For three weeks, 120 children and young people between the ages of six and 14 experienced a varied holiday program in the Kilianeum-Haus der Jugend in Würzburg. Due to the special situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, many parents had already used up their summer vacation, tent camps and other vacation offers could not take place or only to a limited extent.
In order to relieve the parents and enable the children to have a wonderful holiday experience, the church youth work (kja) in Würzburg set up the “Holidays in the Kilianeum” at short notice, according to a press release from the kja regional office in Würzburg. From July 27th up to and including Friday, August 14th, the children and young people were looked after in four groups in different rooms of the house.
“We can look back on three exhausting and, above all, very nice weeks with smiling faces”, said coordinator Daniela Englert. It was important to always react to what the children and young people wanted to do, added youth minister Sebastian Volk. “That’s why we have adapted our program again and again.” The various institutions and offices of the church youth (association) work presented a colorful, varied and age-appropriate program with creative, sporty and adventurous offers.
Baked stick bread
The participants baked bread on a stick with the German Scout Association Sankt Georg (DPSG) or visited an ambulance of the Bavarian Red Cross. The diocesan youth work and school department offered lavender print, and a volunteer team leader of the Catholic Student Youth (KSJ) spontaneously held a topic on discrimination and everyday racism at the children’s request. The diocesan department of altar servers carried out a tour through Würzburg churches and the BDKJ department “weltwärts” carried out an Olympics by far.
There was also the creative island of the Sankt Georg (PSG) girl scouts and karaoke in the open youth club “Café Dom @ in”. The Catholic rural youth movement (KLJB) was able to create creative works of art with a self-made paint sling. Other offers were a park rally, escape game, Actionbound, eating ice cream together, painting and handicrafts as well as a chaos game. The diocesan office for prevention work had developed its own protection and hygiene concept.
“Distance was stupid, but I still made new friends,” said ten-year-old Leon at the end of the holiday program. The nine-year-old Marie wished: “I want to be there again next year”.
The holiday program was supported and promoted by the Würzburg District Youth Association and the housekeeping team of the Kilianeum-Haus der Jugend.
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Würzburg
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German Scouting Society Sankt Georg
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Vacation programs
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Youth Social Work
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Youth meetings
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Children and young people
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Churches and main organizations of individual religions
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Peoples of the earth
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