Co Founder
THE CO-FOUNDER COMMITTED TO THE CAUSE-A LOYAL FRIEND
Hans von Matt, a close friend of our Founder, was deeply spiritual, with a high sense of duty and social awareness. He felt a certain responsibility towards the less privileged and supported Fr. Meyer in laying the foundation for the new Society. With great earnestness he followed and
actively contributed to the growth of the little mustard seed, the Society of St. Ann, throughout
his life.
As a national Councilor, he helped to draw the Statutes of the Civil Head Organization of St. Ann's Society--the Swiss Society for the Care of the Sick and Mothers (SGKW) and he was its first President.
Fr. Meyer, during his illness, wrote to Hans Von Matt, "You must now take over some of the responsibilities of the Clinic." Hans Von Matt took this request as a commitment and became the guardian of the infant Society. The death of Fr. Meyer hit him as hard as it did the sisters. However, he consoled the sisters, assuring them of his continued support. He realized the need for standing by the Society of St. Ann as never before.
Hans Von Matt became the advisor for Mother Emilie Dormann on all important matters concerning the Society. He prepared the first handbook for the Sisters consisting of the foundation story, the letters of the Founder, his spiritual testament and short readings for every day.
"I have never worked on anything that has given me so much pleasure, or where my whole self was involved, as in the work of the Society for nursing the sick and caring for mothers... Also no work I have done has ever given me so much inner freedom, where I see the Divine Providence so clearly... guiding it (Society of St. Ann) forward." (Hans von Matt)
Though a great statesman and politician, he was very unassuming with the Sisters. With great enthusiasm and earnestness, he continued to help them till the end. On March 22, 1932, twenty years after the demise of Fr. Wilhelm Meyer, he was called to his eternal reward on the feast day of St. Nicholas von Flu, the Patron Saint of Switzerland.
As a national Councilor, he helped to draw the Statutes of the Civil Head Organization of St. Ann's Society--the Swiss Society for the Care of the Sick and Mothers (SGKW) and he was its first President.
Fr. Meyer, during his illness, wrote to Hans Von Matt, "You must now take over some of the responsibilities of the Clinic." Hans Von Matt took this request as a commitment and became the guardian of the infant Society. The death of Fr. Meyer hit him as hard as it did the sisters. However, he consoled the sisters, assuring them of his continued support. He realized the need for standing by the Society of St. Ann as never before.
Hans Von Matt became the advisor for Mother Emilie Dormann on all important matters concerning the Society. He prepared the first handbook for the Sisters consisting of the foundation story, the letters of the Founder, his spiritual testament and short readings for every day.
"I have never worked on anything that has given me so much pleasure, or where my whole self was involved, as in the work of the Society for nursing the sick and caring for mothers... Also no work I have done has ever given me so much inner freedom, where I see the Divine Providence so clearly... guiding it (Society of St. Ann) forward." (Hans von Matt)
Though a great statesman and politician, he was very unassuming with the Sisters. With great enthusiasm and earnestness, he continued to help them till the end. On March 22, 1932, twenty years after the demise of Fr. Wilhelm Meyer, he was called to his eternal reward on the feast day of St. Nicholas von Flu, the Patron Saint of Switzerland.