Benefit Gala "PRECIOUS – Du bist wertvoll"
The motto “Precious – Du bist wertvoll” is intended to express appreciation for all women, men, and families, especially those who have a very personal story on the subject of abortion that they have already dealt with or will deal with in the future. Not only they but their stories are also valuable for many other affected people.
SaveOne is committed to helping women, men and couples recover mentally, emotionally, and spiritually from the often serious consequences of an abortion. In the last 15 years, 5,000 women and men have experienced healing and a new beginning Europewide and 40,000 globally through SaveOne.
Appreciation also goes to those who, in the event of an unplanned pregnancy, sought offers of help and initiatives in order to find alternatives to abortion and were subsequently able to give life to their child.
Only together can we make those affected aware that they are not left alone. That we are there for each other to make it possible to say yes to the child. That in the future all unplanned children can find their place in our society.
Statement from Ass.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Machold (Austria)
“Abortion and its sometimes lifelong consequences are often covered under a veil of silence by society. The abortion industry’s claim that a post-traumatic stress disorder (= post abortion syndrome) caused by abortion doesn’t exist, does not change a woman’s suffering. Sweeping it under the carpet and suppressing it into the unconscious tempt women in unplanned pregnancies to seek a way out of their situation by having an abortion.
SaveOne doesn’t only show the way out of long lasting emotional and physical distress and into healing and forgiveness. It also brings the potential ripple effects of an abortion into the light and can save women in unplanned pregnancies to make a fatal wrong decision.”
Statement from Gianni Gaeta, Main Leader of the LIFE Church Movement Austria
“SaveOne offers women and men who carry the burden and aftermath of an abortion in their lives the most effective healing process I know of. Participants in a post-abortion recovery courses can expect lasting healing and restoration. I encourage all those affected to take advantage of this programme and every pastor, minister and church leader to offer SaveOne in their church or community.”
Most important things at a glance
Saturday 25th May 2024
- 5.15 pm – Guest Reception with Aperitif
- 6.30 pm – Gala Dinner with a three course menu – including vegan option.
- 10.30 pm – Finish
Dress Code: Formal / elegant
Location: The “Musensaal” in the Albertina at Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna. Entry is through the main entrance on the 1st Floor. Lifts are available to all levels.
Participating in the Benefit Gala
Your Hosts
Chris and Sonja Horswell | SaveOne Europe Directors
As hosts of the evening, we cordially invite you to the Benefit Gala “Precious – Du bist wertvoll” to celebrate 15 years of SaveOne in Europe and we look forward to having you join us. Guests from business, politics, society and the church throughout Europe are warmly invited.
With top-class speakers, an excellent 3-course menu, honours, true life stories and reports, an auction and professional musical accompaniment by the ARS MUNDI string quartet, it will certainly be a special evening for every guest.
The proceeds from the evening will be used to develop a Global Mobile App and the associated platform so that women, men, and couples seeking help with an unplanned pregnancy can find alternatives to abortion and that those affected by the consequences of an abortion can receive competent support quickly and more simply.
Tickets
Some of you will be asking yourselves what a ticket for the Benefit Gala actually costs. The answer is €320 to €370 per person. Although this is to be expected for a Gala evening at the Albertina, some of you may find this a real challenge. Should this be you then please let us know. Registration closes on 17th May 2024.
Painting auctions during the evening
MMag. Elmar Peintner | graphic artist and painter
Auction of the painting | STRIPES 914WL Tulpen, 2024, oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm, framed.
Gallery Price € 7600
Elmar Peintner is today one of Austria’s internationally recognised contemporary artists. Invitations for exhibitions throughout Austria, Europe and overseas, as well as awards from international printmaking biennials in Belgium, Poland, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, the USA, Bulgaria, Sweden, Brazil and China confirm the artist’s constantly growing reputation.
In all his works, Peintner proves himself to be a quiet observer of nature and mankind, but also an artist for whom drawing and painting always has to do with uncovering structures and looking behind the purely external manifestations of nature and mankind. His “microcosmic investigations of form” (Magdalena Hörmann) are always also part of a larger event that implies a great deal about general situations in life and experience, just as, conversely, his precisely conducted and sharply observed confrontations with people can be seen as a metaphor for an ever-changing nature. It is therefore not the naturalistic depiction of nature that is at the forefront of his work, but rather the attempt to penetrate the physical and psychological structure of the human being via the realism of the microstructures of the vegetative.
Dr Günther Dankl
from: SICHTBARKEIT – UNSICHTBARKEIT – WIRKLICHKEIT, catalogue book Elmar Peinter |
Dr Günther Dankl is curator of the Graphic Collections and the Collection of Modern Art at the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum.
1954 born in Zams/Tyrol
1974 – 1979 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in the master school of Prof Maximilian Melcher, Vienna (A).
1979 Diploma Scholarship from the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts to Luxembourg.
Scholarship from the Maison des Artistes. Guest student of Prof. Tetsuya Noda at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (GEIDAI), Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo (J). Lives and works in Imst (A).
Awards:
1976 Gifted Scholarship from the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
1977 Golden Füger Prize, Vienna
1979 Uitgeverij Danthe Prize, Belgium
1979 Master School Prize, Vienna
1980 Prize of the Polish National Museum at the 8th International Graphic Art Biennale in Krakow, Poland
1981 Prize of the 11th International Graphic Arts Biennale in Sint Niklaas, Belgium
1982 1st Prize – Art Prize of the City of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
1984 Award of the International Graphic Art Triennial “Intergrafik 84”, Berlin, Germany
1984 1st prize at the II European Triennial of Graphic Art, Grado, Italy
1989 Creditanstalt Prize at “Fingerprints’89”, Vienna, Austria
1992 Main prize (prize of the IWA Foundation) at the Ostrava – Havirov Graphics Biennale, Czech Republic
1992 and 1993 Prize winner at the international graphic art exhibitions at the Napa Art Centre, Napa, California, USA
1995 Gold medal at the 2nd International Graphic Art Exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden
2002 1st prize at the IV SACHA 2002, Chavantes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2004 1st prize at the 3rd Biennial “Lilla Europa 2004”, Hallsberg and Örebro, Sweden
2005 Special prize at the 4th LESSEDRA WORLD ART PRINT EXHIBITION 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006 Decoration of Honour in Gold for services to the Republic of Austria
2008 Prize at the International Graphic Art Exhibition Yunnan 2008, Kunming, China
2009 Prize at the II Guanlan International Graphic Art Biennial 2009, Shenzhen, China
2013 Decoration of Hhonour of the province of Tyrol
2016 Decoration of Honour of the City of Landeck for Art and Culture
2017 1st prize at the “International Painting and Mixed Media Competition”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 Honoured in the painting category at the 2nd Art Salon Rijeka, Croatia
Dr. med. Elisabeth Grünberger-Waldhart
Painting to be auctioned “You are the sunshine in my life” | 40 x 40 cm, acrylic on canvas.
Gallery Price € 300
1982 Matura at the Natural Science BORG Schwaz, Fine Arts Education with honours
Medical University of Innsbruck, scholarship for gifted students
1989 Doctorate (Dr med. univ.) in Innsbruck
1993 and 1995 General practitioner and FA ZMK specialist examination
Since my earliest childhood and throughout my school and university years, I have been intensively involved in painting and drawing, primarily focusing on chalk drawings.
My aim is to bring JOY to people with my paintings.
The best compliment I’ve ever received for my paintings: “I’ve had a painting of yours hanging in my room for 10 years and I am delighted seeing it every day!”
Since 1999 Acrylic and mixed media, watercolour
Since 2005 18 Individual and group exhibitions, including Kubingalerie Wernstein, municipality of Brunnenthal, municipality of Schärding, Weinherbst Brunnenthal
2016 ART Innsbruck; Galerie Bertrand Kass Innsbruck – Christmas exhibition; Kurhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Schärding, Individual exhibition
2017 Casinos Austria WIN WIN Schärding, Individual exhibition; Schärding Hospital, Individual exhibition
Numerous purchases at home and abroad, including Germany, Switzerland and Sweden
Patroness
A.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniela Karall
The stability, existence and success of a society are inextricably linked to how it treats children and young people, their well-being and how they grow up. Children and families are the foundation of a society.
With an estimated 30,000-35,000 abortions compared to 80,000-85,000 births per year, large sections of our population are directly affected by the fact that children are missing from their midst.
We can / must no longer look the other way. Abortions cause great suffering to the women (and men) affected.
However, if the events surrounding the abortion can be dealt with, reconciliation and healing will follow, enabling those affected to continue on a good path! I am sincerely grateful to SaveOne that it has been setting the course for the lives of so many in Austria for the past 15 years! I wish many more good years to come, or rather a different direction, when we live in a society in which abortion is no longer necessary because women (and men) affected by a conflict pregnancy can take paths other than abortion. That would be something worth striving for!
Paediatrics · Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine · Medical University of Innsbruck
Married, 2 children
Medical studies in Innsbruck, paediatrics training in Innsbruck
FWF scholarship 15 months in Melbourne Australia, 1999-2000
Specialist in paediatrics and adolescent medicine since 2001
Additional subject neonatology and paediatric intensive care medicine
Additional subject neuropaediatrics
Head of the Congenital Metabolic Disorders Division since 1996
Habilitation in Paediatrics 2004
Deputy Clinical Director of the Department of Paediatrics since 2017
President of the Austrian Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine since 2018
Guest of Honour
MMag.a Dr.in Susanne Raab
Bundesministerin für Frauen, Familie, Integration und Medien im Bundeskanzleramt
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MMag. Dr. Gudrun Kugler, Mts – Member of the Austrian Parliament
Gudrun Kugler studied law and theological studies on marriage and family. She has a doctorate in international law. She is currently a member of the Austrian Parliament for the Austrian People’s Party and her party’s spokesperson for human rights and displaced persons. In the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, she is deputy chair of the Migration Committee and rapporteur of the Committee on Economics, Science, Technology and Environment. She has published several books and was a visiting professor at the International Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family. In addition, Gudrun Kugler is the founder of the Observatory for Intolerance towards Christians. From 2001 to 2004 she worked as director of the World Youth Alliance – Europe in Brussels. Before her election to the Austrian Parliament in 2017, Kugler was a member of the Vienna State Parliament, to which she was elected by preferential voting and where she focused in particular on human rights, European affairs and the integration of refugees and migrants. Gudrun Kugler is married and has four children.
Main Speakers and other Guests
Sheila und Jack Harper (USA)
Sheila Harper is the Founder and President of SaveOne global. After enduring seven years of personal anguish over choosing abortion, she found restoration and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. SaveOne is a global outreach ministry helping men, women, and families recover after abortion. SaveOne currently has nearly 400 chapters in 28 countries.
Jack Harper is the Vice President of SaveOne. Both are certified mental health coaches with the American Association of Christian Counsellors and book authors of several books. They have traveled the world speaking on the topic of abortion recovery as well as training abortion recovery leaders. They also planted Crossroads Church and pastored there for 11 years before now working together fulltime at SaveOne. They have two awesome sons and a wonderful daughter-in-law. Jack and Sheila live in Nashville, TN.
Sonja und Chris Horswell
Sonja Horswell, a native of Upper Austria, is a visionary and pioneer at heart. She is a pastor, author and trained in business. She ran the ‘Austrian Life Movement’ Pregnancy Counselling Centre in Vienna for 15 years. Since 2008, as SaveOne Europe Director, she has been building up the SaveOne post-abortion recovery ministry for women and men in Europe.
Chris Horswell, English-born, is SaveOne Men’s Director since 2017 to be a voice for fatherhood and the sanctity of life in Europe. He is a retired engineer and newly ordained pastor. Together, they train leaders for this service and SaveOne is now represented in 15 European countries. They are married and have one adult son.
As film producers of the current documentary film “Let’s talk” about the topic of conflict pregnancy, they wanted to show where we currently stand in Austria on the topic of abortion and initiate social and political improvements for the young generation.
Dr. Arleen Westerhof (NL)
Arleen Westerhof is the Lead Pastor of the God’s Embassy Church in Amsterdam together with her husband Dick. They planted the church in 2005 and since then, it has become a cutting-edge Apostolic Center. Arleen has a passion to see prophetic voices raised up in Europe and leads the Netherlands Prophetic Council. Arleen is also the Founder of the Economic Summit that aims to provide divinely inspired solutions for global economic problems. Her academic background (she has a Ph.D. in chemistry) and experience in the business world, Christian ministry, education, and consultancy have given her unique insights in how to bring change.
Anita Jovanović (HR)
Anita Jovanović is the Founder and Director of the Choose Life (Izaberi Život) NGO in Croatia since 2013. She is also SaveOne Networker for Croatia and LIFE International Liaison and Prayer Coordinator for the European Hub. Anita is passionate for life, prayer, worship and to see nations turn back to God. She is married and has 4 children, one biological and three fostered. Together with her husband Nikola they have served in prisons, to the Roma communities and many other places. Anita’s husband Nikola is passionate to help the oppressed, the fatherless and the widows.
Adina Wilcke (DE)
Adina Wilcke – the poet and educator from Vienna is a presenter, artist, speaker, organizer, and actress on European stages, in front of cameras and in recording studios. As movement and perception educator she organizes art and participation events (such as poetry slams, workshops, seminars) and leads the U20 Poetry Slam work in Vienna, which aims to promote young people in their creativity and identity. In 2018, she published “Jetzt mach mal die Klappe auf!” (Now open your mouth!) – the first pop-up poetry book in poetry slam. She also starred on cinema screens in Austria with the film “Lass Uns Reden”, in which she skillfully combined her poetry with acting in the leading role. In autumn 2022, as German Viennese and lay theologian she launched Campus WE – a transnational Women Empowerment project.
Dr. Stefan Pokall
Medical studies in Jena, Vienna and Graz 1998-2004; Volunteer at St Christopher’s Hospice, London 1999
Specialist training in paediatric and adolescent surgery 2004-2016: University hospitals Graz, Vienna, Linz
Research stay in the USA 2008-2011: Cincinnati Fetal Care Centre, Crombleholme Lab, Shannon Lab; St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Koenig Lab; USA State Examination in Medicine 2010 (USMLE 1+2)
Specialist/senior consultant for paediatric and adolescent surgery
2016 KUK Linz and Children’s Hospital Zurich
2017 SMZO Donauspital
2018 AUVA Accident Hospital Lorenz Böhler Vienna
2019 Hospital of the BHB Eisenstadt
2020 LKH Klagenfurt
2021 St. Hedwig Children’s Hospital Regensburg
2022 UK St. Pölten (rotational training)
2023 Diploma in general medicine
Mag.a Petra Plonner
Mag. Petra Plonner is the founder of the network of Christian educational institutions and pastor in the LIFE Church, a Pentecostal church in Leoben, Styria. She is deputy chairwoman of the “Österreichische Lebensbewegung”, a counselling institution for women in and after pregnancy conflicts. Petra is active in various socio-political areas, most recently very successfully with the citizens’ movement #fairändern. She sees it as her task to give a voice to those who have none or who find themselves in emergency situations. Petra is married to Helge, a theologian, musician, and entrepreneur. They have three grown-up children.
Ing. Markus Schinner
Markus Schinner has been a volunteer advocate of a pro-life culture in various areas since 2005. He is currently Chairman of the Board of the Lebenskonferenz, a non-denominational and non-partisan network of pro-life organizations in Austria. In his role, he helps to bring the unifying elements and forces for a “yes” to life to bear for Austria and its people in joint co-operation with the individual participants, even under difficult circumstances.
Ruth Anna Premkumar
Ruth Anna Premkumar is Austrian with Indian Origins. She is an IT-Expert and Senior Project Manager.
Our Moderators for the Evening
Karissa Larson
Karissa Larson is an American who has been living in Austria for the past nine years. She is a trained teacher, was formally the communications manager at SaveOne Europe, and is part of the leadership in a local church in Vienna, Austria.
Mag.a Renate Bárány
Renate Bárány comes from Lower Austria and studied business education at the WU Vienna and English at the University of Vienna. She has been working for an international energy company in the business and project management sector for over 21 years. In her private life, she is involved in the free church sector as well as in social services and NGOs that support women in difficult life circumstances, for example with SaveOne and the NGO Hope for the Future.
Musical Accompaniment
A professional string quartet will accompany you through the evening with a mix from their classical repertoire (which will contribute significantly to our enjoyment of the evening).
ARS MUNDI String Quartet
Since the founding of the Ars Mundi String Quartet at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in 1995, its members have enjoyed the most sophisticated form of classical music playing as a string quartet.
The ensemble was honoured as the Music University’s nominee to participate at the International Music Students Festival in Kyoto, Japan, and was selected for funding by Yehudi Menuhin’s “Live Music Now” foundation.
Following an old Viennese tradition of salon concerts, the ensemble focuses on works by composers of the “First Viennese School” such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, paired with representative popular Viennese classics by Lanner, Ziehrer, and members of the Strauss dynasty.
In addition to regular performances in their hometown of Vienna, where they were also featured in a performance at the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Ars Mundi String Quartet’s performing career has also led them to other centres of music such as Salzburg and Munich.
All the musicians of the ensemble are actively engaged in touring and perform regularly on the stages of important musical centres in Europe, Asia, and the US.
Monika Schuhmayer
1st Violin
Karin Matricic
2nd Violin
Giorgia Veneziano
Viola
Ute Groh
Cello
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