Maria Loley
Maria Loley (born November 22, 1924 in Poysdorf , Lower Austria ; † February 4, 2016 in Laa an der Thaya ) was a social worker and refugee helper .
Life
In 1945 she helped care for the survivors of the “ Brno Death March ” in her hometown and became infected with dysentery, typhus and tuberculosis . In 1949 she completed her training as a welfare worker. She then entered the Carmelite Order , but was released after nine months due to health problems.
From 1951 to 1953 she worked in a refugee camp in Styria . In 1954 she entered the St. Gabriel Abbey, Bertholdstein , in Styria, but was also released there for health reasons. From 1956 she was a welfare worker in St. Johann im Pongau and from 1959 to 1975 a welfare worker in the youth welfare office of Mistelbach an der Zaya .
From 1976 to 1979 she built up the psychosocial service in the Weinviertel and founded the family counseling service and the social station in Poysdorf. From 1981 to 1989 she volunteered for Poland Aid. Her commitment to refugees from the Yugoslav wars began in 1992 . On October 16, 1995, she was injured by a letter bomb sent by Franz Fuchs . After her recovery she founded the "Movement Mitmensch - Refugee Aid Poysdorf".
In 1996 she moved to the Viennese seminary and got involved in the association “Movement Mitmensch - Help for People in Need”. Since 2003 she has lived in the “Mater Salvatoris” home in Pitten . She spent the last years of her life in Laa an der Thaya.
Maria Loley was buried at the city cemetery in Poysdorf.
Honors
- 1994: Prize of the UN High Commissioner for Refugee Aid ( UNHCR )
- 1994: Woman of the Year of ORF Lower Austria
- 1995: Ring of honor of the municipality of Poysdorf
- 1995: Bruno Kreisky Prize for Services to Human Rights
- 1996: Woman of the year of the TV station ARD
- 1998: Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria
- 2003: Federal Medal of Honor
- 2003: Silver Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2004: Order of Stephen in gold of the Archdiocese of Vienna
- 2007: Liese Prokop Women's Prize
Works
- Josef Ertl (Ed.): Maria Loley on humanity . Lower Austria Press House, St. Pölten / Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85326-065-9 .
- Far home. Refugees tell fairy tales . Holzhausen, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-900518-77-7 .
- Called to love. A life testimony . Tyrolia, Innsbruck / Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-7022-2862-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Maria Loley in the catalog of the German National Library
- Republic honors refugee worker Maria Loley . Austrian Broadcasting Corporation , November 6, 2003
Individual evidence
- ^ Refugee helper Maria Loley has died . APA article in Die Presse , February 4, 2016.
- ↑ Cardinal Schönborn conducts Requiem for Maria Loley on Kathpress on February 10, 2016, accessed on February 14, 2016.
- ↑ Brauner honored Maria Loley and Albrecht Konecny . City hall correspondence of the City of Vienna, November 5, 2003, accessed on February 5, 2016.
- ↑ List of the bearers of the Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria , page 1096. Query response of the Austrian Chancellor, April 23, 2012, accessed on January 5, 2016 (pdf; 6.6 MB).
- ↑ Maria Loley receives first Prokop Prize . Radio Niederösterreich , September 22, 2007, accessed on February 5, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loley, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian social worker and refugee helper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poysdorf , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th February 2016 |
| Place of death | Laa an der Thaya |