Gertrud Weidinger , born in 1951, worked as a teacher in primary and secondary schools and paid particular attention in theory and practice to the further development of silence, perception and physical exercises, attention training and concentration training. She also completed additional training in logotherapy according to Viktor E. Frankl. Gertrud Weidinger has extensive experience as a speaker in the training and further education of young people, parents, families and teachers of different types of schools throughout the German-speaking world.

Gertrud and Norbert Weidinger have published numerous, often joint, books on liturgical education and the use of signs, symbols and rituals in everyday life and teaching.