How to Pronounce Maria Bernarda Bütler
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May 28, 1848 Auw, Aargau, Switzerland Died on 19 May 1924 (aged 75)
Franciscan missionary
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About Maria Bernarda Bütler
- Saint María Bernarda Bütler (28 May 1848 – 19 May 1924) - born Verena Bütler - was a Swiss Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and a part of the missions in Ecuador and Colombia.
- Bütler worked for the care of the poor in these places until her exile from Ecuador and entrance into Colombia where she worked for the remainder of her life.
- Her order moved there with her, and continued to expand during her time there until her death.She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 29 October 1995, and canonised by Pope Benedict XVI on 12 October 2008.
- The cause for canonisation had commenced under Pope Paul VI in 1974, in which she was titled as a Servant of God; she was named as Venerable in 1991, before her beatification and canonisation.
