Regina Stracke

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Regina Stracke (born July 11, 1883 in Rahrbach , now in Kirchhundem as Maria Elisabeth Stracke , † November 28, 1963 in Kitega , Burundi ) was a missionary and founder of the order.

origin

Maria Elisabeth Stracke was the second of four children of the married couple Caspar Stracke and Regina Stracke geb. Neuhaus. The father was a tailor. In 1871 he moved from Würdinghausen to Dahlhausen , but returned to the Sauerland with his family in 1883 . In 1885 the family settled in their home village of Würdinghausen again, and in 1887 they bought the so-called Stempes house there. Maria Elisabeth Stracke's mother died in 1893. The younger brother, Friedrich Stracke , became a missionary for the White Fathers in Burundi in 1937 .

Religious life

On March 1, 1907, Maria Elisabeth Stracke joined the Cooperative of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (White Sisters) in Boxtel ( Holland ) and took the religious name Regina. After the novitiate she worked first in the mother house of St. Charles in Algiers , then in the mission station in Kabylia . In 1910 she was sent to the Rwanda Mission , where she worked at the Nyondo Mission. For her job she learned the difficult language of the Kinyarwanda .

Bene Terezya sisters

Sister Regina founded the Congregation of the Bene Terezya Sisters in Burundi on August 15, 1933 , whose statutes were approved by the Vatican in 1942 . In her function as superior of the order, she was henceforth called "Mother Regina". The order founded hospitals, orphanages and infirmaries, old people's homes, kindergartens and numerous mission stations in the interior of Africa. Mother Regina died on November 28, 1963 and was buried next to the mother house of her order in Kitega, Burundi. Her memory is still cherished in Burundi today.

swell

  • Jochen Krause: People from home. Vol. III. Article: Maria and Friedrich Stracke. Kirchhundem 1989, p. 538ff.
  • Jochen Krause: Stories from the Sauerland. A village tells. Würdinghausen in the Hundem Valley. Plettenberg 1998, p. 460ff.
  • Kirchhundem parish archive, messages from Pastor Ludwig Kamm, Tönisvorst, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Stracke, Regina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stracke, Maria Elisabeth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German missionary and founder of the order
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Rahrbach , now Kirchhundem
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1963
Place of death Kitega , Burundi