She managed to turn every business trip into an adventure. As a Consolata sister, Sister Sandra received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Royal Lancaster School of Nursing in London, England and became a certified midwife through the Whipps-Cross School of Midwifery, also in London. Sister Evelyn was born on January 12, 1934, the seventh of eight children to Harold and Eva (Hamses) Schlosser in Yakima, Washington. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. In 1977, at the age of 38, he was received into the novitiate, made his simple profession one . After recovering, she participated in a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program in Rochester, Minnesotaand then served as assistant coordinator at St. Rose Convent. While at Viterbo, Sister Jean volunteered at the federal prison at Oxford, Wisconsin as a retreat leader, mentor and friend to inmates. After receiving a bachelors degree in Human Services at Grandview College in Des Moines, she went on to earn a Clinical Pastoral Education certificate at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines. Two years later, with the restructuring of the congregation, she was elected Regional Leader of the FSPA Western Region (1985-1993) located in Spokane. Her mission life there shaped her concept of community and service. From1953 to 1954, she served as cashier at Sacred Heart Hospital, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and from 1954 to 1958 at St. Francis Hospital (MCHS-FH), La Crosse. While in Cedar Rapids, Sister Anita began doing youth ministry in the parish and vocation education in the congregation. She later returned to her baptismal name. The Franciscan Sisters of Mary care passionately for God's creation. Upon her retirement, the executive director of David School, Danny Greene, summed up her impact, Sister Mary Myron has truly been a gift from God. She was instrumental in expanding student life programming since, at the time, the college was rapidly growing its enrollment of lay students. She grew up on the family farm with her four brothers and two sisters, all younger. She was in the seventy-first year of her religious profession. Born in Bellevue, Iowa on Nov. 7, 1927, Gertrude Florence was the daughter of Cornelius Vincent and Teresa Mary (Keuter) Daugherty. The story of consecrated life is about those who have met the Lord and set forth on a journey. Born on Thanksgiving Day, November 29, 1928, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Sister Pat was the daughter of Frank and Willa (Cherrier) Keating. Franciscan Missionary of Mary vocation and life is a gift from God: "Meeting the Lord gets us moving, urges us to leave aside self-absorption," (Evangelii Gaudium 265). List of Sisters, Brothers, Priests. She was received into the novitiate on August 12, 1948 and given the name Sister Laura. FelicianSisters. The Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota, is a community of Roman Catholic women religious who follow the Gospel of Jesus Christ, walking in the footsteps of Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi. Mangaluru, Oct 18: The provincial Ursuline Franciscan Sisters had their VIII Province Chapter in Shanthi Dham Provincialate, Derlakatte from October 17 to 21 on the theme 'Ursuline Franciscan Sisters: Commissioned to Launch into the Deep'. Her early devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary stayed with her all through her life. Sister Jeans most recent ministry was that of freelance writer and presenter. In 1993, she moved to Jackson, Mississippi where she served as chaplain and hospice worker, providing care for people with HIV/AIDS at Grace House in Ridgeland. She always had a story of St. Francis of Assisi to fit any occasion. She was in the seventy-second year of her religious profession. They desired to transfer from the congregation and become members of the Franciscan . In Loving Memory Of Sister Dorothy Ann Kundinger. After a years sabbatical, Sister Kathleen volunteered at Villa Maria Retreat Center in Frontenac, Minnesota,then returned tothe Franciscan Spirituality Center in La Crosse. Obituaries Home News Obituaries. During high school, Florence participated in orchestra, pep band and choir, several clubs and was editor of the school paper for two years. Her family hosted foreign exchange students from Iceland and Italy. She provided pastoral care at Bethany St. Joseph Nursing Home in La Crosse from 1983 to 1987. She kept up on the news of the world and the Church. She used her collected skills and knowledge as the first director of the Franciscan Spirituality Center in La Crosse a position she held from 1984 to 1987. Franciscan Sisters of Allegany and Associates | Allegany NY As the religious sisters from Our Lady of the Angels Convent in Tenafly admired . The day after her 21st birthday she was in a serious car accident. She was in the fifty-seventh year of her religious profession. Sister Evelyn entered St. Rose Convent in the fall of 1958. Friends, family and community members remember Sister Joanne as having a quiet, loving heart for the poor, especially the elderly poor. As a toddler, Marie would follow her mother around the kitchen and in the garden, picking berries, plums, grapes and whatever else was in season. Sister Sandra DeMann, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 72, died of cardiac arrest Friday, May 22, 2020 at John C. Lincoln North Mountain Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona. Her gentleness and sense of humor endeared her to her patients, family, sisters and many friends. Her passion for animals was evident to everyone, with her constantly feeding the birds, rabbits and squirrels around the motherhouse. By the time she graduated, it had become Regis High School. With her graduate degree in hand, she began teaching Spanish at Woodstock High School in Woodstock, Illinois. Obituary - Sr. Miriam Sitarz OSF Sister Miriam, 100, a sister for 84 years, died June 3, 2017 at Mary, Queen and Mother Center in St. Louis. She ministered in the field of education, oftenalso serving as an organist and choir director. In 1994, she moved to Mobile, Alabama and ministered as a teachers aide and resource teacher for eight years before retiring to St. Rose Convent in 2002. However, Sister Margaret did not enter the Benedictines nor the Little Falls Franciscans. Returning to her home in 1973 in Guttenberg to care for her father, Sister Clara Mae also ministered as an activities director and home care aid. Sister Margaret Ann entered St. Rose Convent in 1945. Family, friends and community members remember Sister Mary Myron as a woman of prayer. Sister Ellen Joseph (Elizabeth) Drury, 99, a Franciscan Sister of the Atonement from Graymoor, died Oct. 9, 2016. Community members, family and friends remember Sister Rita as always having a smile on her face and a kind word for everyone. During her time in Spokane, Sister Patricia was part of the Provisional Province, an experimental group within the congregation, for a few years. Before them was a newly-unveiled 7-foot bronze statue of Sister Mary Virgilius Reidy, one of their own. Sister Betty ministered in the field of education, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics from Viterbo College (University) and a Master of Science in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame. Soon after she graduated from St. Simon Stock High School, Bronx, NY, in 1962, she began her journey as a Franciscan Sister. The Rev. Sister Pat was received into the novitiate on August 12, 1947, and was given the name Sister Paula. None of her other siblings had done so, but her parents allowed her to attend St. Angelas Academy in Carroll, Iowa. Sister Agnes learned about the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration from her aunt, Sister Anna (Bernadita) Gehling. Bernardine Franciscan Sisters: Our Story In 1894 Mother Veronica Grzedowska and three companions left their cloister in Poland to respond to the educational needs of children of immigrant coal miners in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In 1991, her fathers need again took her to Guttenberg where she worked for the North Eastern Iowa Rehabilitation Association, providing therapy to individuals and institutions in Clayton County. She and her siblings enjoyed the ride to school in their carriage in the spring and fall and on the bobsled in the winter. Sister Gale was baptized Lucille Michaeline, the name given by her parents Victoria and Lucian Bednarek, at St. Joseph's Church in Chicago by Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Jul 27, 2021 | Franciscan Sisters News, Obituaries. During that time, she took additional bookkeeping courses at Indiana University. She by Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Feb 25, 2019 | Franciscan Sisters News, Obituaries. Her favorite teacher (a Sister of St. Francis of Clinton, Iowa) had a deep devotion to Mary. Community members, friends and family remember her for her gentle presence, soft voice and joyful laughter. Her parents moved to Chile five months after they were married. Eventually she was able to recruit an alumna to continue her work when she left. When her health began to deteriorate, she moved to South Hill Village in Spokane. On Oct. 18, 1926, natural gas was discovered on the property which was used to heat the buildings. Sister Pats love for music and keen musical ability served as the basis for much of Sister Pats ministry. She was a great baseball fan, which she kept up with weekly. During that time, her roommate responded to a call to religious life. The Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis is an evangelical community of Franciscan women called to observe with loving and generous hearts the holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to The Rule and Life of the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. She later went back to her baptismal name. This was probably the first time that any thought of a religious vocation entered her mind. At her baptism, she was given the name Marie Magdalen. She was head baker at Villa St. Joseph 1967 to 1976. She later went back to her baptismal name. In August 2007, the Sisters of St. Francis in Millvale, Pennsylvania merged with the Syracuse-based congregation. She professed first vows on Aug. 12, 1955. Friends, family and community members fondly remember Sister Sandra as a warm, gentle, caring person with a heart for those in need, and a grand laugh. In 1977 her ministry took her to St. Joseph School in Prescott, Wisconsin, as a first-grade teacher, choir director and organist. From 1997 to 2007, she continued providing support services to elderly in Guttenberg through volunteer work at River Living Center and St. Marys Parish. We are the United States Region of an international congregation responding to the needs of the times since our founding by Mother Clara Pfaender in 1860. She was so well-known at Glacier Park for her pies that an Associated Press journalist wrote about her in an article that appeared across the country. She described her family as rich when it comes to happiness and love. She began school at St. Josephs Academy in Yakima, and completed her elementary education at St. Aloysius School after her family moved to Spokane, Washington. Sister Margaret Schmolke, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 96, died on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at Villa St. Joseph in La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 1989, she was elected Regional Assistant for the FSPA Eastern Region (now Marywood Spirituality Center) in Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin; four years later, she was elected Regional Leader. In 1989, with the close of FSPA regions, Sister Evelyn was called to serve as assistant treasurer for the FSPA congregation in La Crosse. Viterbo College called her back in 1974, again as a bookkeeper. She continued her ministry serving part-time as a healthcare provider for another ten years for Comfort Home Health Care, also in Rochester. Her fathers work, assistant sales manager for Auto-lite, led the family to move to La Crosse shortly after her birth. In the picture above, Sr. Karen (left) and Sr. Loretta (right) "God has constantly been our companion on the journey as we walked with much joy..". In her spare time she became very involved in woodcarving, a hobby she took with her to St. Rose Convent in 2008 when she retired there. Sister Joselda served her Sisters as a homemaker and housekeeper from 1948 to 1992 in Durand,Boscobel and La Crosse in Wisconsin and Coon Rapids, Iowa, with the last 15 years at her home parish in St. Lucas, where she also was able to assist her elderly mother. She then volunteered in Sun City, Arizona before assisting as a receptionist at Villa St. Joseph in La Crosse. The family later settled in Menomonie, Wisconsin where Donna was in the first freshman class at the new St. Joseph High School. In December of that year, she was brutally attacked and burned in an assault that occurred while she was at home in the convent. She wanted to do things differently! She was in the seventieth year of her religious profession. Upon retiring, Sister Ladonna continued to share her gifts as a volunteer treasurer for various organizations locally and nationally, including the Washburn Neighborhood Association, La Crosse City Vision Foundation and the Archivists for Congregations of Women Religious. She was always ready to enter into conversation and had great stories to share. Her first profession of vows took place on August 12, 1952. Sister Lydia earned a bachelors degree from Viterbo College (University) in education with double minors in philosophy and history. She loved her time and the people there and the people loved her. She retired to St. Rose Convent in 2016where she continued her organ ministry and began volunteering as receptionist at Catholic Charities. Later, she returned to her baptismal name. Being a Thanksgiving baby has been a great asset to me, she reflected. She was in the68thyear of her religious profession. She was the eldest of six children. She served as a religious educator in Marion, Iowa for three years and as a religious education coordinator in St. Pius Parish in Cedar Rapids for three more years. Her family ties grew deep and strong and continued through the years with Hageman family reunions almost every other year. She joined FSPA in 1950 and was given the name, Sister Joene, but later went back to her baptismal name. The first 26 years of her ministry were spent as a middle-grade and junior-high teacher. She made first profession of vows on August 12, 1944, and final profession on August 9, 1950. In 1964 she began working at Viterbo College as Business Manager and Comptroller, a position she held until 1974. SISTER MARIA TESSARI, O.S.F. She taught Spanish at Wayne State College in Nebraska for a year before transferring to Viterbo University in La Crosse as a Spanish instructor in 1985. From 1983 to 1988 she was manager of the school lunch program at Holy Child Jesus School, Canton, Mississippi. She then earned a bachelors degree in elementary education from Viterbo College in La Crosse. She was in the 76th year of her religious profession. At that time, she retired and spent the next eight years volunteering, mainly as a math and science tutor. Her mother worked as a stenographer. She loved her family and visited them in Washington state as often as possible. At that time she retired to St. Rose Convent where her ministry was that of prayer and hospitality. Her gift of music was shared in many ways instrumentally, vocally and even to the point of creating enjoyable parodies for special occasions. She also taught in Blackfoot, Idaho and St. Paul, Iowa. During the annual three-day retreat of her senior year, she admitted to herself she was called to religious life. When funding ended, she was invited to join the staff at the Salvation Army in Spokane as Family Welfare Director. Born in Chicago Heights, Illinois in 1917, she entered the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in 1930 and. On June 9, 1958, God did give her a call. She saw beauty in creation and in people. She then moved back to La Crosse where she was a nursing instructor at Viterbo College (University) School of Nursing from 1981 to 1984. She received a BA in chemistry with a minor in mathematics from Viterbo College (University) and an MS in chemistry from Notre Dame. She later returned to her baptismal name. She made profession of vows in 1950. Sister Jeans ministry as an FSPA centered around her love of teaching and St. Francis and St. Clare. Marie never knew two of her brothers: Raymond died of jaundice shortly after birth and Vernon was kicked by a horse when he was seven. Just last week, she shared with one of the sisters that she said a prayer every night during the pandemic before she went to bed and she would sing a lullaby to the earth and to all of its inhabitants that they would sleep well and safe. In 1992, she retired to St. Rose Convent and moved to Villa St. Joseph in 2012. February 19 Discerning Young Women: St. Clare and Eucharist Zoom February 17 Novice Experiences Michigan Mission Site February 27 We bring the presence of the loving, serving, compassionate, healing Jesus to all people, especially those who are lonely . She was a people person, warm and giving of her time and helpful to anyone in need. As one parishioner said, We have been blessed to have Sister Geralyn in our parish. Sister Geralyn had a great devotion to Capuchin Father Solanus Casey from Prescott, whose cause is in consideration for canonization. In 2009, she received the Bishop Robert F. Morneau Distinguished Service Award from the conference. September 9,1941 July 1, 2022, by Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Oct 28, 2021 | Franciscan Sisters News, Obituaries. She specifically enjoyed cat sitting while family and friends would go on vacation. She never wanted to miss a party. She used her many talents to write parodies for celebrations at St. Rose Convent and at Villa St. Joseph. Active Nonviolence. She had a quick wit and always had a come back for everything. Early in life, she had the desire to become a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration like her older sister, Sister Leone. She completed her bachelors degree at Viterbo College (University) with a major in education and a minor in music. The South Bend, Indiana, native joined the Franciscans after serving in the Military Police of both the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. In 2008 she moved to Villa St. Joseph and served as a volunteer there until her health began to fail. She went on to teach for eight years in Calmar, Iowa, and then in Wisconsin in Genoa, St. Marys Ridge and La Crosse (St. Michaels Orphanage) before earning a Bachelor of Arts in Occupational Therapy from St. Catherine University in St. Paul. Manage Volunteer Settings. The Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota, is a Roman Catholic congregation of religious women of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi. She also enjoyed sharing her professional expertise through service on numerous boards, including Viterbo Universitys Board of Trustees. Sister Mary Clare Bernet, O.S.F., and Sister Mary Robert Bernet, O.S.F., are Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities. As soon as their dad came home from work, the question was put to him. She attributed her good health to the daily walks/runs to the hermitages located on the Villa property. She received a bachelors degree in business education with a minor in English from Viterbo College (University), then continued in the field of business at Mount St. Mary College in Milwaukee, College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, Indiana University and Notre Dame University. Later, she received a masters degree in pastoral studies from Loyola Institute of Pastoral Studies in Chicago. The sisters of Mother of Good Counsel and Our Lady of the Angels Convents in Chicago, IL, celebrated the Jubilarians of 2021 on Saturday, May 22. In 2003, Sister Patricia joined the FSPA membership team where she provided a listening ear to women discerning their future vocation. Sister Rita was born on August 12, 1928 in Early, Iowa to Elizabeth (Faber) and Leo Jansen. Community members, family, colleagues and friends remember Sister Joan as a happy, joy-filled person, always ready for any invitation to explore something new. Is a publication about the Bernardine Center in Chester, PA. She ignored it despite the persistent nature of the call. Hope Restores, an FSPA Seeding a Legacy of Healing grant recipient and La Crosse-based . She lived simply, joyfully and with great love and care for everyone. Sister Joanne McGoldrick, FSPA, 93, died Sunday, April 18, 2021 at Sacred Heart Hospital, Spokane, Wash. She was in the thirty-fifth year of her religious profession. The Franciscans are celebrating their 150th anniversary. Sister Gertrude made first profession of vows on August 12, 1948 and final vows on August 9, 1954. Sister Loiss last seven years of active ministry were in child care for two families in the St. Paul area. She often said that religious life was an extension of a gift that was nurtured in her home. She moved to Rochester, Minnesota and began taking classes as a human service technician at Rochester Area Technical Institute. She often said that her work in development began when she was teaching at Fr. She shared her love of beauty in various ways on her missions and at the motherhouseoften being the mastermind behind decorations for special occasions. She truly was a friend-raiser. Gertrude was the youngest player on the basketball team when they won the Archdiocese of Dubuque tournament. Later, she returned to her baptismal name. She taught in Calmar, Mallard, St. Lucas and Balltown, Iowa and La Crosse from 1945 to 1962. While at Viterbo, she was asked to create furnishings for the expanded St. Francis Chapel, situated below Mary of the Angels Chapel at St. Rose Convent. Sister Jovita received all of her sacraments and elementary education at St Stanislaus Parish in St Louis. And that she did; she worked for five years for a local newspaper (The Spokesman Review), advancing to an assistant bookkeeper. The Tau Center in Winona, Minnesota recruited her as their baker in 1997, a position she held for the next two years. She had a deep and compassionate heart for the poor and had the most humble and human way of finding the poor in spirit and being one with them. Her high school days were spent at Marycliff High School where she took clerical courses, so that she could get an office job right after graduation. Upon entering the FSPA community, she shared a religious vocation with an aunt and uncle who were both Benedictines. For 25 years Sister Pat taught music in elementary and secondary schools in Iowa (Carroll, West Point, Bellevue) and Wisconsin (La Crosse, Prairie du Chien, Durand, Jefferson, Ashland, Jefferson). Having lived simply, joyfully and with great love and care for everyone, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Dorothy Ann. Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, submitted the following from "the earliest materials in our archives." "During the early 1860s, Father Pamfilo had taken under his care four Sisters in the Congregation of the Holy Cross at St. Mary (Notre Dame), Indiana. She later returned to her baptismal name. Obituary Sr. Miriam Sitarz OSF Sister Miriam, 100, a sister for 84 years, died June 3, 2017 at Mary, Queen and Mother Center in St. Louis. In 1986 she began teaching primary grades in Monroe, Louisiana. From 1985 to 2005, she served as a remedial teacher at David School, a small alternative high school in the coal-mining hills of Kentucky. Later, she taught elementary school and parish music in Tomah, Wisconsin for five years. The Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota, a Roman Catholic congregation for women religious, was founded in 1877 by Mother Mary Alfred Moes. She was in the seventy-fourth year of her religious profession. In 2013, she moved to Villa St. Joseph in La Crosse and in 2022 back to St. Rose Convent. She enteredFranciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration inLa Crosse before graduating high school. From 1984 to 1989 she ministered to the elderly in Las Vegas and was instrumental in developing Pastoral Care Outreach at Sunrise Hospital. Our dear Sister Victoria took flight and went home to the Lord on Sunday, July 4, 2021. On Christmas Eve, three years after her birth, her mother died of tuberculosis. Our community was founded in central Minnesota in 1891 by sixteen women who had previously been members of another Franciscan congregation. In 2018, with her health failing, she moved to Villa St. Joseph. Realizing there were only 30 Consolata sisters left in the United States in the early 1990s, Sister Sandra began exploring American-founded Midwestern religious communities open to international missionary service. There she and her two brothers and three sisters grew up, helping with chores when they were not attending school at Sac County School. Over the years, Sister Rosile served on the board of directors for several health care institutions, including St. Francis Hospital, St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa and St. Joseph Hospital in Hillsboro, Wisconsin. Sister Patricia loved school; she excelled in her studies and was active in 4-H. After graduating from the eighth grade, Sister Patricia felt a deep call to become a sister and contacted the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, who were the closest religious congregation to her home. On August 12, 1954, she made her first profession of vows as a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration. Community members, family and friends remember Sister Rita Marie as a naturally curious person who asked a lot of questions and read many books on a variety of topics. She started out in the primary grades and quickly moved to middle and junior high, eventually serving as principal for seven years while at Holy Family School, Ashland and Sacred Heart School, Eau Claire. She made profession of first vows on August 12, 1954. Sister Sandras primary ministry prior to joining FSPA was serving as a midwife in Tanzania and Kenya. Discover how we live our charism each day. Sister Jean Moore, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 67, died on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare, La Crosse, Wisconsin. She was then appointed Congregational Treasurer of the order, a position she held from 1964 to 1983. She was privileged to attend Father Solanus beautification ceremony in Detroit. At that time, Sister Joanne was living at Rockwood Lane retirement facility where she volunteered as a Bible study facilitator and home visitor. The first level of the building was 20 classrooms. She was eager to go to school with her sisters. SR. M. AQUILINA ACKER Sister Aquilina Acker, 87, a member of Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, died Monday evening, May 2, at Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc.
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