Basina Kloos
Maria Basina Kloos FBMVA (* February 1940 in Gams ob Frauenthal (today: Bad Gams , West Styria)) is a German nun. She was Superior General of the Waldbreitbach Franciscan Sisters in two terms of office .
Life
Born as Dorothea Kloos and raised in Idar-Oberstein , she entered the Third Order of the Waldbreitbach Franciscan Sisters in 1957 and was given the name Basina. She was a nurse, teacher and clinic director before moving up to the leadership of the order. From 1976 to 1988 she was Vicar General , from 1988 to 1994 and from 2000 to 2012 she was Superior General of her order. Basina Kloos is currently (2014) together with sister Marianne Meyer and Günter Merschbächer managing director of Marienhaus Gesundheits- und Sozialholding GmbH, one of the largest Christian supporters of social institutions in Germany.
From 1995 to 1998 she was general secretary of the Association of Superiors of Germany (VOD).
According to the text of the award document, Sr. Basina received the Peter Wust Prize 2009 for her work out of Christian responsibility in the challenges of social affairs in modern society, which she held in leading functions of leadership and responsibility in the religious community and in St. Elisabeth GmbH / Marienhaus GmbH, Waldbreitbach. Their commitment to a social and just society is combined with the wish that social institutions will continue to be run according to Christian standards in the future .
Awards
- 2005: Johanna Loewenherz Prize of Honor
- 2009: Peter Wust Prize
- 2011: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 2012: Saarland Order of Merit
- 2015: Honorary doctorate from the Philosophical-Theological University Vallendar
Works
- Kloos, Basina: Can you manage charity? Gollenstein, Merzig 2010. ISBN 978-3-938823-83-5
- Kloos, Sister M. Basina, Waiter, Thomas: Challenged. In the footsteps of Rosa Flesch , Paulinus Verlag, Trier 2008, ISBN 978-3-7902-0336-3 .
- Kloos, Basina (ed.): Women monastery guide. Finding God and yourself. Don Bosco, Munich 2001. ISBN 3-7698-1291-3
Web links
- "A woman to the taste of Johanna Loewenherz" Superior General Sister M. Basina Kloos awarded the Johanna Loewenherz Foundation Prize (PDF; 6.9 MB) Horizont 2/2006, p. 5
- Award of the Cross of Merit Communication from the Order
- Beck awards Sister Basina Kloos with the Federal Cross of Merit First Class from the Rhein-Zeitung from February 21, 2011
- Sr. Basina Kloos re-elected as Superior General Press release of the Diocese of Trier from July 1st, 2006
- “Working out of Christian responsibility”: Sister Basina Kloos was awarded the Peter Wust Prize
- The equal opportunities officer of the district of Neuwied calls Basina Kloos "great Rhineland-Palatinate"
- Mother Rosa was a fighter Interview with Sr. Basina Kloos on the beatification of Mother Rosa Flesch, Trierischer Volksfreund on May 2nd, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sister Edith-Maria Magar is the new General Superior of the Waldbreitbach Franciscan Sisters July 2, 2012
- ^ Marienhaus group of companies: About us
- ↑ Six personalities awarded the Saarland Order of Merit. In: www.saarland.de. State Chancellery of Saarland, February 1, 2012, archived from the original on July 6, 2017 ; Retrieved July 6, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kloos, Basina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kloos, Maria Basina (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German religious sister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Gams |