Overview
- Children and youths are currently visiting homes around Epiphany, offering the chalk blessing and collecting for the campaign.
- This year’s focus targets child labour with funds directed to partner initiatives in Bangladesh.
- Practices vary by location, with rural groups going house to house and urban parishes arranging visits by appointment or hosting central “Segen-to-go” stations shaped by pandemic-era adaptations.
- Organizers say most communities have sufficient volunteers, though some switch to stationary blessing points when numbers are low, as at Bottrop’s St. Cyriakus.
- The Kindermissionswerk underscores guidance that participants should not darken their faces to portray a “black king,” encouraging children to come as they are.