Sisters of the Divine Redeemer

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lateral exterior view of the first monastery of the order in Niederbronn

The Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer (Niederbronner Sisters) is an order of women in the Roman Catholic Church .

history

The first monastery of the congregation in Niederbronn

The religious order was founded on August 28, 1849 by Elisabeth Eppinger (religious name: Mother Alfons Maria) with the support of Johann David Reichard, the Catholic pastor of her hometown Bad Niederbronn (Alsace) and the approval of the Strasbourg bishop Andreas Räß under the name of the Order of the Daughters of Divine Savior was founded to feed the sick and support other poor people . In 1854 the community was recognized by the French state. In 1866, a year before the death of the founder, it was confirmed by Pope Pius IX.

While the foundress was still alive, branches of the Niederbronn Congregation emerged in 1866/67 into new religious orders in Vienna, Würzburg and Sopron. In 1916 the Vienna congregation grew into another one in Bratislava. All congregations were independent, but based on the first rule of the founder of the order. The reason for the segregation was that aspirants should prepare in Niederbronn and take part in a retreat there as sisters every year. This met with opposition from the bishops and superiors of the dioceses of Würzburg, Vienna and Raab because of the financial burden. The local bishops requested that the novitiate and retreat be held on site. Negotiations by the General Superior Alfons Maria, who even traveled to Austria and Hungary for this, were unsuccessful, so that in March 1866 the communities in Vienna and Raab were separated before the release of the approbation decree, and a little later also in Würzburg. The branches became their own religious orders, only the communities in the Würzburg diocese decided by a majority to continue to submit to the authority of Mother Alfons Maria.

In the commemorative publication “Hundred Years of Niederbronner Sisters” from 1949 (p. 47) it is stated that since then, in addition to the desire for reunification, there have also been concrete attempts at this. After the Second Vatican Council , the various congregations of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer came closer together. In 1999 the Viennese merged with the Niederbronn congregation, in 2009 the same happened with the congregation from Bratislava.

In southern Germany, the religious order is usually referred to as the Niederbronn Sisters - after their place of origin in Bad Niederbronn in Alsace . In some areas of Baden the name Bühler Sisters is known after the former provincial house in Bühl in Baden. The General Motherhouse is located in Oberbronn . On April 10, 2005, the former provinces of Baden-Hessen (Maria Hilf Monastery, Bühl ), Bavaria ( St. Josef Monastery , Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz ), Palatinate ( St. Maria Monastery , Esthal ) and Austria ( Vienna ) became the Province of Germany and Austria, merged under one management based in Nuremberg .

The congregation is represented worldwide with the motto "De fontibus salvatoris" ( Latin. From the sources of the Savior ) in Germany , France and Austria as well as in the Netherlands , Portugal , Argentina , Bolivia , Angola , Cameroon and India . She is dedicated to u. a. care for the sick and the elderly, upbringing and education, pastoral and pastoral care, work for the homeless and the training of young women.

According to canon law, the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer are a religious order under papal law and in Germany under civil law a corporation under public law . The German institutions are sponsored by the TGE, "gTrägergesellschaft mbH for the institutions of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer (Niederbronn Sisters) Province of Germany" and the "Hospital Foundation of the Niederbronn Sisters".

In 2017, the Eisenstadt nun Johanna Vogl was elected as Superior General.

Human rights violations against children in care

Hansel and Gretel home, where human rights violations occurred

On May 11, 1922, today's Marie-Mattfeld-Haus, at that time the Hänsel-und-Gretel-Heim, was inaugurated as an orphanage in Oberammergau . In the years 1950 to 1975 in particular, several children suffered there, some of the most serious human rights violations. At that time the home was formally under the direction of the City of Munich, but between 1922 and 1999 several sisters of the order were active in the home. They were supposed to serve as caregivers for the children and, in some cases until the very end, held managerial positions. Although the sisters were actually with the children almost the whole day, they were only able to develop a closer bond or trust in the rarest of cases. Personal contact with the local population was prevented as much as possible. There was mental and physical abuse as well as sexual abuse, in which at least one of the nurses was actively involved. The criminal offenses are statute-barred, which is why an investigation had to be stopped. The Munich city council issued a statement in 2011 to apologize for the injustice suffered.

Provinces and expansion

The general government of the order is located in Oberbronn in Alsace, the current order is spatially divided into different provinces :

  • Province of Germany and Austria with a community in Holland (head office: Nuremberg)
  • Province of France with a community in Portugal (Headquarters: Nancy )
  • Province of Slovakia with one branch each in the Czech Republic and Hungary (head office: Bratislava)
  • Province of India (Headquarters: Nagercoil )
  • Province of Angola (Headquarters: Luanda )
  • Delegation Argentina (Headquarters: San Salvador de Jujuy )
  • Delegation Cameroon (Headquarters: Yaoundé )

Monasteries

The order currently maintains 5 monasteries in Germany and Austria:

Campo Santo Teutonico

Since 1920 the sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of Christian Love ("Mallinckrodt Sisters") worked in the Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome . In 2013, the Niederbronn sisters succeeded him.

Facilities

Germany
(Selection)
Austria

See also

literature

  • Christine Rädlinger : "Christmas was always very nice" The children's homes in the state capital of Munich from 1950 to 1975 . Ed .: City of Munich. 1st edition. Franz Schiermeier Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-943866-23-0 , Das Marie-Mattfeld-Haus, p. 145-174 .
  • History of the religious community. In: Diözesanarchiv Linz (Ed.): NEW ARCHIVE for the history of the Diocese of Linz , 17th year, 2005, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, there pp. 236–238
  • The Niederbronn sisters in Bavaria , Günter Büschges and Karl Holzbauer with the assistance of Katrin Töpfer, 2002

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lucian Pfleger: The Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Holy Savior called "Niederbronner Sisters", Freiburg i. Brsg: Herder, 1921
  2. ↑ TGE Academy
  3. ↑ Eisenstadt will be General Superior ( Memento from September 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) from August 2, 2017, accessed on August 5, 2017.
  4. ↑ Bjs: Plaque at the entrance to the Hansel and Gretel home in Oberammergau. September 11, 2012, accessed July 24, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b Abuse in the home: the city offers help to victims | City of Munich. May 21, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Garmisch-Partenkirchener Tagblatt of July 29, 1999. July 24, 2017, accessed on July 24, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b Marie Mattfeld House; Type and organization of the facility. October 28, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Barbara Wimmer: Child molester also in urban homes . In: https://www.tz.de . June 6, 2011 ( archive.org [accessed July 24, 2017]).
  9. ^ Marie Mattfeld House; Processing of home education. October 28, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Beate Frenkel: Well meant and badly done - aid fund for children in homes. In: Frontal 21. ZDF, July 9, 2017, accessed on July 24, 2017 .
  11. ↑ a b c d e f Dr. Christine Rädlinger: Processing of home education (welfare education) between the years 1950 to 1975 in Munich homes under the authority of the city . In: Landeshauptstadt München, Sozialreferat, Stadtjugendamt (Ed.): Kinder - und Jugendhilfereport 2013 . 2013, p. 131–135 ( archive.org [PDF]).
  12. ↑ Carola Alge: Abused behind home doors as a child. In: Meppener Tagespost. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , August 20, 2015, accessed on July 24, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Ludwig Hutter: The bad wolf. In: Garmisch-Partenkirchner Tagblatt. Münchner Merkur, June 27, 2015, accessed on July 24, 2017 .
  14. ↑ a b Public Prosecutor Gellner: file number 28-JS-26896-15. Public Prosecutor Munich II, January 4, 2016, accessed July 24, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Lost Childhood from May 25, 2014: Home education in Munich earlier | BR media library VIDEO. Retrieved on July 24, 2017 (German).
  16. ↑ Social Department of the City of Munich (Ed.): Children and Youth Welfare Report 2011 . Munich, S. 91 ( archive.org [PDF]).
  17. ^ Stefan Hauf: Town hall look around . Ed .: Press and Information Office of the City of Munich. tape 155 . Munich August 9, 2014, p. 5 ( archive.org [PDF]).
  18. ^ Gudrun Sailer: "German sisters are leaving Campo Santo" , Vatican Radio , November 22, 2013
  19. ↑ gutenhirte-ludwigshafen.de , accessed on November 8, 2013
  20. ↑ theresien-krankenhaus.de , accessed on November 8, 2013
  21. ↑ vincentius-speyer.de , accessed on November 8, 2013
  22. ↑ tge-online.eu , accessed on September 10, 2015
  23. ↑ Sisters of the Divine Redeemer. (Vienna), on ordensgemeinschaften.at;
    Sisters of the Divine Redeemer, Vienna. , kulturgueter.kath-orden.at.
  24. ^ Educational center Kenyongasse Mater Salvatoris
  25. ↑ Sisters of the Divine Redeemer. (Eisenstadt), on ordensgemeinschaften.at;
    Sisters of the Divine Redeemer, Eisenstadt. , kulturgueter.kath-orden.at.