Being part of the global church and belonging to a vast network of solidarity and brotherhood, while ensuring that all people have the chance for a dignified life – these challenges were recognized early on by the Rottenburg Council Bishop Carl Joseph Leiprecht and his colleague Eberhard Mühlbacher. With the establishment of a department for the global church in 1967, they laid the foundation for a network in which today the diocese and its parishes, associations, and religious communities are partnered with Christians in nearly 90 countries or provide assistance in catastrophic emergencies. This volume discusses important milestones in this history of solidarity. Missionary individuals from Swabia and those connected to Swabia are portrayed, along with forward-looking questions for a contemporary church.