Augustina Schumacher
Augustina Schumacher (born April 23, 1887 in Pfaffendorf near Koblenz as Maria Katharina Clara Schumacher ; † May 8, 1945 in Goppeln ) is the founder of the order of the Nazareth Sisters of St. Francis in Goppeln.
Life
Clara Schumacher grew up in a large family in the Catholic Rhineland . In 1909 she joined the sister community of the Holy Spirit in Koblenz, but left them in 1913 for health reasons.
After her recovery, she entered the secular Third Order of St. Francis in 1916 and, after having made her profession as a Franciscan sister , received the religious name of Sister Augustina, which she had chosen herself . In order to care for the needy in her hometown in the post-war period, she and three sisters opened a home for those in need in Koblenz. The association of the Caritas Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis goes back to her.
In Koblenz, Sister Augustina learned of the problems in the newly established diocese of Meißen at a meeting of the Bonifatiusverein and went to Dresden in August 1923, where she was in charge of the (young) journeyman's house of the Dresden journeyman 's association.
Bishop Christian Schreiber encouraged her to found an order, after which she founded the community of the Nazareth Sisters of St. Francis in December 1923 . On June 15, 1928, the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus , the congregation of the Nazareth Sisters of the Holy Family , as it was called at the beginning, was confirmed as a congregation under episcopal law .
Sister Augustina founded a children's home, a house for women who were expecting a child without being married, and also looked after the elderly. But the sisters also took on pastoral care activities.
Sister Augustina was killed when the Red Army marched into Goppeln on May 8, 1945 : when she took over the service at the gate of the mother house, also to protect her fellow sisters, a presumably drunk Russian soldier fired several shots at her. She died a little later from her injuries. She found her final resting place in the garden of the monastery in Goppeln. Her motto was: "Will of God above everything!"
The motherhouse of the Nazareth Sisters is in Goppeln ( Bannewitz municipality ) near Dresden. It housed the children's home until the 1990s, and the St. Clara retirement and nursing home has been operated here since the renovation .
Mother Augustina von Goppeln was accepted as a witness of faith in the German martyrology of the 20th century .
literature
- Siegfried Seifert : mother Augustina von Goppeln (Clara Schuhmacher). In: Helmut Moll (ed.): Witnesses for Christ. The German martyrology of the 20th century. Paderborn et al. 1999, 7th, updated and revised edition 2019, ISBN 978-3-506-78012-6 , pp. 1374-1377.
See also
Web links
- Biography on the website of the Congregation of the Nazareth Sisters of St. Franziskus e. V.
- Entry to Augustina Schumacher on medals online (with photo)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schumacher, Augustina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schumacher, Clara (maiden name); Schumacher, Maria Katharina Clara (full name); Sister Augustina (religious name); Mother Augustina von Goppeln (religious name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Foundress of the order of the Nazareth Sisters of St. Francis |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pfaffendorf near Koblenz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1945 |
| Place of death | Goppeln |