Margit Hauft

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Margit Hauft (2009)

Margit Hauft (born November 13, 1949 ) is an Austrian religious educator and was chairwoman of the Catholic women's movement in Austria from 2000 to 2011 .

Life and education

Hauft graduated from high school in 1969 and was initially an accountant before completing her training as a religion teacher from 1971 and then teaching at two elementary schools in Wels for a year and a half . She is married, has four daughters and lives in Wels.

Church engagement

She was initially involved in the Catholic women's movement at local level, and from 1982 to 1992 she founded and managed the education and meeting center Treffpunkt der Frau in Wels, which had to be closed in 2010 for reasons of economy.

From 1997 to 2003 she was head of the women's commission of the Diocese of Linz and from 2000 to 2011 she was at the head of the Catholic women's movement both in Upper Austria and throughout Austria. From 1999 to 2011, after Eduard Ploier , she was the first woman to chair the Catholic Action Upper Austria and until 2008 was the executive chairman of the Pastoral Council of the Diocese of Linz .

Since 2001 she has represented the state of Upper Austria on the ORF Board of Trustees as an independent delegate .

Since 2013, after Peter Pawlowsky (executive chairman) and Herbert Kohlmaier (first elected chairman), she has been the elected chairwoman of the lay initiative .

She accompanied the development of the integration association Land der Menschen - Auf einer Zuenden zuischen Oberösterreich. and was chairwoman from 2006 to 2012.

In addition to her numerous official functions, she works as a consultant in adult education.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.dioezese-linz.at/news/2019/04/01/kulturauszeichnung-des-landes-o-fuer-margit-hauft
  2. ↑ Women have made a contribution to saving , in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of November 23, 2010
  3. ↑ Church reformer: Margit Hauft elected chairwoman , in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of 19 January 2013
  4. ↑ Margit Hauft: Netzwerkerin Gottes , in: Web presence of the Catholic women's movement in Austria
  5. ^ Margit Hauft received the Elfriede Grünberg Prize , in: Bezirksrundschau Wels
personal data
SURNAME Hauft, Margit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian religious educator and leading Austrian church functionary
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1949