Key figures 2015 of the Archdiocese of Luxembourg

Territorial organization

Church’s life

• 39 % of the respondants admit to be linked to the catholic church (resident population above 15 years).
• 55 % of the people linked to the catholic worship take part on a regular or irregular basis to the religious service.
  (TNS Ilres’ survey, November 2013) in French.

* of which 31 adults baptisms.
** The evolution of the confirmations’ numbers is linked to the change of the beginning of the preparation to the sacrament (15 years).
*** To add the number of the marriages of Luxembourgish residents celebrated abroad (in 2015: 165).

Key events

• 60.000 participants to the Marian pilgrimage of the Octave.
• 15.000 participants to the Marian pilgrimage of Our Lady of Fátima in Wiltz.
• 10.275 dancers, musicians and pilgrims to the Dancing Procession in Echternach.
• 80 participants to the youth pilgrimage in Assisi.
• 191 participants to the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes, of which 33 sick whom were supervised by 56 “White Foulards”.
• 614 sick and 629 elderly people of which, 206 resp. 118 in wheelchair at the pilgrimage for sick people and elderly persons during the Octave.
• 137 clergymen, deacons, pastoral cooperators or committed volunteers in the specialized pastoral care (hospitals, homes for elderly people or having a disability, penitential centres, etc.) have offered a pastoral and spiritual accompaniment and have put forward to live the faith also through celebrations and sacraments.
• 1.200 persons participated to the 5 regional forums on the “new parishes”.
• 220 participants to the “Walk for a new evangelization”.
• 195.464 visitors on the web sites www.cathol.lu and web.cathol.lu (total: 404.685 visits).

At the service of the church and its mission

Staff

Administrative and pastoral tasks: 270 employees (243 minister of religion and 27 archdiocese’s employees; 98 clergymen and 172 laypeople); 41 % women.

Consecrated life

54 religious et 343 nuns

Committed Christians

The catholic church could not accomplish its local pastoral mission without the thousands of committed Christians whom motivation, experience and skills are irreplaceable:

• ± 1.500 members of the church’s fabriques, of which ± 16 % women),
• hundreds of members of the pastoral boards,
• 120 groups of altar servers,
• 240 choirs and their 4.200 singers,
• 60 committed persons as volunteers in the specialized pastoral care for a total amount of 400 hours/week,
• the many Christians taking an active part in the catechism, in the liturgical and sacramental celebrations, in the feasts and solidarity actions, or helping at the parishes’ secretaries.

Project “Reech eng Hand” (Give a hand) in favour of the refugees
37 contact persons at the parishes’ level
70 volunteers who have been trained in 2015
6 local teams “Reech eng Hand” in operation
6 housings et 1 hall made available
10 fund raising actions

e-mail: reech-eng-hand@cathol.lu; www.reech-eng-hand.lu

Training

Certified training

• 29 persons are following the training for funeral pastoral.
• 8 persons followed the basic training for specialized pastoral care.

Further training

• Pastoral agents: 10 sessions with 417 participations.
• Foreign pastoral agents: 12 sessions for 22 collaborators.
• Religion teachers: 11 sessions and one annual conference with 120 participants.

Adult education

• 3.498 persons have taken part to the activities offered by the “ErwuesseBildung” (art, culture, religion, spirituality); 807 persons have taken part in the media department training.
• 229 couples have followed the training of the marriage preparation course offered in various languages; 36 couples have taken part in thematic workshops.

International Congress in Luxembourg

27 responsible coming from 14 European countries gathered around the topic of the prevention of sexual abuse in ecclesial context.

Religious teaching

Basic teaching: 68,1 %
Secondary teaching and technical secondary teaching: 52,2 %
(Attendance rate 2015-2016)

Finances

To get more information about the activities of the catholic church in Luxembourg and the archbishopric’s audited consolidated financial statements 2015: Rapport 2015 : Faits & Chiffres in French.

Sources: Archevêché de Luxembourg, Rapport 2015 : Faits & Chiffres de l’Église catholique à Luxembourg, Budget 2015 de l’État, Sondage TNS Ilres, Google Analytics.

The flyer “Chiffres clés 2015” is available at the Press and communication office (in French).

You can donate to the Catholic Church in Luxembourg to support our pastoral projects on line donation at the Fondation Sainte Irmine.