95 percent of their flowers from the region and the neighboring Netherlands.

Heike Simons Julia Roloff customer who bought yesterday at her a bouquet of purple tulips, admits that she previously did not know that our flowers not only from Germany and Holland, but some come from overseas to us. But even now, she preferred flowers of the season and region. Now begrudge they are tulips and a little later in the year then the peonies have their turn. And what about the flowers for Valentine's Day from prices ". This is, as always in the market demand determines the price," says Edith florist Friday and charged in the wholesale of Valentine's premium of about five cents per flower.

This text was published on 11 February 2011 in the NRZ

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Like a experienced Mülheimer with Egyptian roots of the Revolution on the Nile: A Conversation with Adel Saliman

see how and experience a Mülheimer with Egyptian roots of the revolution in the homeland of his father, which he himself knows well from personal experience. I talked about it for the NRZ with Adel Saliman.

Do you have the revolutionary Events in Egypt surprised? The
has surprised me in any case. That is a process that is not decided over night. The thought had to first set up times and people's fear to be overcome. It all started with the Tunisian student who burned himself and sacrificed it. When I saw that, I have indeed thought that the protests could also spill over to Egypt. But I have not anticipated that the protests were on such a scale.

Have you during your visits in Egypt and in conversations with relatives and friends living there, some of the discontent of the people and the repressive apparatus the Mubarak regime felt?
this apparatus of oppression, I myself have felt. This was a military regime. The suppression was there. Time and again people have been oppressed and massacred. It was torture. There was murder. There were families whose relatives had disappeared for weeks. Everywhere there are from city to city military checkpoints. I'm with friends once drove 500 kilometers from Sharm El-Sheikh to Suez and controls on the route five times been. They wanted to know: What are you doing? Where do you come from and where do you want? And why do you want to go there, where are you going? That was scary. This is a police state in any form, in which people not feel comfortable because they want to be free.

Were you even harassed by state security forces?
The problem I had not even because I do not like an Egyptian, but look like a foreigner. Therefore, they used to always left alone.

How could freely speak with people in Egypt?
With my family could not and I can talk about anything. Since I do not have to worry that something is divulged. But outside you had to have to be careful with his statements. There is a secret police, the President and do not work for you. All that being said wrong will be used against you. I mean we can talk about policy, but some topics so addressed, as should be done. It has for example not to say that the president is doing wrong. Among friends we have talked about it and everyone knew what it is, without express it concretely. Because the fear was great, tomorrow to be gone.

See the events in Egypt different from the German television viewers and newspaper readers without family links to Egypt?
course. This is a part of me, because my family lives there. And it hurts me to see that the people there so many years had to endure suffering and injustice and the more I am now about what they tun.Frage: Would you be a contribution to the mass protests Answer: I would go immediately to the streets. But I would distinguish between violence and demonstration. The escalation of violence is not correct, because it does not over what you want, namely a peaceful life in a democratic welfare state and that the current president is now in a fair manner.

In the West many people are afraid of a takeover by the Muslim Brotherhood. As you can see the future of Egypt?
I see it with mixed feelings. The Muslim brothers to come to power. The remains from not at all. They are the strongest opposition group in Egypt. It is good that they accept Mohammed El-Baradei. Because this is a person who knows about as a former Secretary General of the International Atomic Energy Agency in the world. He received the Nobel Peace Prize and is known on the political level and knows the international law. accept the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood such a personality, suggests that they are not as Islamist, as you might think. Surely they must engage in cooperation with El-Baradei to compromise. It would be my wish that Egypt is a social state and a democracy in which all people can live freely and peacefully, without fear of saying something wrong.


needle Saliman was born 34 years ago, the son of an Egyptian father and a German mother in Mülheim. As the needle (This name means: the mediator) was five years old, the family moved to Suez, where his father worked as a draftsman for six years for British and American companies. Then the family returned to Mülheim zurück.Doch Saliman, who now works at the central field of the regulatory office, the close contact kept to the homeland of his father, as he visited every year for several weeks, his relatives living in Suez and Alexandria. Also survived his sister, who is married to an Egyptian, by now Vaters.Nach lived in the home of the detail of the Urban Research in Mülheim end of 2010, 72 Egyptian citizens

This text was published on 9 February 2011 in the NRZ

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From the sinking of a small business: 30 years ago the railway arches were at the railway road opened

The 30th and 31 January is in my calendar painted red, "says family researcher Bärbel eater. That this is so has to do with the story of her family. Because at 30 and 31 January 1981, the business of their parents at the railway arch 19 was torn down. This demolition was 30 years ago, a long business tradition under the railway arches on the railway road to the end. For when Gerhard Esser in 1955 his business there for fishing and camping supplies opened, he was not the only businessman who was among the 1865 built and opened in 1866 as a railway line in operation railway arches his quarters.
His daughter was born in 1961 remembers not only a legendary chip shop, an ice cream shop and the extinguishing arc of that time was really under the railway arch and more consumption on the beer and the traditional local pub, the market people.

As Esser was a child, her neighbors were acting under the railway arches, for example, leather goods, fruits and vegetables, clothes and food or money they earned their money as the repair of bicycles.

If you look at the colorful mix of industries under the railway arches and see how the railway arches look like today, one wonders in retrospect as to why in the 70's had the idea to open the railway arches and demolish the resident businesses, homes and warehouses . "It was then the opinion that the railway arches represent their shops a traffic-retardant structure," says Esser believed in progress and the car-friendly spirit of the 70s. "The driving force behind the project was the then mayor and Planning Committee Chairman Gerd Müller," the present city spokesman Volker Wiebel, whose parents remembered as enthusiastic campers were among the regular customers of family eater.

took the one year before the opening of the sheets 1980 with their annual Straße. Those who recognize considered the old pictures of the busy railway arches on some of the shops and living rooms.

you could save on the railway line live at all without being deaf? "Our 50 to 60 square meters large house was well insulated and removed," said Esser remembers her childhood under the railway bridge. The vibrations of the trains took them and their parents, as opposed to guests no longer true. And even their teachers who are convinced of it at a home visit, that you could make under the railway arch and total peace and homework, marveled at the relatively high living comfort.
In her research is Essers to an article from the Mülheim General Anzeiger of 24 July 1905 struck, that shows that you thought was already on the opening of the railway arches. There is to be read in part: "In the previous long time ago by the columns of various newspapers controversy concerning the transformation of the local railway station conditions was the transfer of the Rhenish Railway and called for the sake of beautifying the city through the removal of the railway bridge and the railway embankment."

documented early as 1890 A newspaper report of a business fire at the railway arches, the buzz in this town on the outskirts of town hall and watch market. And 1954 described the NRZ (see box), the resurrection of the mall under the railway arches. Yet emerged in the 1970s, when the Rhine-Ruhr-center and the City Center's first shopping centers and at the Castle Street is a pedestrian zone, this old business district appeared on the railway to remain literally at the track and was run over by the train of events to be . The opening of the railway arches that you wanted aufhübschen with vines, trees and flower boxes, we understand that time as part of the inner city renewal, in the course were also the railway road and its old-time Founder houses restored, rebuilt and renewed. After the opening of the railway arches 1982/83 railway tracks for today's tram line 102 were deployed in the meantime, however, goes underground for 13 years by the Ruhr Tunnel. In the 90 years was discussed again whether they could not revive the railway arches back with stores and apartments. This can be rejected but for cost reasons.

Klaus Beisiegel, who works as a consultant in charge of the issue Baudezernentin Ruhrbania can remember in this context, consider proposals, the railway arches as an art and cultural spaces to use. As part of the Ruhr Promenade construction area 3, there are, according to Beisiegel, plans a residential building next to the railway arches to grow, so that this house could be entered through the arches, while the old railway line then the cycling and walking would.

In April 1954 writes the Mülheim NRZ.. "The ugly arches of the railway embankment in the rail road seem to be decorated now pretty The first one, handicraft shop Gwendolyn Bushman It is intended under the archway 23, a pretty shop one. The city is once again very interested to create a so-called mall. Although the railway arches be used since a long time, they give off as sheds and garages not a pleasant picture. That it may create a favorable image for the city embankment front is to prove now. And will have also found imitators, so that maybe sooner or later the ugly face of the embankment completely transform. "

This article was published on 31 January 2011 in the NRZ

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Quo vadis Stadkirche? Quo vadis the Priesthood: A Conversation with Manfred Mülheims honor city dean of Schwartzenberg, the priest since 1971

The Catholic Church seeks it, but finds it increasingly rare in this country priest. In the last year in the Ruhr diocese only one priest was ordained. In 2011 it will be just two. honor city Dechant Manfred von Schwartzenberg was ordained a priest 40 years ago. For the NRZ I spoke to him about the sun and shade in a profession that is left for him today calling and dream job.

Was the priesthood has always been your dream job?
No. I wanted to be the first theater scholar and director, have stimulated by the example of two teachers, who played with us theater and creative things done.

Then why are you still become a priest?
The Tick of the Holy Spirit came to me by the said teachers and two priests, who I met in Essen, Münster. These were people I do not only as a pious, but also as a creative experienced and encouraged me that I could have a piece of me in vocation. This feeling is then reinforced during my studies, in which I could also build a chorus of new liturgical music.

What inspired you for your job?
be complex. I also would not say in retrospect that I had been a very religious man, whose principal benefit would have found in prayer and meditation. I have always been a pleasure, I can turn to people and help them, but to share with them the joy of the faith and to celebrate.

What makes a good priest?
The most important thing that one takes time for people and listening to them. It does them good and makes me happy, even if one of the suffering with which we are confronted as a priest, often can not change much.

1971 to be something you have, how experienced optimism?
We had a tremendous self-confidence. Our study also began the implementation of the Second Vatican Council, which provided for a renewal of the church. "Walk your way through new thinking." This time Paul's word was on everyone's lips.

you experience your church today in the crash?
We in our community is preparing a pastoral plan in which we also consider how church life can be organized in the future. At present, we feel no distress, because we have a pastor for each congregation. But in five years will look like the already different in 20 years there will be in Mülheim only one parish, St. Mary gather birth, in which all Catholic Christians. We will have less faithful and therefore also less full-time staff, fewer churches and community centers.

you frustrated by that prospect?
We must view the situation realistically, to avoid false expectations and awaken to generate frustration. My life principle is in new situations time and again to find new answers. You may not want your head against the wall. Because it breaks only the head.

What does this mean for the church of the future?
The Church of the future will be quite different from today. We can not be everywhere have a pastor and a church. Lay people are going through a learning process and take the future even more senior positions in the church. Then the congregation will probably take communion for a sick neighbor and it will establish itself, perhaps even more private and home Bible studies. Many new forms of Church are possible and necessary, without which one could say today, as these forms look like.

would the abolition of compulsory celibacy resolve the shortage of priests?
There certainly are many priests who take the celibacy of celibacy will not in itself, but because they mean the priesthood and the assistance of the church something. The Church in Germany, it would certainly help if you also permits married men who do this, access to the priesthood. Why not? But that would have consequences for the world church. And the hook in it. But I also believe that celibacy is not essential for this is that feel today appointed only a few men to the priesthood. Previously, candidates for the priesthood taken much more of the company and had not put up with the question: "Are you crazy" The young men, but still today priests are often very pious and worthy to be priests.

Why is it then to cases of abuse and sexual lapses of Catholic priests?
The greatest danger I see in solitude, when a priest in his church is not recognized, but feels isolated and misunderstood. Then there is the risk that he is looking for recognition elsewhere and in extreme cases can drift into criminal aberrations that lead to such abuse. But it is often the case that such priests seek recognition in a partnership and then to give up celibacy and its Office.

Biography: who grew up in Essen Manfred von Schwartzenberg (66) was in his theology and philosophy in Münster, Bonn and Bochum 15 Ruhr in January 1971 from the first bishop in St. Engelbert Franz Hengsbach ordained a priest. After initial years of Kaplan in Gelsenkirchen, he came in 1976 as a chaplain and youth minister for the first time after town Mülheim, where he worked until 1982 in the town of St. Mary Rosary, as for ten years before he Military chaplains to the Federal Army moved. But in 1992 he returned as pastor of St. Barbara to Mülheim and, in 1993, for 15 years, the Office of the City of deans. Since 2006 he has been at the forefront of the new North Parish of St. Barbara, which along with St. Barbara (Dümpten), the communities of St. Mary Rosary (Styrum), Christ the King (Winkhausen) and St. Engelbert (Eppinghofen) with a total nearly 20 000 person belong. 2008 of Schwartzenberg appointed honorary dean city and awarded the following year for his services as chaplain with the Santa Claus United Medal. He wrote the libretto for a musical about the 1945 resistance fighters assassinated Nicholas Gross, which since 1998 by parishioners of St. Barbara, almost 60 times has been performed.

This text was published on 29 January 2011 in the NRZ

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A look outside the box to Latin America: An interview with the Brazilian Bishop Alfredo Schaffler

The longtime auxiliary bishop and former chairman of Adveniat, Franz Grave uses his spiritual retired as pastor in the parish of St. Mary Mülheimer birth. But his long-standing ties to Latin America, which he knows from personal experience, has the 78-year-old theologian is not lost and that is why in December 2010 the Brazilian Bishop Alfredo Schaffler (photo) to a Latin America Week invited to the Ruhr diocese. At a retreat in the parish of St. Mary Mülheimer birth searched priests and lay people to talk to Schaffler, to get ideas for their own community work. The Tagesspost for the Brazilian Bishops met on this occasion for an interview and got to know a man of God who does not tell us much about Latin America.

How to become an Austrian bishop in Brazil?
I ended up on television in Brazil. You see: Television has its good side. There I saw speak at the Second Vatican Council, a Brazilian bishop and heard by 16 from Austria went to Brazil and there was a priest. The time has brought me from my European peace. That was the reason why I have my life turned upside down and started again. Thus, even after my studies in Brazil priest and later bishop.

What you take from your visit to the Ruhr diocese with to Brazil?
gratitude, joy and conviction that the world has become a global village in which we must move closer together, where we also learn from each other and live together as brothers and sisters, if we listen to each other.

What have you learned here itself?
There is so much positive in Germany, which has grown over centuries of Christian proclamation and now finds the fundamental idea in economics, in politics or in school. But I have also met many committed community members get involved because they recognize that the church is not all priests and all of us as believers in a ship, are all in place.

But church without a priest does not and we have here, in contrast to Brazil for a priest shortage.

The lack of priests is certainly a sign of God. He will lead us, perhaps meaning that we more strongly by the Baptism go to every believer, making their contribution that the Church is always a lively, foot-washing Church, which is perceived as a sign of hope for the people in which we learn through the church again and again that we are brothers and sisters in a world can live together.

can learn what the Catholic Church in Brazil and Latin America from the Church in Germany and vice versa?
It is not for me to say what the German church can learn from us. But what can we learn from the church in Germany, which are many elements. I am thinking of the good organization that you have here. We can by the thoroughness , With which one might learn a thing and she continues convincing. But we can learn from the openness of the people of our world. How many people here have learned over the decades to see beyond borders and to identify horizons. As a member of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil, I can only be grateful. For what would our church in Brazil and in Latin America without standing behind the many Catholics in Germany, by Adveniat, Miserior or other actions. We were certainly not the Church that we are today. We are certainly not just a holy, but also a sinful church. But we can certainly put a lot of signs of holiness, hope and change, because We have heard from the background of the action Adveniat in 50 years a lot of help. For this, we feel deep gratitude. And that was another reason for me to accept the invitation to say thank you. This is a bridge which has been hit. But a bridge is supported only by pillars. And that is a pillar Franz Grave. Such columns are also the two priests from the Diocese of dysentery, which act today blessing in my diocese through their efforts at persuasion.

you referred to your visit but also successfully for funding in the cistern tree in your diocese. Why?
We live in a very dry area in which there are six Months of the year is not raining and the people can not just turn on the tap to drink water. But what is life. So we build cisterns, that we can collect rain water to families in the dry months of rain water have, they can use to wash, drink and cook. For 400 € you can already build a cistern, which collects about 15,000 liters of rain water. That means that by the people of the dry season and not withdraw into the cities or even leave their country must. You can stay to raise their children and to work their land. That is life. Of course, we also have social centers, in which we take in children whose At home, the street is where we give sewing and cooking classes to show the people, for example, how to create a vegetable garden. For what it receives with one hand, the pass must be with the other hand, in order to give people hope.

assess how you as a Catholic bishop, the relationship between church and state in Brazil, the now divorced from his office socialist President Lula?
The relationship between church and state is a relatively peaceful. It seeks dialogue and the Episcopal Conference is listened to with much respect by the President. But unfortunately, it is then often it is not and into reality.

made last inhumane conditions in prisons Brazil headlines. How is the situation of human rights in Brazil?
I was ten months in a detention center. There sat a 158 men. Of those, 60 percent younger than 25 and only 30 convicted. The others awaiting trial. This can often take years, even if innocent people. Including innocent people often lose two or three years of her life in which they have nothing positive can learn to their lives. This is against human rights. And here we see the present government not much progress, because it lacks core values. I mean honesty and truthfulness. We have not much fraud and corruption. And as long as lie is often told, until it is sold as truth.

What do you expect from the successor to Lula, Dilma Rousseff?
As Church we must always be a hopeful church to give hope. And we hope that as a woman may have a greater sensitivity to bring their employees to act, so it is for example in the health system better. What is on paper, to be implemented, namely, that the poor fellow has the opportunity to obtain medical treatment that improves the education system and we have less illiterate. We have less corruption and is badly shattered, with more honesty and there is less embezzlement. This is what we expect.

try to respond as the Catholic Church in Latin America to the challenge of the evangelical sects?
The fifth Latin American Episcopal Conference has given an impetus for us something more to be a missionary church. We must not become accustomed to church. Because if you get used to something, there is a danger that one is asleep. And the Church can not sleep. Evangelization was with us often superficial. The heart is one of the Brazilian Jesus Christ, but of the head that comes first and we were not always because we are not always drawn out with missionary enthusiasm. We have in Brazil, but also a Constitution that grants tax exemption for all religious communities, but not exactly define what a religious community. And so, each open at the next street corner, the Church of the blue eyes of God to hide his taxes behind. For most cults are a purely financial company and we can counter only, in which we more strongly to be a missionary church.

How do you assess the situation of the Catholic Church in Latin American countries, like Venezuela, being ruled by a regime neosozialistischen and where there is a front line between church and government?
In Brazil we have now, after many years of a concordat, in which the legal relationship between church and start is defined. What we hear on the Latin American level, by people who come there, since then the economic situation in Venezuela very poor and the poverty in size. This is a socialist system in which President Chavez is often harassment and violence, the existing concordat with feet. Although this is an international agreement, but he does it with other countries. For us this is of course a concern that such a man to have in the government, the courting supporters, but also not as popular. Since we are closer as a church there in the people because you realize: There is indeed much talk, but the reality is different. For the Church this is a difficult situation. Because there is virtually no opposition. All messages will be checked. Democracy is violated. Because democracy is freedom of speech and will not be accepted. And in this regard, it has also some trends in Brazil. The future President has now said: The noise on the street is better than the silence of the dictatorship. She herself has suffered under a dictatorship. We hope that through it keeps its word, too. But there are some trends that we have that you want to curtail freedom of expression and control the communications. This makes us worry.

How important from your point of view of the alternative Nobel prize for your fellow Brazilian bishop of the Diocese of Xingu, Erwin Krautler, which is so committed to the conservation of tropical rainforests and the rights of the Indians?
This award is important for him so that his word may be heard more. Specifically: for trying in his area to build a huge dam. This is now done, although he has promised the president that it is not done. The result: there are 30,000 people through the water driven from their homes. And since there is no plan what to do with these people. As he stands up and asks: Can one agree? This he has done in a peaceful manner. The companies that make this building and are interested in seeing him, of course, not you. He has to go with police escort. You have to remember. In the flooded areas live Indian tribes, for whom it is important to live where their ancestors are buried. If they were evicted from their land, which would in their minds a similar extinction of their tribe. And on the other hand stands the Bishop Kräutler. But unfortunately he is not, despite all promises to the public authorities of Brazil heard.

Biography: Alfredo Schaffler was born in 1941 in the Austrian Forest Farm and is a compatriot of his coming also from Austria, Brazil bishop colleagues Erwin Kräutler, now for his commitment to the rights of the Indians and the preservation of tropical rain forests been awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize.
After his secondary school was Schaffler 1955 to Vienna to join the Congregation of Christian Brothers. From 1963 to 1966 he worked as a religious teacher and educator in Feldkirch. Then he decided to leave Austria to work as a priest in Brazil. After his ordination in 1966 he was first in the Brazilian Diocese of Picos worked before he went in 1978 for a church law graduate studies in Rome.
Back in Brazil, took over the task of a bishop's vicar Schaffler for Economic Affairs and was also active as a priest in Teresina. Since 1985 he heads the established in 1944 and 20 500 square-mile diocese Parnaiba in northeastern Brazil. Here live some 550,000 people, of which about 80 percent are Catholic, six percent more than the Brazilian national average.

The Catholic newspaper THE DAILY MAIL has published in January 2011, a shortened version of that conversation. For more information, visit: www.the- tagespost.de and : www.adveniat.de