Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Goss-Mayr, Hildegard
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Goss-Mayr, Hildegard, 1930- (and Jean Goss)
Other form(s) of name
- Hildegard Goss-Mayr
- Jean Goss-Mayr
- Goss-Mayr, Jean
- Jean Goss
- Goss, Jean
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1930-
History
Jean and Hildegard Goss-Mayr have long been advocates of non-violence and pillars of the peace movement. Hildegard was born in Vienna, and Jean was originally from France. They worked with Cardinal Ottaviani to craft documents of the Second Vatican Council in opposition to modern war. They shared with Merton an interest in Latin America and worked to bring non-violence change. In the 1980's, they promoted a peaceful end to the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines. Members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Hildegard was named honorary president of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR). Jean and Hildegard visited Merton at Gethsemani in 1965. (Source: «The Hidden Ground of Love», pp. 324-325.)