Sigrid Ehrlich

Sigrid Ehrlich , SPSF , (* 1937 in Silesia ) is a German religious sister who makes a living by caring for the homeless in Frankfurt am Main . She is the holder of the Federal Cross of Merit . She is also called " Mother Teresa of Frankfurt".

Life

The example of the founder of the order of the Poor Sisters of St. Francis, Franziska Schervier , brought Barbara Ehrlich to join this order in 1956 and adopted the name Sigrid. She trained in Aachen as a nurse in the mother house of her order. In 1989 she sent her order, the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis , from Cologne to Frankfurt am Main. Since 1990 she has been active in helping the homeless in Frankfurt; One of the activities of the order is working with the excluded. In 1992 she founded the association “ Lichtblick eV ” and in 1995 the association “ Lichtblick aktiv Sister Sigrid eV”"

Ehrlich received the First Class Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her commitment.

Activity in the homeless service

Through her association "Lichtblick eV", Sigrid Ehrlich tries to alleviate the plight of homeless people in the Main metropolis. At first she picked up the homeless at train stations, public toilets , in parks and bridges, looked after them, looked after their wounds and welfare. With her association Lichtblick aktiv Sister Sigrid eV she tries to create emergency beds, flat-sharing communities for the homeless and apartments for the mentally and physically handicapped in order to enable them to live independently. In 1997 a house was bought in Dornbusch, later in Bergen-Enkheim, and in 1999 a house for the homeless was opened in Eschersheimer Straße, which offers care for around 40 men and women. She lives regularly in her monastery and in the house. Another area of ​​their commitment is to provide permanent housing for the homeless and to promote the integration of homeless or homeless people into society. So far 300 permanent apartments have been brokered.

The work of Sister Sigrid was presented several times in detailed reports in the Frankfurter Rundschau , and the Hessenschau reported on her work on February 16, 2013.

Awards

• Medal of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , 1994
• Mayor Wilhelm Fay Prize, 1995.
• Walter Möller posters, 1996.
• Dr. Gabriele Strecker Prize, 2008.
• Cross of Merit, First Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2010.
• Frankfurt Citizens' Prize of the BFF parliamentary group, Frankfurt / Main, 2019.

Web links

• Sister Sigrid is there for the homeless. Report of the Frankfurter Rundschau from January 7, 2013 with picture
• A home as a ray of light ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Report of the Frankfurter Rundschau from September 10, 2007 with picture
• The website of the Lichtblick aktiv association