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Study conference and Jubilee 2025 documentation

Deacons: joyful witnesses of hope
This was the headline above the International Study Conference and also above the Jubilee of Deacons in the Holy Year. We took away numerous valuable impulses from the outstanding lectures, personal encounters and the communal celebration of the liturgy.

IDC Delegates’ Assembly virtual meeting: 22nd May 2025

Bishop Dr Klaus Krämer accepts the protectorate of the International Diaconate Centre.

New director at the International Diaconate Centre (IDC)

On 1 August 2024, Kilian Schadt took over the position of Managing Director of the International Diaconate Centre (IDC) in Rottenburg, succeeding Deacon Jörg Stein.

Thanks to Bishop Gebhard

Bishop Dr Gebhard Fürst, the Protector of the IDC, officially retired on Monday, 4 December 2023. Pope Francis has accepted his resignation on the grounds of age.