The Catholic women's community in Oberhummel, Niederhummel and Gaden is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2022.
However, if there are no candidates, the association is threatened with dissolution on the anniversary
Gaden / Oberhummel / Niederhummel - The Catholic women's community Oberhummel, Niederhummel and Gaden has a long history. It can celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2022. But like so many clubs, the women's community also has problems finding board members. We are therefore urgently looking for committed women from the Oberhummel parish who will be available for office in the new elections in October. Otherwise the association is threatened with dissolution
In 1922 the kfd Hummel-Gaden was founded as an “Association of Christian Mothers”.
It was banned in the Third Reich before it was incorporated into the Catholic Women's Community in Germany in 1967.
The pastor of Oberhummel at the time, Anton Steffl, was the first praeses of women, and in the first year of the association we could look back on a membership of 146 mothers.
Today the kfd Hummel-Gaden comprises 170 members of all age groups.
The very first member in 1922 was the mill owner's wife Rosa Oberpriller.
It was also she who donated a flag to the association as early as 1930, which until a few years ago represented the association on official occasions.
Today this is a standard that women had done, because carrying the great traditional flag requires a lot of strength.
"Association of Christian Mothers" banned in 1933
Since the association was banned in 1933, there have been no reports for many years.
What is certain, however, is that the “Association of Christian Mothers” was not inactive during the Nazi regime, that it worked unofficially and that the number of members even rose by 13.
In the end, it was pastor Nikolaus Pflanzer who incorporated the association into the Catholic women's community in Germany (kfd).
The first chairman for the kfd branch association Hummel-Gaden was Katharina Kratzer, who led the kfd from 1967 to 1983.
She was followed by Therese Sellmeier from Asenkofen (until 1992), Claudia Köppl (until 2005), Katharina Gath (until 2012) and finally Lydia Zoller.
She has now been the chairman for nine years.
New elections are due again on October 13th, for which women from Hummel and Gaden who are still active will be sought to complement the new board.
Since the "Biller Kathl" took over the chairmanship in 1967, social activities have shaped the kfd Hummel-Gaden.
For example, almost 19,000 euros have been distributed for charitable purposes since 2009, for example to the neighborhood aid Langenbach-Oberhummel, the local churches, mission projects in Africa and the restoration of the Gaden baroque organ from 1720. The main source of income for the association has long been the Advent market, which the women up to Held every two years in 2018.
He was replaced by the cozy evening meeting “Zamma stand” on the church square with punch and small dishes.
Tavern at the village fountain
The “Advent Tea” series of events was added, primarily for the older generation.
The women also put on a brisk women's carnival for many years, most recently in 2017. After that, the tavern Am Dorfbrunnen was no longer available.
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The women's carnival in Niederhummel was a fixture in club life until 2017.
The closing of the inn at Am Dorfbrunnen stopped the celebrations.
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The kfd Hummel-Gaden also offers courses and excursions again and again, and the ladies are present at birthdays, golden or diamond weddings and members' funerals. They promote the life of faith with the traditional May devotion on the occasion of the annual general meeting, the world prayer day of women is an integral part of the club life, and they also do not want to do without their solemn angel office in Advent. You are fulfilling the wish of the former pastor of Langenbach and administrator of Oberhummel, Kaspar Müller, namely to live “communal, tactful togetherness” on a path that all women, whether young or old, can follow. That is the “task” from which one “should not be dissuaded by excessive workload”.
The goals of the kfd are not only of a social nature. They give women nationwide an unmistakable voice in church, politics and society.
Numerous developments would not have been possible without the commitment of kfd women at all levels of the association - for example women's centers at Catholic Days (1984), the first Federal Education Allowance Act (2001), emergency number for women affected by violence (2013), “No means no - Bundestag decides to change the sex criminal law ”(2016) or the commitment to a gender-just church.
Just, non-violent and sustainable living and working conditions
The kfd is committed to just, non-violent and sustainable living and working conditions in the One World, it acts ecumenically and learns with women of other religions, the coexistence of generations is promoted.
But all these initiatives only have a chance of success if the local associations stand behind them, with active members and strong boards.
It is therefore an ardent request from those responsible for Lydia Zollner today that many members and women who are not yet organized in the kfd Hummel-Gaden come to the annual general meeting on October 13 and agree to run for office.
If there is no board of directors, the dissolution process will be started, and in 2022 the traditional club will be buried instead of a splendid 100th anniversary celebration.
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