Gisela Forster
Gisela Forster (born 27 March 1946, in Munich, Germany) is a German writer, teacher and catholic theologian.
Life
Forster was born in Munich to parents from Bavaria and Hungary. After school at the Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium in Munich-Passing, Forster studied Catholic theology, philosophy, arts and architecture at the Technical University of Munich. After graduating, Forster worked as teacher at the Benedictine Schäftlarn school from 1972 to 1989. In 1989 Forster left the job to marry Anselm Forster, with whom she had two children. She was elected to the district council of Starnberg in 1989, serving as chairman on the council until 2002. Since the 1990s Forster is working as an art teacher in Munich.
Forster is a member of the German organisation Gruppe Maria Magdala, Priesteramt für die Frau, which promotes priesthood for women. On 29 June 2002, Forster and six others were ordained priests by Independent Catholic Bishop Rómulo Antonio Braschi, a former Roman Catholic bishop from Argentina who left the Roman Catholic Church out of disagreement with the anti-liberation theology of the Vatican to join the Catholic Apostolic Charismatic Church of “Jesus the King”. In the media, the ordained women were called the Danube Seven because they were ordained on the Danube River near the town of Passau on the border between Germany and Austria. In 2003 the Danube Seven were excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.[1][2][3] In 2003, she was nonetheless unofficially ordained a bishop and in conjunction with another unofficial female bishop, ordained nine women in Canada in 2005.[4]
Works
- Denn das Weib soll schweigen in der Kirche. (together with Karin Jäckel). Bastei Verlag, ISBN 3-404-61552-2. (German)
- Wir sind Priesterinnen. (together with Werner Ertel). Patmos Verlag, ISBN 3-491-70363-8. (German)
- Gemeinsam stärker als der Tumor. Denkzettelverlag, ISBN 978-3-939936-01-5. (German)
- Gedanken sind wie Glut im Wind. Gedichte. Denkzettelverlag, ISBN 978-3-939936-04-6. (German)
- Heinrich Kohl, Hitler mein Idol und Untergang. Denkzettelverlag, ISBN 978-3-939936-05-3. (German)
- Dr. Patricia Fresen - Engagement für Menschlichkeit und Gleichberechtigung. Denkzettelverlag, ISBN 978-3-939936-16-9.
External links
References
- ↑ Erklärung anlässlich der Frauenordination in Österreich
- ↑ BBC: Catholic women in unofficial ordination, June 2002
- ↑ "Church kicks out women 'priests'". BBC News. 5 August 2002. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ↑ Gosselin, Janie (July 26, 2005). "Unofficial ordination for 9 Catholic women in Canada". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
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