Catholic Parish Association in Bremen

The city of Bremen has many Catholic parishes, counselling centers, support services, schools, daycare centers and church institutions for young and old.

Catholics from more than 120 nations, with diverse languages, mentalities, and cultures, create a vibrant parish life. Catholic-run schools and kindergartens are located in close proximity to the parishes and are open to children of all faiths. Specific pastoral care services complement church life.

The Catholic Parish Association in Bremen has existed since 1990. The Diocese of Osnabrück founded it due to the city's unique pastoral situation. The Catholic Parish Association serves as an umbrella organization for inter-parish church institutions and is organized as a public corporation. It is the legal successor to the Catholic Parish of Bremen.

This includes:

• Catholic daycare centers
• Open Door Advice Center
• Educational institution of Catholics in the state of Bremen
• Catholic Youth Office Bremen
• Catholic University Community
• Polish Mission
• Catholic Hospital Chaplaincy
• Chaplaincy in prisons
• Atrium Church, Information Center and City Pastoral Care

The Catholic Parish Association in Bremen operates numerous positions for pastoral care and counselling services.

There is special pastoral care for young people and students, for police officers, migrants and seafarers, in schools, hospitals, prisons and in emergencies.

Topics of pastoral care & counseling:

• Foreign missions / language groups
• Prison chaplaincy
• University chaplaincy
• Youth ministry
• Hospital chaplaincy
• Emergency chaplaincy
• Police chaplaincy
• School chaplaincy
• Seamen's Mission
• Telephone counselling
• Open Door Advice Center
• Bremen Meeting
• Railway Mission
• Johannis Oasis
• Migration / Integration
• Caritas Bremen
• Caritas Bremen North
• Maltese
• Pregnancy counseling
• Cross League
• Sexualized violence / Prevention

The current statutes of the Catholic Parish Association in Bremen from 2003 are published in the Official Gazette of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen of February 28, 2003, No. 13, pp. 53ff.