!!!Katholikentage
Catholic Rallies are official meetings of the Austrian Catholics in
which general Christian, Catholic and also socio-political matters are
highlighted. The First Austrian Catholic Rally took place in Vienna in
1877 and centred upon educational matters. In the second meeting
(Vienna 1889) social issues were in the foreground. The third meeting
held in Linz in 1892 was mainly devoted to the Catholic Press (the
Catholic newspaper "Reichspost" was founded ); the meeting at
Salzburg in1896 called for a Catholic university. At the 5%%sup th/%
Catholic Rally in Vienna in 1905 the Austrian Catholics agreed on
forming a central umbrella organisation for all Austrian Catholics: (
Katholischer Volksbund). The 6%%sup th/% meeting in 1907 in Vienna
was characterized by controversial ideological views on universities.
The 7%%sup th/% meeting took place in Innsbruck in 1910 and the
"Katholikentag der Deutschen Oesterreichs" in 1913 in Linz was no
longer an all-Austrian event. In the time between the two World Wars
there was an Austrian Catholic Rally in 1923 and a German Catholic
Rally in 1933, both in Vienna. The meeting in Vienna in 1952 had the
motto "Freedom and Dignity of the Human Being" and the meeting in
Salzburg in 1962 had the motto "Do not quench the Spirit!" In
preparation of these two meetings days of study had been organised.
The 13%%sup th/% meeting in 1974 in Vienna took place directly after
the "Synodaler Vorgang", an important assembly of both laity and
clergy in which a broad variety of Catholic matters was discussed. The
14%%sup th/% Catholic Rally in Vienna in 1983 was marked by the
pastoral visit of Pope John Paul II to Austria.
!Literature
M. Liebmann, Oesterreichische Katholikentage, in: A.
Kraxner et al. (eds.), Oesterreichische Katholikentage 1983,
1984.
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