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Bold Women's Tour of Germany 2007

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The abbess of Cloister Helfta, Sister Mary Assumpta, told us about how the community of Cistercian sisters came to be here.
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The abbess of Cloister Helfta, Sister Mary Assumpta, told us about how the community of Cistercian sisters came to be here.

  • An outing to the park in Wittenberg.
  • The Rev. Dawn Hansen at the altar in Castle Church, Wittenberg.
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  • The city guards come to take the group to the gossip tour.
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  • The weathervane atop the Francke Foundations in Halle.
  • Gathering in the square in Eisleben, where Luther was born and baptized. His statue stands in front of the town hall.
  • The square in Eisleben.
  • The towers of the church where Martin Luther was baptized in Eisleben.
  • Luther founded schools in these buildings next to the church where he was baptized.
  • Getting ready to leave Helfta.
  • Gathering to hear about Helfta.
  • The abbess of Cloister Helfta, Sister Mary Assumpta, told us about how the community of Cistercian sisters came to be here.
  • Listening to the abbess describe the history of Helfta.
  • The altar in the chapel is built of stones brought by every congregation in the area: Catholic and Protestant both. This stone, which is on the side of the altar that faces the assembly, has three fossil fish embedded in it. One person said God was thinking of Helfta and the people who would visit it even 300 million years ago.
  • In the chapel at Helfta.
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  • Three great mystics and scholars were sisters at Helfta in the Middle Ages. One of them, Mechthild, had a vision of Christ in the morning light that streamed in from these windows.
  • The chapel at the Cloister Helfta is a very meditative spot.
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