Edith Stein Weg

The stations of the pilgrimage route:
Station 1: A bust of Edith Stein with two panels commemorating her apprenticeship (Universitas) and her monastic life (Imitatio Cristi), made by the artist Josef Rainer, are the starting point. Next to it on the parish courtyard wall are the seven bodily works of mercy and the opening verse of Psalm 63:2 "God, my God, I seek you" as an expression of her spiritual attitude towards life. These bronze plaques were executed by the artist Sieglinde Tatz Borgono.

Station 2: 50 metres further on, a bronze plaque commemorates Edith Stein's major work with the inscription "Dio è la Verità e chi cerca la Verità cerca Dio". The artistic design of the plaque is by Josef Rainer.

Station 3: On the somewhat steep ascent to the Gleifkapelle, a wayside shrine shows some family pictures from the life of Edith Stein as well as the seven-armed candelabra, the symbol of the Jewish people, with some sayings. Rudi Weiss built this one. Edith Stein was Jewish, atheist, Christian, Carmelite and martyr.

Station 4: Another symbol on the path of reflection is a window with a view of Appiano, and next to it is a stone with Edith's saying: "You shall be like a window through which God's goodness can shine into the world". This was carried out by Markus Nocker and two other workers from the Eppan building yard.

Station 5: If you now continue to the left of the Gleifhügel to Schloss Moos, you will discover a book with several texts by Edith Stein, executed by the artist Sieglinde Tatz Borgogno, in a clearing with a wonderful view of the St. Sebastian Chapel near Schloss Englar. Here one can record personal impressions, words or drawings on the empty sheets.

Station 6: On the way from Schloss Moos up to the edge of the forest, a saying by Edith Stein once again invites us to linger: " Ships strand on rocks, human relationships often already on pebbles". Markus Nocker has burned these words into the log.

Station 7: On the forest path towards it, we discover two sayings by Edith Stein on a tree. The first comes from her time as an atheist and is to be read pejoratively: "Faith in God is a matter for children and servants". The second is already marked by a deep basic attitude: "The decision for Christ can cost us our lives". She had to experience this in her own body.

Station 8: A little further along the pilgrimage path there is a cross and underneath it the proverbs: "Cursed be everyone who hangs on the stake (Dtn 21:23) and "In the cross is salvation, life, hope" (Gal 3:13) as well as the question: "Do we understand these words?

Station 9: A fountain that gives water, with the inscription "Come to the spring", invites us to rest and to strengthen ourselves.

Station 10: We have arrived at the goal of our pilgrimage. The wayside shrine in the roundabout at the Schlössl on Matschatsch with the depiction of the end of Edith Stein's and her physical sister Rosa's earthly life as they walk into the gas chamber of Auschwitz, painted by Prof. Dr. Peter Maurberger, invites us to reflect on human actions. Here Edith is said to have said the saying: "We go for our people". We ask ourselves: What am I going for, are you going for?