Maria Paula Munster

Maria Paula Münster (other names: Sister Paula Maria Münster; Sister M. Paula; Sister M. Paula; Sister Maria Paula; M. Paula; Maria Paula; Sister Maria; Sister Paula; Charitas of the Infant Jesus; Maria Münster; Maria Paula Münster; Paula Münster), born February 2, 1865 in Düsseldorf ; † March 3, 1952 Island of Nonnenwerth . Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of Penance and Christian Love Nonnenwerth, writer for children and young people, chronicler.

History of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Penance and Christian Love

Live and act

She was born as Maria Elisabeth Münster. Her father, Andreas Münster, was a notary, her mother Anna Münster, b. Müller, was responsible for the household and the upbringing of the six children. After completing elementary school, the talented pupil attended the Lyceum (with boarding school) of the Franciscan Sisters on the Rhine island of Nonnenwerth. After graduating from high school, she then completed training as a teacher. Münster took the exam on October 27, 1883 before the Royal Examination Board for Teachers in Koblenz. On December 8, 1887, the young teacher entered the community of the Franciscan Sisters of Penance and Christian Love at the motherhouse in Heythuysen (Netherlands) as a postulant and was accepted into the novitiate about three months later. She received the religious name of Sister Maria Paula. Two years later, on May 8, 1890, she made perpetual vows. Within the religious order, she initially worked for one year (September 1888 to September 1889) as a music teacher in the German boarding school in Marienwerth, followed by several months of work at the boarding school in Heythusen. In May 1890, Sister Maria Paula was transferred to Nonnenwerth, where she worked as a music teacher for a few months. An increasing hearing problem forced her to give up this activity. On behalf of the order, she was allowed to devote herself entirely to the writing that had already begun.

On May 6, 1950, "Sister Maria Paula Münster, the island writer, celebrated ... the diamond anniversary of the order in a spirit of mental and physical freshness. The pensioners prepared a sensual ceremony for her, in which some congratulated her on behalf of their mothers, grandmothers, even great-grandmothers, who all knew Sister Paula as former pupils of Nonnen-werth ”(Franziskanerinnen von Nonnenwert [1954], p. 56) . The nun left this earth on March 3, 1952 forever. She was buried a few days later, with the participation of "many old 'island children" "(ibid., P. 57), in the sister cemetery on the island of Nonnenwerth.

Works (selection)

For the little ones. Poems, chats and dramatic scenes for kindergartens. I. Volume: Poems and Chats. Regensburg [1896a]
For the little ones. Poems, chats and dramatic scenes for kindergartens. II. Ribbon: Small dramatic scenes and games. Regensburg [1896b]
With Him in the heart and other stories for communicants. Regensburg [1900]
Life of Saint Anthony of Padua. Regensburg: [1900]
Christmas greeting for devout children. Especially for the dear communion children. Regensburg [1902]
Lily of the valley and lilac. Stories for young girls. Regensburg [1904]
Forest Chronicle: Fairy tales and pictures from forest life. Regensburg [1906]
O you wonderful Christmas time! Aunt Lisbeth's Christmas book for children of all ages. Regensburg [1906]
March violets. Stories, fairy tales and chats for dear children: Regensburg [1908]
Little children, love love! Eucharistic stories for children. Warendorf i. W. [1915]
From the golden childhood. Aunt Lisbeth's stories and chats. Regensburg [1915]
The little pilgrim. Christmas bits in two acts for children. Munich [1915]
Christmas bells and other stories. Stories for children and their friends. Cologne 1915
History of the island of Nonnenwerth. Regensburg 1904
Reflections for the monthly retreats of the nuns. With an examination of conscience. Regensburg [1904]
Occasional poems (with an appendix of songs) for religious cooperatives. For use for: name day, anniversary, introduction or greeting etc. Regensburg [1905]
Mother Angela née Auguste von Cordier. Life and letters. Regensburg [1907]
Marcia. Story from the 4th century AD. Saarlouis [1910]
The missions of the Franciscan Sisters of Penance and Christian Love. Trier 1911
Rejoice in the Lord. A book of joy and exaltation for religious co-operatives. Kevelaer [1926]
Monastic women's life according to the third order rule of St. Francis with special consideration of the Franciscan women cooperative Nonnenwerth (Heythuizen). Düsseldorf 1929
A child of the heather. Mother Magdalena Daemen, founder of the Cooperative of the Franciscan Sisters of Heythuizen-Nonnenwerth, Regensburg [1933]
Mother Aloysia Lenders the fourth Superior General of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Love. Heythuizen-Nonnenwerth. Regensburg: J. Habbel [1938]

literature

Manfred Berger : Sister Maria Paula Münster, In: Kurt Franz (Hrsg.): Children's and youth literature. Ein Lexikon, 62nd Erg.-Lfg., Meitingen 2017, pp. 1–22
Franziskanerinnen von Nonnenwerth (ed.): Liebfraueninsel Nonnenwerth. Festschrift. Bergisch Gladbach [1954]
Rupp, Heinz / Carl Ludwig Lang (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon. Biographical-Bibliographical Handbook. Volume 10: Lucius-Myss. Bern 1986, column 1599
Wolf, sister Evodia: 100 years ago: Nonnenwerth in the Kulturkampf 1876–1878. Based on the notes of Sister Paula Münster, who was an island student from 1877–1879. In: District Ahrweiler (Hrsg.): Heimat-Jahrbuch for the district Ahrweiler 1979. Ahrweiler 1978
Eymer, Wilfrid: Eymers Pseudonym Lexicon. Real names and pseudonyms in German literature. Bonn: Kirschbaum 1997, p. 242

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personal data
SURNAME	Munster, Maria Paula
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Münster, Maria Elisabeth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Christian author
DATE OF BIRTH	February 2, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 1952