Krista Povirk
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1938
Krista Povirk | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kristina Povirk 1938 |
| Died | 31 January 2004 (aged 65–66) Novo Mesto, Slovenia |
| Burial place | Žale |
| Occupations | catechist, poet, choir director |
Kristina Povirk, also known as Krista Povirk, sister Krista, (1938 – 31 January 2004) was a Slovenian catechist, poet, and choir director. In the 1960s she completed a Catechetical Course and later the Theological Pastoral School, and in 1966 she began work in the Koper city parish as the first fully employed lay catechist in the Slovene lands.[1] She also wrote poetry.[2][1] After retirement she served as a choir leader.[2]
She was born in 1938 into a Slovenian family in Križevska vas, then known as Sveti Križ pri Moravčah (Saint Cross near Moravče).[2][1] Because she was the tenth child in the family, her godfather at baptism was the Slovenian representative in the then Yugoslav government, Anton Korošec.[1][2] Her family was devout and active in the parish.[3] One of her younger brothers later became a priest.[4]
As a child she enjoyed singing and reading.[1] She wanted to become a teacher.[1] She later said that she "gathered knowledge and education like a bee - as was accessible at the time to a child from a believing family active in the Church." (At that time Slovene lands were part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.)[1] Already as a child she took an active part in cultural life in her home village and in the Church. She completed primary school with the best results in the entire school.[1] Because she came from a devout Catholic family, to her great disappointment, she was not admitted to teacher-training college, despite excellent grades.[1] Later she received an opportunity to continue her education, and in 1956 became a member of the editorial board of a high-school-student periodical.[5]