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Missio Aachen

LC control no.n 94104691
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Corporate name headingMissio Aachen
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Variant(s)MISSIO--Glauben, Leben, Geben
MISSIO, Internationales Katholisches Missionswerk (Aachen)
MISSIO, Internationales Katholisches Missionswerk e.V. (Aachen, Germany)
Beginning date1972
Associated countryGermany
LocatedAachen (Germany)
AddressGoethestrasse 43 52064 Aachen Germany
Field of activityMissions Economic assistance
Found inDoppel-Leben, c1993: t.p. (Missio Aachen) ger CIP (MISSIO, Internationales Katholisches Missionswerk (Aachen))
La vision africaine du monde, 2018: title page verso (avec le soutien de MISSIO [lower-case but emphasized letters, as logo])
MISSIO website, viewed March 15, 2019 banner (MISSIO [lower-case but emphasized letters, in red]. glauben.leben.geben. as logo) footer (missio Aachen, in copyright) Geschichte (1822: Pauline-Marie Jaricot founds the "Allgemeinen Verein zur Verbreitung des Glaubens" in Lyon; 1832: Dr. Heinrich Hahn, a doctor from Aachen, founds a missionary association, later "Bruderschaft vom Hl. Franziskus Xaverius"; 1910: the German bishops arrange the central organization of the missionary association movements, to be introduced in all dioceses and parishes; 1922: Pope Pius XI elevates the missionary association to the "papal work of the dissemination of faith"; 1926: the "Sonntag der Weltmission" [Sunday of World Mission] is declared binding on all bishoprics of the world; 1937: the member magazine "Weltmission" is banned by secret state police, but membership grows; 1972: the new name "missio Internationales Katholisches Missionswerk e.V." and new statutes are introduced; 1993: new "mission statement": Missio is partner of the churches of Africa, Asia, Oceania; specialist office for international church cooperation, facilitator of financial aid; 2006: new vision: "glauben.leben.geben" [believe, live, give]; 2007: Missio celebrates its 175th anniversary) Kontakt (missio - Internationales Katholisches Missionswerk e.V.; Goethestrasse 43, 52064 Aachen)