Maria Droste to Vischering
| Sel. Mary of the Divine Heart | |
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 Sr. Maria of the Divine Heart on her last visit to Münster in 1896 |
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| Born | September 8, 1863 ( Münster , Westphalia) |
| Deceased | June 8, 1899 ( Porto , Portugal ) |
| beatification | November 1, 1975 by Pope Paul VI. |
| Holiday | 8th June |
| Patron saint | polio, orphans, devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Attributes | Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Maria Countess Droste zu Vischering (full name: Maria Anna Johanna Franziska Theresia Antonia Huberta Droste zu Vischering , religious name Maria of the Divine Heart ; * September 8, 1863 in Münster , † June 8, 1899 in Porto ) was a German religious sister in the congregation of Sisters of the Good Shepherd . She is venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church .
Life
Maria Droste zu Vischering and her twin brother Maximilian were born on the feast of the birth of Mary , September 8, 1863, in Münster in the Erbdrostenhof . Her family on her father's side belonged to the Westphalian nobility dynasty of the imperial barons Droste zu Vischering , who were hereditary corpses of the Principality of Münster. Her father was Clemens Heidenreich Droste zu Vischering (1832-1923) and her mother, his wife Helene von Galen (1837-1917), was also from the ancient Catholic nobility, from the count family Galen from the Oldenburger Münsterland . Numerous high Catholic dignitaries come from her family; including Clemens August Droste zu Vischering (1773–1845), Archbishop of Cologne from 1835 to 1845 ; Kaspar Maximilian Droste zu Vischering (1770–1846), Bishop of Münster from 1826 to 1846, and her cousin Clemens August Cardinal Graf von Galen (1878–1946), who was Bishop of Münster from 1933 to 1946 and was beatified in 2005 during the Nazi era has been. On September 9, 1863, the twins, the children of a weak constitution , were baptized in an emergency baptism by the mother's brother, Maximilian Gereon von Galen , who was then prefect at the seminary in Mainz and later auxiliary bishop in Münster .
Maria Droste grew up carefree on the family seat, the moated castle Darfeld (in today's Coesfeld district ) within a daily practiced Marian piety , with rosary prayer and Marian devotion. At the age of 15 she attended the school of the Sacré Coeur Riedenburg monastery , which was run by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Riedenburg on Lake Constance in the city of Bregenz in Vorarlberg. The Riedenburg was owned by Magdalena Sophie Barat in 1853 , who founded the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacré-Cœur) .
In 1888 Maria Droste entered the monastery of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Münster . At a time when industrialization was advancing rapidly in the newly founded German Reich , it was above all impoverished and homeless women and prostitutes seeking help were accepted into the houses of the congregation. In 1891 Sister Maria finished her novitiate and took her religious vows . As a result, she then looked after her own girls' living group.
In January 1894 she was sent to Lisbon as assistant to the provincial superior in Portugal , Anna von Schorlemer, also a Westphalian noblewoman. In May 1894 she was appointed 3rd Superior of the Monastery of the Good Shepherd, founded in 1881 in the working class suburb of Paranhos of the city of Porto . There, too, she took care of the poor and got to know the dark side of rapid industrialization and took care of the girls and women who were forced into poverty and prostitution. Her aristocratic origins were useful in her quest to get the financial resources she needed from rich nobles and factory owners.
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Illness and the consecration of the whole world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The difficult economic situation of the Good Shepherd Sisters monastery was resolved - her father bought the building and paid off the monastery debt - the house was renovated. Sr. Maria set up a retreat area , something that was actually no longer allowed in Portugal.
Around 1898 Sr. Maria had the plan to build a monastery church that would be consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus .
During her Portuguese years, Sr. Maria's mystical experiences deepened. On May 25, 1899, Pope Leo XIII published the encyclical Annum Sacrum , in which he set June 11th as the day of consecration of the whole world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which goes back to the visions and writings of Sr. Mary. A few days earlier, on May 18, Pope Leo XIII. the parents of Sr. Maria received in private audience . The Pope said to them: “Tell your daughter that the requested consecration to the Sacred Heart will be performed in all cathedrals and churches of the world; and tell her that this is the consequence of what she told me and that I expect the greatest graces for the whole world. ”Although Maria Droste heard about the consecration of the world, she did not live to see the Sacred Heart Day . Because she died on June 8, 1899 during Vespers for the first Sacred Heart Feast at the age of 35 of bone tuberculosis .
beatification
Sr. Maria of the Divine Heart is best known as a mystic . Pope Leo XIII. already suggested in October 1899 to collect the first documents for a beatification process . 45 years after her death, was the body of Sr. Mary incorrupt found. Since then it has been in a reliquary in the new Sacred Heart Church in Ermesinde .
On November 1, 1975, Sr. Maria of the Divine Heart was received by Pope Paul VI. Beatified in Rome, her feast day is June 8th. Your congregation, supported by the Portuguese Bishops' Conference, initiated the canonical steps for a canonization . The Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints has been involved in the examination since June 2013 .
Within the German Association for Mariology (DAM), Sr. Maria is considered to be the “pioneer of the message of Fátima”.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : DROSTE ZU VISCHERING, Maria Countess, nun of the Good Shepherd. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1385-1392.
- Bierbaum, Max: Maria from the Divine Heart Droste to Vischering. A picture of life using unpublished sources . Freiburg im Breisgau (Herder) 1966.
- Büning, Markus: Everything to the heart of Jesus: life and piety of the blessed Maria Droste zu Vischering . Stein am Rhein (Christiana) 2014.
- Chasle, Louis: Sister Maria from the Divine Heart Droste zu Vischering. Religious of the Good Shepherd . Edited by Leo Sattler. Freiburg im Breisgau (Herder) 1929 (9).
- Gonzaga, Maria: The Bride of the Divine Heart: Thoughts and sayings of the Blessed Maria of the Divine Heart (Maria Droste zu Vischering) . (Gotthard Media) Edition: 2, 2008.
Web links
- Biography on the website of the diocese of Münster
- Order of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
- Short biography in German in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- Literature by and about Maria Droste zu Vischering in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry to Maria Droste zu Vischering on medal online
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- ↑ Manfred Hauke (ed.): Fatima - 100 years later. History, message, relevance (Mariological Studies 25), Regensburg 2017. Page 54
- ↑ Biographical data mainly from [1] , and [2]
- ↑ DROSTE-VISCHERING, Maria RGS - Orden-online.de , orden-online.de, July 22, 2009
- ↑ Manfred Hauke (ed.): Fatima - 100 years later. History, message, relevance (Mariological Studies 25), Regensburg 2017. Page 53
- ↑ Jean Bainvel: Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. Feb. 23, 2015
- ↑ Laurent Volken: Visions, Revelations and the Church, PJ Kenedy Publishers 1963
- ^ Niels Christian Hvidt: Christian Prophecy: The Post-Biblical Tradition , OUP Press, 2007. Cf. page 242
- ↑ Manfred Hauke (ed.): Fatima - 100 years later. History, message, relevance (Mariological Studies 25), Regensburg 2017. Page 53
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Droste to Vischering, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mary of the Divine Heart; Droste zu Vischering, Maria Anna Johanna Franziska Theresia Antonia Huberta (full name at birth) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German religious sister of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and Blessed |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1899 |
| Place of death | postage |