Our Foundress Mother Bernarda

• An extraordinary woman of the 19th Century
• A woman between two poles: between Liberalism, Radicalism and Catholic Fundamentalism
• A woman with Vision
• A woman who experiences a lot of opposition and enmity because of her faithfulness to her commitment
• A woman deeply anchored in faith
• A woman who calls a new congregation into being in the midst of the "Klostersturm" (Storm against Convents)
• A woman who in Central Switzerland dares to call a new form of religious life into being
• A woman with a deep "inner life"
• A pilgrim always on the way
• A woman who does not shy away from the risk to reach her goal
• A religious woman who, according to the opinions of some of her contemporaries, is no religious
• A woman exactly for today