Germany
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Our history in germany
Since 1958, Medical Mission Sisters and Associates in Germany have been living and working in three major urban centres - in Berlin, Frankfurt and the Ruhr area.
This is their website: http://www.missionsaerztliche-schwestern.org/
Focus of Our Mission
Healthcare - especially for those with no/less access to official healthcare services;
Social Services for disadvantaged and marginalised individuals and groups; and
Complementary Pastoral Ministries offered to all those in search of meaning in life and in new, creative expressions of their faiths.
Delivering healthcare
We provide:
Frankfurt
- A Drop-in-Clinic for uninsured homeless people and migrants, including those suffering from substance abuse and/or psychiatric illness;
- Health counselling and support for refugees; and
- Active participation in advocacy and networking for a more inclusive health service.
Berlin
- Physiotherapy and complementary healing in palliative care.
Bottrop
- Service in the Public Health Office with a focus on disadvantaged children.
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Sister Maria treating a homeless man
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Sister Karin counselling a refugee mother
Involvement in social services
We are:
Duisburg:
- Offering different supportive services (food, clothing, counselling, language courses, overnight shelter, first aid) at a social-pastoral Drop-in Centre for homeless people, migrants, refugees and migrant youth who are at risk;
- Animating inter-cultural exchange through urban gardening for women; and
- Participating in networking and advocacy for a more just society.
Berlin
- Animating and facilitating interaction and inclusion of persons with disabilities in society and church.
Essen
- Accompanying and arranging necessary support for isolated and housebound older persons; and
- Accompanying refugees.
Frankfurt
- Participating in a wide range of networking and advocacy for justice, peace and the preservation of life on our planet.
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Sister Theresia arranging help at Elisabeth Outpatient Clinic for homeless people in Frankfurt
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Sister Maria providing care and counselling for housebound persons in Essen
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Offering complementary pastoral ministries
Berlin
- Chaplaincy work in psychiatric hospital;
- Chaplaincy work among people with disabilities;
- Welcoming people for services and creative expressions of faith; and
- Offering psycho-spiritual accompaniment for those searching for meaning and/or the integration of life experiences and faith.
Bottrop
- Chaplaincy work in hospital and hospice;
- Spiritual animation and creative expressions of faith to complement established parish services;
- Animation and support of new pastoral initiatives by lay people;
- Promoting attentiveness and a contemplative attitude;
- Welcoming people for worship and creative expressions of faith; and
- Offering psycho-spiritual accompaniment for those searching for meaning and/or the integration of (painful) life experiences and faith.
Duisburg
- Coordinating and animating creative pastoral initiatives at parish and diocesan level;
- Animating and supporting new pastoral initiatives by lay people;
- Animating and facilitating inter-religious dialogue; and
- Welcoming people for worship and creative expressions of faith.
Frankfurt
- Chaplaincy for university students;
- Offering diverse courses and events promoting attentiveness and contemplative awareness as support for coping with life’s ups and downs at a Centre for Meditation and Spirituality;
- Spiritual animation and creative expressions of faith to complement established parish services;
- Accompaniment and support of religious, including those of other cultures;
- Welcoming people for worship and creative expressions of faith; and
- Offering psycho-spiritual accompaniment for those searching for meaning and/or the integration of life experiences and faith;
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Sister Thekla promoting vocations among young people in Berlin
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Associate Conny explaining the essentials of meditative archery at a retreat day in Berlin
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Hosting an international meeting in Germany
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