Euthymia Üffing
Sister Maria Euthymia , usually briefly Sister Euthymia (born April 8, 1914 in Halverde , Westphalia as Emma Üffing , † September 9, 1955 in Münster , Westphalia) was a German Clement sister . She was beatified in Rome on October 7, 2001 .
Life
Emma Üffing was the ninth of Maria and August Üffing's eleven children, who ran a small farm on which she worked until she was 17. She suffered from rickets since she was 18 months old , which debilitated her and caused her to have trouble walking.
In 1931 Emma Üffing began training as a housekeeper in the kitchen of the St. Anna Hospital in Hopsten . The superior of the hospital was called Sister Euthymia and is said to have been her role model. Three years later, on March 25, 1934, Emma Üffing asked to be admitted to the Clement Sisters, whereupon she became a postulant on July 23 . Her novitiate began with her attire on October 2, 1935 and ended on October 11, 1936 with her temporal vows . She was given the name she wanted, Sister Maria Euthymia. A month later she was transferred to the St. Vincent Hospital in Dinslaken , where she worked as an auxiliary nurse in the isolation ward . In 1939 she passed the nurse examination and made the perpetual vow on September 15, 1940.
In Dinslaken she was responsible for the nursing care of the prisoners of war during the Second World War , from whom she is said to have received the nickname "Angel of Love". After the end of the war and the closure of the prison ward, she was appointed to head the hospital laundry. She found it very difficult to give up nursing and the lack of patient contact, but she complied. In 1948 she was appointed to the parent company in Münster, where she was also charged with managing the laundry.
After a bout of weakness in July 1955, when Sister Euthymia cancer diagnosed, she died on September 9, 1955th
Beatification and Adoration
At the open coffin of Sister Euthymias, one of her fellow sisters, whose hand had got into an ironing machine and was badly burned and bruised, is said to have asked for intercession . The hand should be completely healed within a short time.
Two years later, the beatification process was requested, which began another two years later. In 1985 the body of Sister M. Euthymia was exhumed , examined and reburied . Sister Euthymia was beatified in Rome by Pope John Paul II on October 7, 2001 .
Thereafter, several church buildings were furnished with relics of the blessed.
- The Halverd parish church of St. Peter and Paul received a relic that Auxiliary Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst placed on the altar on October 10, 2004.
- On the occasion of the consecration of the altar in the renovated and redesigned parish church of St. Dionysius in Recke on November 5, 2005, Auxiliary Bishop Tebartz-van Elst placed a hand bone relic of Sister Maria Euthymia in the sepulcrum in the floor directly below the altar.
- Another relic was placed in the altar on March 12, 2008 at the consecration of the altar in the St. Regina Church in Drensteinfurt .
- Also in the parish church of St. Agatha in Mettingen there is a relic of her in the sealed compartment of the altar, as well as a small portrait on the base of the Barbara figure. During the consecration of the altar in St. Agatha in January 2009, the then diocesan administrator, Auxiliary Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck, placed relics of the two Blessed Sisters Maria Euthymia and Cardinal Clemens August von Galen in the altar.
- At the consecration of the new altar in the St. Elisabeth Chapel of the Ibbenbüren Clinic by Auxiliary Bishop Wilfried Theising on April 9, 2011, a relic - part of a middle finger bone - was inserted.
- The Clement Sisters have set up an Euthymia Center with an Euthymia chapel and an altar relic as a memorial and place of worship for Sister Euthymia in their mother house on Loerstraße in Münster.
Other honors
In Halverde, where she was born, the stages of her life can be traced on the Sister Maria Euthymia Memorial Trail , which leads from the main street across from the parish church of St. Peter and Paul to the Üffing farm. In her baptistery St. Peter and Paul, the nun is remembered in a special way. There is also a Euthymia painting created by Leonard Klosa. In addition, the Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul organizes several Euthymia days every year , to which well-known guest preachers are invited.
The Hopsten community also dedicated the Maria-Euthymia-Weg in Halverde to her.
One at their place of work in Dinslaken recalls since November 10, 2001 Memorial of Beuys -Schülers Alfred Grimm to their pastoral and sick nursing activity.
literature
- Hans-Josef Joest (red.) Among others: Sister Maria Euthymia. Her life, her beatification, her charisma. Aschendorff & Dialogverlag, Münster 2001, ISBN 3-402-05349-7 (Aschendorff) or ISBN 3-933144-45-0 (Dialogverlag).
- Wendelin Meyer: Sister Maria Euthymia. Sister Clement, died in the name of Holiness on September 9, 1955 in Münster in Westphalia. Depicted according to the files and preparatory work of the parent company. 16th edition. Clement Sisters, Münster 1976.
- Johannes Loy (ed.): Sister Euthymia "everything for the great God". Aschendorff, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-402-05366-7 .
- Emile Eche: I served and my reward is peace. The Clement Sister Maria Euthymia in the memories of the prisoner of war French soldier priest Emile Eche. 12th edition. Regensberg, Münster 1994, ISBN 3-7923-0576-3 .
- Heinrich Mussinghoff : Sister Maria Euthymia (1914-1955). A hidden life for God and man. Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer 2000, ISBN 3-7666-0266-7 .
- Paul Hövels: As God wants. Euthymia prayer book. 2nd, expanded edition. Dialogverlag, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-933144-81-7 .
- Hermann Bücker: The Klemensister Maria Euthymia, 1914 - 1955. Her life and her character image. Aschendorff, Münster 1963.
Web links
- Literature by and about Euthymia Üffing in the catalog of the German National Library
- Blessed Sister Euthymia
- Beatification of Sr. Euthymia
- Euthymia in Halverde
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Fasel: The mysterious breath of holiness . October 6, 2001 ( welt.de [accessed May 10, 2019]).
- ↑ westline | Homepage - football, lifestyle, technology and local things Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung, September 14, 2004, via archiv.westline.de at web.archive.org
- ↑ Jan-Herm Janßen: A testimony of faith of 275 years . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , online version of November 7, 2005 in the westline local archive ( memento of the original of June 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Claudia Keller: The base bears a picture of the blessed sister Maria Euthymia . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , online version of February 9, 2009 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Claudia Keller: Celebrating and praying at the Lord's table. Auxiliary Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck consecrated the altar in St. Agatha Church . In: Kirche + Leben from January 20, 2009, online version in the kirchensite.de archive, corresponding content is no longer available
- ^ Anke Beiing: Solemn consecration of the altar in the St. Elisabeth Chapel of the Ibbenbüren Clinic . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , online version of April 10, 2011 with photo series and local video from mazzTV ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Euthymia Center - Clement Sisters
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Uffing, Euthymia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Üffing, Emma (original name); Sister Maria Euthymia (religious name); Sister Euthymia (religious name); Üffing, Maria Euthymia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sister of Clement |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halverde , Westphalia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1955 |
| Place of death | Munster , Westphalia |