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Stars from Shahpur for the Isarwinkel: Wackersbergerin visits projects of "Schwester-Modesta-Hilfe"

2022-11-27T08:09:01.538Z


Stars from Shahpur for the Isarwinkel: Wackersbergerin visits projects of "Schwester-Modesta-Hilfe" Created: 11/27/2022, 09:00 By: Melina Staar Happy about the sewing certificate: These young women have completed their training and can now become self-employed as seamstresses. Christa Mertens (right) paid a visit to the sewing center. © Private Christa Mertens from Wackersberg visited projects


Stars from Shahpur for the Isarwinkel: Wackersbergerin visits projects of "Schwester-Modesta-Hilfe"

Created: 11/27/2022, 09:00

By: Melina Staar

Happy about the sewing certificate: These young women have completed their training and can now become self-employed as seamstresses.

Christa Mertens (right) paid a visit to the sewing center.

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Christa Mertens from Wackersberg visited projects run by “Schwester-Modesta-Hilfe” in India.

After her return, she reports on the impressions.

Wackersberg/Shahpur

– Christa Mertens from Wackersberg has returned from her trip to India with an incredible number of encounters and impressions.

After seven years, the chairwoman of the "Schwester-Modesta-Hilfe" association again visited the country to which her great-aunt, who gave her name to the association, had left in 1938.

Thursday marked the 21st anniversary of Sister Modesta's death.

Where is Germany?

Using the inflatable globe, Christa Mertens showed where she came from.

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On this visit to India, Christa Mertens wanted to visit some of the sisters she had come to know over the years.

The first stop for them was at Darjeeling Monastery.

"It's in the middle of tea plantations," she says.

Two sisters run a school there.

In Sikkim, high in the mountains at 1700 meters, she met other nuns, including the former headmistress from Shahpur, where the association supports the school.

The woman from Wackersberg was allowed to attend a kindergarten.

"The unbelievable thing is that the three-year-olds there are taught properly and learn letters and numbers at school desks." In Sikkim, many parents only have one child and are accordingly ambitious.

However, after some discussions with the parents, the nun was able to

that the toddlers only have to learn the letters from A to E and the numbers from 1 to 10.

“But there is an incredible amount of discipline involved.

Education is very important.” From the monastery in Sikkim, Christa Mertens also undertook a few – guided – tours to sights.

She was particularly impressed by the prayer rituals of some monks.

"I have never experienced something like that."

On the day of the investigation, more than 380 people came, mostly children.

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In order to see how the projects in Shahpur, which are supported by the association, are developing further, a visit to the monastery there was of course a must.

Sister Modesta Aid is currently supporting 106 children financially with everything they need for school.

It was only recently decided at the club meeting to increase this number to 120.

“The club is doing well at the moment,” Mertens explains this step.

In addition to the students, the more than 70 members also support a sewing project that enables women to learn the craft.

At the end there is a certificate.

"Sewing is a nice meeting place for the women," says the woman from Wackersberg about her visit.

Meeting with well-known nurse and doctor

Rather by chance, Christa Mertens met a well-known sister who is a doctor.

An examination day for children was set up, "but a few adults also smuggled in," says Mertens with a laugh.

More than 380 people received such a health check.

"The most common complaints in children are worms, skin rashes and coughs," says Mertens.

Only a suspected appendicitis had to be clarified in the hospital.

It was also impressive for Christa Mertens to learn about the processes at school.

2000 children and young people attend classes there.

Roll call takes place there at 8:30 in the morning.

Disciplined, all students stand outside for a quarter of an hour before going into the classroom, which is usually shared by over 50 children.

Mertens was particularly impressed that there was a lot of singing.

"We sing for half an hour every day, and even two hours on Saturdays." With such large classes, it's not possible to give individual attention to the students.

"The teacher asks a question and they answer in unison."

Strict procedures in school

Mertens became friends with three younger nuns.

Because one of them was always cycling in the dark, she asked a local dealer for a light for the bike.

"The salesman looked at me in amazement and said that there was nothing like that here." So Mertens gave her headlamp to her sister.

Until a next visit to India is possible, Christa Mertens will keep in touch with the sisters via e-mail and WhatsApp.

"We're intensively exchanging ideas about this." Further projects are being planned.

In the pre-Christmas period, the "Schwester-Modesta-Hilfe" association sells handcrafted stars, trees and flowers after the services in Arzbach (Sunday, November 27th), Wackersberg and Fischbach, as well as during singing in the Franciscan Church (all Sunday, December 4th). Angels from the sewing project in Shahpur.

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Anyone who would like to donate to the Sister Modesta-Hilfe association can do so to the association account at Sparkasse Bad Tölz (IBAN: DE 0570 0543 0600 1143 6599; BIC: BYLADEM1WOR).

You can find more current news from the region around Bad Tölz at Merkur.de/Bad Tölz.

Source: merkur

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