Maria Wachtler
Maria Wachtler FMA (born August 5, 1935 in Zanegg , Hungary ; † September 5, 2016 in Caracas ) was an Austrian Don Bosco sister and missionary.
Wachtler was born in 1935 in the Hungarian Mosonszolnok (German Zanegg), moved with her family to Neusiedl am See and later joined the order of the Don Bosco Sisters. In 1965 she left Austria to work in Venezuela . There she lived and worked with the Yanomami , an indigenous people in the border area between Venezuela and Brazil . Together with other Don Bosco sisters, she set up a functioning teaching system and ensured that basic medical care was guaranteed.
In 1996 she received the Romero Prize of the Catholic Men's Movement in Austria, endowed with 10,000 euros . In addition, her commitment to building a bilingual school system and writing the grammar of the Yanomami language was recognized in 1988 with its illustration on a Venezuelan postage stamp .
Publications
- Maria Wachtler: The caoba trees have grown, 25 years of missionary work with the Yanomami in Venezuela . Preface by Stefan László and Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt . Self-published by Maria Wachtler, Gattendorf 1990, DNB 942435583 .
literature
- Norbert Lehner: Right in the middle of the Yanomami: Sr. Maria Wachtler's mission in Venezuela . Don Bosco, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-7698-1547-4 .
Web links
- Sr. Maria Wachtler celebrates her 75th birthday: “It was wonderful to arrive at the Yanomami.” Press release from Jugend Eine Welt , August 2010
- Venezuela: Bilingual Education for the Yanomami . Youth One World (article about the project work with the Yanomami)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grew up in Neusiedl - missionary Maria Wachtler died in Caracas . Burgenland People's Newspaper , September 6, 2016, accessed on September 7, 2016.
- ↑ In book form: Maria Wachtler's life with the Yanomami. ORF Burgenland , July 15, 2015, accessed on September 7, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wachtler, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Don Bosco sister and missionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zanegg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 2016 |
| Place of death | Caracas |