Lenggrieser sculptor Brenner creates bust of Father Rupert Mayer for retirement home
Created: 12/27/2022, 1:00 p.m
By: Elena Royer
Happy about the new bust in the foyer: (from left) Gottfried Brenner, Larisa Leitner and Marco Baur.
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The Lenggries sculptor Gottfried Brenner created a bust of the house's namesake for the Pater Rupert Mayer home in Tölz.
It was recently inaugurated.
Bad Tölz – In the foyer of the Pater Rupert Mayer retirement home (Marienstift), a bust of Father Rupert Mayer now commemorates his extraordinary life and work.
The work of art was created by the Lenggries sculptor Gottfried Brenner.
It was inaugurated a few days ago.
Lenggrieser sculptor Gottfried Brenner creates a bust of Father Rupert Mayer
"It is a special honor for me that this work is in the public eye," said Brenner at the ceremony.
“It was an interesting task to empathize with this person and to get to know his story.
A great experience.” He wishes that everyone would live what the Father did.
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Mayer rebelled against the Nazi agitation
Marco Baur, Chairman of the Marienstift Foundation, went into the extraordinary life of Rupert Mayer.
"Father Rupert Mayer rebelled against the incitement of National Socialism," he explained.
"He was imprisoned and in a concentration camp for that." In addition, Baur reported, Mayer was the pastor of the immigrants in Munich from 1912 and looked after them, since their hopes were not always fulfilled.
"There is a parallel here with the Marienstift Foundation, which cares for the elderly, the sick and the infirm," says the foundation's board of directors.
"The house bears the name of Rupert Mayer, and so we have an obligation to think and act in his spirit," said Baur.
“Proud to be able to bear his name”
Larisa Leitner, the facility manager, was also delighted with the work of art.
"It's an honor for us, we are grateful from the bottom of our hearts," said Leitner.
"We are proud to be able to bear the name of Father Rupert Mayer."
The Father is often referred to as Munich's 15th Holy Helper
Pastoral Advisor Josef Weiher blessed the bust and explained that Mayer is often referred to as Munich's 15th Holy Helper because he has done so much good.
"In moments when you don't know what to do anymore, you can come to the bust and linger in a moment of silence," says Weiher.
At the end, the “Pater Rupert Mayer prayer” was said together.
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