Bernarda Heimgartner

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Memorial stone to mother Bernarda Heimgartner

Bernarda Heimgartner (born November 26, 1822 in Fislisbach in the canton of Aargau ; † December 13, 1863 in Menzingen ) was a Swiss religious, co-founder and first superior of the Sisters of the Holy Cross . Her beatification process began in 1952. In the context of this, the "heroic degree of virtue" was established in 1994, which is a prerequisite for beatification .

Life

Maria Anna (or Anna Maria) Heimgartner was born in Fislisbach as the fourth of six children. Her father was Heinrich Josef Heimgartner, a shoemaker and smallholder, her mother Anna Maria Trüb. Her uncle Karl Trüb served as pastor in the community . Maria Anna attended primary school in Fislisbach and was a child maid in Baden from 1830 to 1840 . In 1840, on the advice of the local pastor Johann Kaspar Rohner and her confessor, the Capuchin Father Theodosius Florentini , she entered the boarding school of the Capuchin convent Maria Krönung in Baden, where she was trained as a teacher. After the abolition of the Aargau monasteries in 1841, she went to the Ursulines in Freiburg im Breisgau for two years to continue her studies. From 1843 to 1844 Heimgartner was a candidate and novice of the Sisters of Divine Providence in Ribeauvillé in Alsace. On October 16, 1844, she made her profession in Altdorf .

In October 1844, together with Theodosius Florentini, she founded the Institute for Teaching Sisters of the Holy Cross from the 3rd Order of St. Francis in Menzingen and on October 17, 1844, she moved into the religious house in Menzingen with the religious name Mother Bernarda . She was the first superior of the Menzing sisters .

Disputes with Father Florentini between 1854 and 1856 about the relationship between the school sisters of Menzingen and the Sisters of Mercy von Ingenbohl , who were involved in nursing , led to the separation of the two Capuchin congregations into two independent congregations.

In 1859, mother Bernarda fell ill with pulmonary tuberculosis . She resigned as superior in 1863 and handed the office over to her chosen successor, Sister Salesia Strickler , who held it until 1898. Mother Bernarda died on December 13, 1863 as a result of her illness.

Publications

  • Bernarda Heimgartner: The chronicle of the institute of the teaching sisters of St. Cross 1844-1854 . Introduction, notes, publisher: Andreas Sampers, Institute of the Teaching Sisters of the Holy Cross, Menzingen Canton Zug 1970.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.holycross-menzingen.org/de/geschichte/mutter-bernarda/ accessed on September 20, 2015
  2. ^ Victor Conzemius: Heimgartner, Maria Bernarda. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/1863.htm#Heimgartner
  4. ↑ http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92224
  5. ↑ http://catholicsaints.info/venerable-bernarda-heimgartner/
  6. ↑ The order of the first names is given differently in the sources.

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personal data
SURNAME Heimgartner, Bernarda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heimgartner, Maria Anna; Heimgartner, Anna Maria (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss nun and founder of the order
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Fislisbach , Canton Aargau
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1863
Place of death Menzingen ZG