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About the Congress
Renovabis has been organising an annual international congress on behalf of the German Bishops' Conference since 1997. This event with participants from all parts of Europe serves to inform and discuss important developments in church and society in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, and also addresses topics of pan-European importance. Over the years, the Renovabis International Congress has developed into an important forum for dialogue between people from the eastern and western parts of Europe.
Congress 2024
After seven years, the 28th International Congress Renovabis – working title: „Having a Mission – bearing credible Witness. Dealing with Secularisation and religious Indifference in Europe“ – will take place on 11. and 12. September 2024 for the first time in Freising, where the Renovabis offices are located. This time, it will be dedicated to the diocesan and city anniversary „1,300 Years of Corbinian in Freising – https://www.korbinian2024.de and https://www.korbinian-in-freising.de (both in German) and https://tourismus.freising.de/en/sights/festival-year-1300-years-corbinian (basic information in English).
St Corbinian is considered to be the first bishop of the city. He was initially a hermit but then lived and bore witness to the Christian faith as a missionary. Inspired by this saint, the congress will look at how the Christian message can be positively perceived today as an individual resource of meaning and hope as well as a socially effective force – especially through credible people. It will be about analysing the situation and the question of how the church can deal with secularisation and the religious indifference that is widespread in large parts of Europe, because: basically everyone wants to lead a successful life. However, for many, this is obviously also possible without reference to a higher power.