On March 29th, 2016, Mr. and Mrs. Hohenhorst planted a silver linden tree on behalf of the Catholic Congregation Rot-Iller and the Evangelical Congregation Erolzheim-Rot, both in Germany. Husband and wife are each involved in one of the congregations.
Catholic Congregation of Rot-Iller and Protestant Congregation of Erolzheim-Rot Celebrate Big Step in Ecumenical Partnership
On June 26th, 2016, during a festival worship service and subsequent ceremony of ecumenical unity of the congregations Rot-Iller and Erolzheim-Rot, representatives of both congregations planted a silver linden tree as partner tree and sign of unity across the formerly dividing lines of confession. Pictured (from left): Vicar Daniela Eichkorn; Pastor Dorothee Sauer; Marion Hohenhorst, chair of the church council of the congregation Erolzheim-Rot; Pastoral Assistant Hildegard Weiss; Pastor Matthias Ströhle; and Pastor Ambros Tungl.