Christian feast day: Maria Bernarda Bütler

Maria Bernarda Bütler

Franciscan missionary (1848–1924)

María Bernarda Bütler, born Verena Bütler, was a Swiss religious sister. She founded the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Sinners and served in the missions in Ecuador and Colombia. Bütler worked for the care of the poor in these places until her exile from Ecuador…