The Congregation of the Rite Sisters – that is a Catholic religious order living according to the rules of Augustine and having its headquarters in Wrzburg – celebrated the jubilees of this year. Profession is the discarding of the medal. Due to the corona pandemic, the originally planned dates on April 18 and May 9, 2020 had to be canceled. Now all eleven jubilarians of this year have reminded of their first profess at the same time and without publicly and confirmed their medal in the festive service. The Rita sisters report this in a press release.
The Superior General Sister Rita-Maria K and the retired pastor Norbert Stroh regretted that many of the companions of the jubilarians were unable to celebrate the thanksgiving service for God’s faithfulness, the professed profession and the work of the sisters in the religious community and among the people. “Our relatives and friends are there in our hearts and are very closely connected to us,” said Pastor Stroh.
On October 11, 1955, 65 years ago, Sister Angesia Gre and Sister Edeltraud Walter took their first medal. Sixty years ago, Sister Dolores Schneider, Sister Ingrid Seufert, Sister Pauline Hanauer and Sister Timothea Brenner joined the community of Rita Sisters with their first profession.
“The relatives and friends are there in our hearts and very closely connected to us”
Norbert Stroh Retired pastor–
Sister Bernadette Fa, Sister Christiane Schrder and Sister Gisela Schneider celebrated their 50th jubilee of profession and thus their golden jubilee. 40 years ago Sister Hildegard Kalla and Sister Maria Hirth made their first profession. Sister Hildegard is currently the responsible nurse in the motherhouse and Sister Maria is in charge of the Ritawerk Germany.
The jubilarians come from the Dizesen Wrzburg, Rottendorf-Stuttgart, Aachen, Regensburg, Eichstdt and the Archdiocese of Hamburg. During their religious life they lived and worked in many locations. They worked as cooks and housekeepers, in hospitals or old people’s homes, in social stations or kindergartens, as family carers, in administration and in the administration of the order.
Remain shepherds and live meaningfully
With the personal affirmation of the promise of profession, the lighting of the professed candles and the desire and desire to “remain good shepherds and live meaningfully with God’s help”, the festive service in the chapel of the mother house had special elements. At the small reception in the ballroom, the sisters could personally congratulate.
Of the eleven jubilarians this year, six Rita sisters, Sister Hildegard, Sister Gisela, Sister Dolores, Sister Ingrid, Sister Agnesia and Sister Edeltraud, come from the Dizese Wrzburg.
Sister M. Hildegard Kalla OSA (40 years old) was born in Gerach in 1957 in the Dizese Wrzburg. She entered the Congregation of the Rita Sisters in 1977 and made her first yellow deeds on April 12, 1980, and her perpetual yellow deeds on April 13, 1985.
Sister Hildegard is a nurse. Until 2013 she had worked in her profession for 18 years as well as the home manager of the St. Martin retirement home in Geldersheim (district of Schweinfurt). Sister Hildegard is currently the superior of a convent with over 40 sisters and the responsible nurse in the motherhouse. She performs this service with attention and great competence.
Sister M. Gisela Schneider OSA (50 years old) was born in Stetten in 1948 in the Dizese Wrzburg. She joined the Rita Sisters in 1965 at the age of 17. On April 26, 1970, she took off her first yellow deeds and on April 6, 1975, with the eternal yellow deeds, she joined the community of the Rita Sisters forever.
Sister Gisela is a qualified pediatric nurse and has also learned to be a family carer. Until her serious illness in 1994, Sister Gisela worked as a family carer and nurse in Wrzburg and later again in the outpatient department of the parent company and at the gate.
Sister M. Dolores Schneider OSA (60 years old) was born in 1934 and comes from Poppenhausen in the Dizese Wrzburg. In October 1955 she joined the Rita Sisters community. She made her first or perpetual yellow deeds on May 6, 1960 and April 23, 1963, respectively. Sister Dolores was Superior General of the Rita Sisters from 1994 to 2006.
Sister Dolores was a registered nurse and certified midwife. She worked as a nurse and midwife mainly in Wrzburg, namely in the Marthahaus and the Ksterklinik. She lived, among others, in the Wrzburger Heilig Kreuz convent and in the retreat house Himmelspforten and was superior. During her life she attended various advanced training courses and later offered courses herself. Their talents and knowledge are treasured in the monastery.
Sister M. Ingrid Seufert OSA (60 years old) comes from Rottershausen in the Dizese Wrzburg. She was born in 1931 and entered the Rita Sisters in April 1956. She made her first yellow deed on October 11, 1960; her perpetual profession was on September 15, 1963.
Sister Ingrid was a kindergarten teacher and after-school care worker and was trained as a liturgical leader. She has worked in nurseries in Wrzburg, Schraudenbach, Gramschatz, Reyersbach and Schweinfurt. Sister Ingrid was temporarily superior, sacristan and house sister. In 1988 she was awarded the Caritas Cross in Gold.
Sister M. Agnesia Gre OSA (65 years old) was born in Heugrumbach near Arnstein in the Dizese Wrzburg in 1931 and was a housekeeper. She took her first yellow deeds on October 11, 1955 and exactly three years later her perpetual yellow deeds.
Sister Agnesia has worked on many mission orders as a cook, baker and housekeeper, namely in Weiden, Messelhausen, Geldersheim and Wrzburg. Since November 2013 she has been living in the motherhouse again and doing small jobs. Sister Agnesia likes to do handicrafts. Their wonderful straw stars adorn numerous churches and houses around Christmas time.
Sister M. Edeltraud Walter OSA (65 years) comes from Waldfenster in the Rhn in the Dizese Wrzburg. She was born in 1932. She made her first yellow deeds with the Rita sisters on October 11, 1955, the perpetual yellow deeds on October 11, 1958.
Sister Edeltraud was cook for the Rite Sisters and for the Augustinians in Weiden, Mnchen, Mnnerstadt and Messelhausen. She also worked as a cook in Duisburg, Ldenscheid and Falkenberg. Besides her household chores, she enjoyed working in the garden. Since July 2013 she has been a member of the Monika convent in the motherhouse and is happy to help with preparatory work in the vegetable kitchen.
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