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Sister Maria of the Divine Heart Droste zu Vischering 1863 – 1899 Good Shepherd Sister

Sister Maria of the Divine Heart Droste zu Vischering 1863 – 1899 Good Shepherd Sister. Darfeld Hall - the Droste zu Vischering country home. Embedded in the parkland scenery of Münsterland . Her birthplace - Erbdrostenhof in Münster on 8 Sept. 1863. Room in which Maria was born.

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Sister Maria of the Divine Heart Droste zu Vischering 1863 – 1899 Good Shepherd Sister

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  1. Sister Maria of the Divine Heart Droste zu Vischering 1863 – 1899 Good Shepherd Sister

  2. Darfeld Hall - the Droste zu Vischering country home Embedded in the parkland scenery of Münsterland

  3. Her birthplace - Erbdrostenhof in Münster on 8 Sept. 1863 Room in which Maria was born Rebuilt after1945

  4. Baptised in St. Servatius Church Baptised by her mother‘s brother, Maximilian von Galen, on 9. September 1863. He was the Prefect of the Priests‘ Seminary in Mainz. “So the Lord wanted to deliver me from evil and take possession of me from the moment I entered the world“. (From her autobiography)

  5. Maria‘s parents

  6. Her parents´ example He has always been a perfect gentleman to me (Helene von Galen talking about her husband, Erbdroste Clemens Graf Droste zu Vischering)

  7. A cute child It is said that Maria was two years old when she was to be painted first time.

  8. Childhood at Darfeld Maria ca. 1867: a perfectly normal, very lively but strong-minded child.

  9. Inseparable twins Maria and Max, the inseparable pair. Maria felt responsible for Max for a long time, and continued to worry about him until she was sure he was safely married

  10. Burg Vischering near Lüdinghausen Excursion to Max’ later life: Max lived and brought up his children here. Maria‘s gover-ness stayed here and helped to raise the next generation.

  11. Education of a lady Riedenburg, Sacré Coeur, formative years for the young Maria

  12. A young girl like any other „Listen, my daughter and incline your ear; forget also your own people, and your father‘s house; the King greatly desires your beauty“ (Psalm 45) Maria realises that this means her. She prays for clarity and discernment.

  13. A 19th century family A big, happy family whose life is rather like that of a religious community

  14. Maria´s place in the girls´ sitting room at Darfeld Hall Between the two windows is Anna´s desk, Maria´s is the one by the door, and the writing desk next to Maria‘s is Auguste‘s.

  15. Bride of my heart, come to my heart My love for you is everlasting and I have taken you to my heart full of mercy (Vespers for the Feast of the Sacred Heart) A newheart will I giveyou, and a newspirit will I putwithinyou: and I will takeawaythestoneheart out ofyourflesh, and I will giveyou a heartofflesh. And I will putmyspiritwithinyou. (Ez 36,26-27)

  16. Years of inner conflict Maria ca.1886 Times of deep mystic experience – accompanied by many misunderstandings I did everything I could to prevent anyone learning of what was happening inside me(Autobiography)

  17. The king´s secret It is hard to explain things that are totally heavenly with a human tongue. The Lord made Himself my teacher, He taught and consoled me. (Autobiography)

  18. You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart • Oh, if only Darfeld parish church could tell what happened between myself and HIM. I was no longer myself but was immersed in HIM, one with HIM. (Autobiography)

  19. The White Sisters´ convent Good Shepherd Convent in Münster ca1885

  20. Mother M. Lambert Bouchy, Provincial Superior Standing on the right is the woman who guided Maria through her early years of religious life and understood her. Together with Mother Theresia von Rump (left), she founded the convent in Münster

  21. He drew me to Him Maria´s parents gave her a miniature of the Darfeld Sacred Heart statue when she entered the convent in Münster. This miniature now stands in the convent church in Maria Droste House in Hofheim am Taunus

  22. I left everything behind Maria´s spartan convent cell was destroyed in the Second World War This old photograph shows what it was like originally

  23. Maria of the Divine Heart She was overjoyed when shereceived this name at herinvestiture. Sister Maria of the Divine Heart It was the fulfilment of a secret wish

  24. Saint John Eudes1601 - 1680 Never ending thanks to the sun of eternity, that is Jesus, whom we adore. (Johannes Eudes) The novice Maria Droste zu Vischering follows the same road to the sun, a way of quiet joy and painful experience, a way of inner peace and fulfilment in yearning It is the way of deep love.

  25. I have chosen you Profession of vows on 29 January 1891 Mother Lamberta Bouchy died soon afterwards. Maria is made mistress of education for the „children“ On 22 January 1894, Maria learned that she was to go to Portugal.

  26. The jouney from Münster to Oporto Maria travelled with her parents viaCologne and Paris to the Motherhouse in Angers, then via Perpignan and Oporto to Lisbon. The Motherhouse in Angers after renovation. A recent photograph

  27. You are to save a convent in Oporto The first window on the ground floor: This was the Superior‘s office. Later, it was the room where Maria Droste zu Vischering died.

  28. In the alleyways of Oporto This is what it might have looked like in Maria‘s day

  29. Superior in Oporto Port city with 200 000 inhabitants Vila Nova de Gaija with urban proletariat Illiteracy Decadent nobility Liberalistiic bourgeoisie Attacks on priests and religious Moral depravity

  30. View of Oporto 2007 Cathedral in the background, not yet surrounded by buildings in Maria´s day. Maria probably knew this view.

  31. A guide on perilous paths Abbot Ildefons Schober OSB Her friend and advisor Her spiritual director Custodian of writings byMaria Droste zu Vischering. He ensured that her writings were archived in Beuron, and he washer first biographer.

  32. Pope Leo XIII On an initiative by Maria of the Divine Heart and inspiration from the Lord, he consecrated the World to the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the start of the Jubilee Year 1900. In October 1899, he personally set the process to gather the first documents for beatification.

  33. Don´t you dare bring me to Germany,... It was Maria‘s express wish to be buried in Oporto in a pauper‘s grave like others there.. This is a recent photograph of the funeral chapel as is now looks after her beatification in 1975.

  34. What would Maria say to this? `Maria was buried in a glass coffin according to southern European tradition. Her tomb is in the new Sacred Heart Church in Ermesinde near Oporto.

  35. What remains Statue of Maria Droste in the courtyard of Good Shepherd Convent in Oporto There are Maria Droste Centres around the world, where women like Maria try to help other women in need and bring them into God‘s horizon. Lord, thy kingdom come!

  36. A great daughter of St. Euphrasia Pelletier German Province of the Good Shepherd Sisters, Würzburg May 2007 www.guterhirte.de Good Shepherd Sisters: an international religious congregation, NGO with advisory status at the UN in New York

  37. Marie-ElisabethDroste zuVischering The youngest desendant of Max: today 1 ¾ year old! Her father is Benedikt, Maria‘s grand grand nephew

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