Katholische Kirche Stadt Luzern

Name

Katholische Kirche Stadt Luzern

Legal name

Katholische Kirche Stadt Luzern

Website

https://kathluzern.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and Pastoral Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG), Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Pastoral care services
• Religious education programs
• Catholic parish administration
• Social counseling services
• Youth ministry programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Lucerne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Church Tax (Kirchensteuer): Primary funding through mandatory church tax collected from registered Catholic members in Switzerland. The organization uses these funds to support external partners and community services.
2. Voluntary Donations: Voluntary contributions from community members for various programs, events, and support services.
3. Public Funding: Bistum Basel receives government funding which flows partially to parish organizations for pastoral services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Katholische Kirche Stadt Luzern is a Catholic church organization serving the city of Lucerne, Switzerland, operating through a network of 12 parishes. It delivers pastoral care including sacraments (baptism, first communion, confirmation, marriage, anointing of the sick), religious education from kindergarten through adulthood, youth work, social counseling, music ministry, senior care pastoral services, migration and integration services, neighborhood outreach, and crisis intervention. It also publishes a biweekly Pfarreiblatt newsletter and operates an online room reservation system for community use.

Product overview

Katholische Kirche Stadt Luzern is a Catholic church organization serving the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. The organization operates through a network of 11 parishes (Pfarreien) including St. Anton, St. Michael, St. Johannes, St. Karl, St. Leodegar im Hof, Der MaiHof, St. Maria zu Franziskanern, St. Paul, St. Philipp Neri, St. Theodul, and the Jesuitenkirche and Peterskapelle chapels. The organization offers a comprehensive portfolio of religious and community services organized into two main areas: (1) Life Situation Services including pastoral care for children and families, youth work, life transitions (baptism, communion, confirmation, marriage), crisis support, grief and farewell services, and faith/spirituality; and (2) Organizational Services including music ministry, social counseling, pastoral care in retirement homes, migration and integration services, neighborhood work, religious-ethical education, sustainable development, and open youth work. The church also publishes a biweekly parish magazine (Pfarreiblatt) and maintains an online room reservation system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Peterskapelle: A chapel serving as a spiritual center with various programs including Adoray, Inspiration, and Zwölfnachzwölf
• Jesuitenkirche
• Pfarreiblatt

Products and services

• Pastoral Care and Sacraments Pastoral services including sacraments (baptism, first communion, confirmation, marriage, anointing of the sick), spiritual counseling, and religious rites for life transitions, offered to community members in the city of Lucerne.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supports ~900,000 CHF annually to external social service organizations

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Allianz Gleichwürdig KatholischcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Pastoralraum Stadt Luzern joined this reform coalition working for equal dignity and rights (#GleicheWürdeGleicheRechte) in the Catholic Church regardless of gender, life form, and ordination level. A logical step in continuing the vision of an equal, just, and solidarity-based church.
• Verein Kirchliche GassenarbeitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual support of 359,722 CHF for street ministry services helping homeless and marginalized individuals in Lucerne.
• Zwitscher-BarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual support of 123,306 CHF for social meeting space combating loneliness in the community.
• Verein SOS-Dienst LuzerncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual support of 103,300 CHF for emergency services in Lucerne.
• Verein Kontakt- und Beratungsstelle Sans-PapierscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual support of 76,500 CHF for counseling services for undocumented persons.
• Verein SentitreffminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual support of 75,000 CHF for youth outreach services.
• Stiftung Pro HergiswaldminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual support of 60,000 CHF for pastoral care services at Hergiswald.
• Verein HelloWelcomeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual support of 30,000 CHF for welcome/integration services.
• Hochschulseelsorge «horizonte»minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual support of 20,000 CHF for university chaplaincy services.
• MedienstelleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual support of 25,000 CHF for media/communication services.
• MachtRaumcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExternal consulting firm that helped develop the 'Präventions- und Interventionsmanagement' (Prevention and Intervention Management) strategy paper for protection against boundary violations and abuse.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Caritas Schweiz: Swiss-wide Catholic social welfare organization. Comparable as a faith-based provider of social services, counseling, and community support, but operating at national rather than city scale.
• Schweizer Bischofskonferenz (SBK): Conference of Swiss Catholic Bishops. Provides national-level governance, public-policy representation, and doctrinal coordination relevant to the organization's reform activities.
• Bistum Basel: Parent diocese governing Catholic parishes across multiple Swiss cantons including Lucerne. Provides institutional framework, channels public funding, and sets canonical norms that directly shape operations.
• HEKS (Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz): Swiss relief and development agency of the Protestant churches. Comparable as a faith-based organization delivering community, social, and migration/integration services at national scale.

Direct peers

• Römisch-Katholische Körperschaft des Kantons Zürich: Catholic parish organization serving the canton of Zurich. Comparable in operating model — network of parishes, church-tax funding, life-stage pastoral services, social outreach — but at larger canton scale.
• Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche Stadt Luzern: Protestant parish community serving the same city of Lucerne. Direct peer offering the same mix of pastoral care, life-stage services, social engagement, and faith-based community programs to its congregants.
• Römisch-Katholische Pfarreien Stadt Basel: Catholic parish network in Basel, also under the Diocese of Basel. Comparable in offering pastoral services across multiple parishes in a single city, with similar funding and governance structures.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kathluzern
• Facebookfacebook.com/peterskapelleluzern
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kathluzern
• Instagraminstagram.com/kathluzern

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