Venerable Mary Teresa Bonzel
Additional Information
- Aline Bonzel
- Maria Theresia
- Regina Bonzel
- Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel
Profile
Franciscan tertiary by age 20. She wanted to enter religious life, but her family strongly opposed it. With eight other women she took the veil as part of the new community of Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration, and became its director, taking the name Mother Mary Teresa. By the time of her death the order had sisters all over the world, and had established schools, hospitals, and orphanages.
Born
- 17 September 1830 at Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany as Aline Bonzel
- 6 February 1905 at Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany of natural causes
- 27 March 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
- if you have information relevant to the beatification of Venerable Mary Teresa, contact
Dr Andrea Ambrosi
Franziskanerinnen von der Ewigen Anbetung
Maria-Theresia-Str. 32
57462 Olpe, GERMANY
Additional Information
- Franziskanerinnen von der ewigen Anbetung zu Olpe
- Hagiography Circle
- Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration, Mishiwaka, Indiana
Readings
To become all to all. - Mother Mary’s personal motto
MLA Citation
- “Venerable Mary Teresa Bonzel”. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 March 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/venerable-mary-teresa-bonzel/>
