Here you can find some general information on registration, workshop selection, corona protection as well as on the conference venues during the congress days.
Congress Office – Registration and Workshop Selection
After your Arriving, please register at the congress office. It is open at the following times:
Thursday, 1 September from 1 p.m. at the World Conference Center (WCCB)
Friday from 8.00 a.m. also at the WCCB
Saturday from 8.00 a.m. at St. Cyprian’s Church, Adenauerallee 66
When you register, you will receive an overview of all venues with a city map and your conference participation card. This will give you access to the conference programme and to the common meals. You will also be able to select and register for the workshops at the registration desk.
Click here for the workshop programme.
Likewise, we ask you to note the picture rights there and to agree to the publication of your name in the International Church Journal (IKZ).
Corona protection
We want our participants to stay healthy and safe, so we ask that the following health protection measures be observed:
- wearing at least one medical mask indoors is recommended.
- Disinfectants are available at the congress centre and workshop venues.
- People showing symptoms of respiratory infection are asked not to attend the Congress.
- If a coronavirus infection is suspected, affected persons should be tested and quarantined.
Test centres in the city of Bonn and further information can be found under this link: https://www.bonn.de/themen-entdecken/gesundheit-verbraucherschutz/coronavirus.php
Please note that in Germany it is compulsory to wear a mask on public transport.
[aus dem Infektionsschutzkonzepts des Internationalen Alt-Katholikenkongresses (IAKK) (Stand 01. August 2022) im Sinne der Vorgaben aus § 2 Abs. 3 der CoronaSchVO NRW – Coronaschutzverordnung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen vom 01.04.2022]
Venues and how to find them
In addition to the World Conference Center (WCCB), there are other conference venues in the centre of Bonn. You will receive an overview with a city map when you register. You will also find a list of the most important conference venues with an overview map via Google Maps on this page.
Main Venue on Thursday and Friday
Worl Conference Center Bonn (WCCB),
Tel: +49 228 9267 0
Mail: info(at)worldccbonn.com
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 2,
53113 Bonn
Germany
How to get to WCCB:
By Car:
The entry for navigation to the car park is: Karl-Carstens-Straße 4, 53113 Bonn.
The entry for navigation to a car park is: Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße.
By Train:
From Bonn main station, take underground No. 16, 63 or 66 in the direction of Bad Godesberg. Get off at the Heussallee/Museumsmeile stop.
Further venues
Old-Catholic Church St. Cyprian,
Adenauerallee 66,
53113 Bonn
Alter Friedhof – Old Cemetery,
Bornheimer Str.,
53111 Bonn
Church Namen-Jesu-Kirche,
Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of the Old-Catholics in Germany
Bonngasse 8,
53111 Bonn
Old-Catholic Parish St. Cyprian,
Tel: +49 228 3219 66
Schaumburg-Lippe-Straße 2,
53113 Bonn
Old-Catholic Department at the University Bonn,
Adenauerallee 33
53113 Bonn
Doellingerhaus,
Baumschulallee 9,
53115 Bonn
Worship locations
The morning prayers take place in three churches: St. Cyprian, Namen-Jesu-Kirche and in the chapel of the Döllingerhaus. You will also receive more detailed information at registration.
The service on Saturday afternoon will be celebrated in the Namen-Jesu-Kirche, Bonngasse 8.
On Sunday you can choose to attend services in Bonn, Cologne and Koblenz.
Contact
You have any problems and questions? Please contact the Epsicopal Ordinariate in Bonn:
Gregor-Mendel-Straße 28, D-53115 Bonn
Phone: +49 228 23 22 85
Mail: ordinariat@alt-katholisch.de