The pastoral care providers of the Aachen universities have published a letter to all students, teachers and employees. The summer semester lecture period should have started this week. But due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, other things have become more important, such as flattening the infection curve as much as possible through concerted action. Each and every one of us is doing their part. This leads to many limitations and personal challenges – in addition to the organizational, technical and economic aspects that are currently being discussed. Some may already be highly concerned for people close to them or for their own health.
In these difficult times, university chaplains Pastor Matthias Fritz from the Catholic University Community (mf@khg-aachen.de) and Pastor Dr. Swantje Eibach-Danzeglocke from the Protestant Student Community (esg-eibach@rwth-aachen.de) offer their support by offering confidential telephone and video consultations. Should it become necessary, the pastoral staff are also available to offer support with rituals of mourning in the case of loss.
Even if in-person contacts are currently hardly possible, you are invited to share thoughts and requests with other university members. A digital “Prayerwall” at www.prayerwall-aachen.de has been set up for this purpose. Every evening at 7.30 pm, the care units provides you with a short film that invites you to take a personal look back at the day and to pray. The current link can be found on the Facebook pages of KHG and ESG Aachen.