100 years of Caritas: courage to live for refugees in the Saarpfalz district!

100 years of Caritas: courage to live for refugees in the Saarpfalz district!

A very important anniversary is approaching: The Caritas Center Saarpfalz, an important social contact point, will celebrate its 100th birthday in 2025. Since its founding, the institution has developed from a support facility for children's recreation and homeless assistance to a central location for socio-political and social issues. Loud Saarbrücken newspaper Every year, thousands of people seek advice and support at the Caritas center, which focuses particularly on the areas of outpatient hospice and migration assistance.

Migration is at the heart of Caritas' work, as it offers advice and support to refugees, people with a migration background, war refugees and repatriates. The employees accompany people in Homburg and St. Ingbert who have to find their way in new or temporary home conditions. Andreas Heinz, the head of the Caritas center, emphasizes the urgency of this help.

Migration and integration in Germany

Around 82 million people live in Germany, almost 16 million of whom have a migration background. There is no place for inhibitions here, because Caritas is committed to an open society of diversity. However, migration and integration also represent challenges that must be overcome. Caritas specialist services in various regions offer special advice to help immigrants integrate into society. This includes not only the initial consultation work, but also the promotion of dialogue between cultures, as described on the Caritas Aachen website: Caritas Aachen informed about these important topics.

The Caritas center makes a significant contribution to improving the living conditions of migrants. The individual and social integration process requires close cooperation between social institutions, authorities and the immigrants themselves. Only through targeted support can self-determined participation in social life be achieved.

Role of local institutions

In Homburg, where the Kreissparkasse is based, it is clear how important local institutions are for the community. As a public institution, it not only offers financial services, but is also socially committed, like many other institutions in the region.

Whether the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Michael in the neo-Romanesque style, the Protestant town church or the impressive Schlossberg caves – Homburg has a lot to offer. These cultural sites and the many social services form the backbone of a city that creates space for diversity and inclusion.

In these challenging times, the successful integration of migrants remains a community project. The Caritas Center Saarpfalz has dedicated itself to this and shows how important each individual is in this process - especially now, when good cooperation is urgently needed in Homburg and beyond.