Sister Kathleen taught elementary and junior high school from 1950 to 1963 at schools in Wausau, Superior, Mosinee, Platteville and Lima (Wisconsin), Guttenberg (Iowa) and Spokane, Washington. 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. Franciscan Sisters have served at St. Benedict's for 80 years. Ever since she was small, Kathleen felt the desire to become a sister. Entering the field of education, Sister Margaret served as a primary teacher for 27 years in schools in Iowa (Carroll [St. Joseph] and Roselle) and Wisconsin (Greenwood, Marathon, Dodgeville, Halder, La Crosse [Holy Cross and Blessed Sacrament], Odanah, Big River and Menomonie). By the time she graduated, it had become Regis High School. She attended grammar and high school in [] After her retirement, Sister Margaret Ann was active in attending events at the Fine Arts Center at Viterbo University and community events at St. Rose Convent whenever possible. After the high school in Lansing closed, she remained there as a religious education teacher for two more years. At her baptism, she was given the name Marie Magdalen. From 1994 to 1998, Sister Joanne served as co-director of the FSPA Clare Retreat Center in Spokane. Sister Anita was invited to take this position, in which she served for 10 years. Following her formation program, she began teaching in parish schools in Wisconsin . Sister was 93 years of age and had been a Sister of St. Francis for 70 years. In 1986 she began teaching primary grades in Monroe, Louisiana. Her love of the Eucharist carried over to her dedication in taking Communion to shut-ins. She then attended Marycliff High School in Spokane. One evening as the family gathered on the porch, next to a very full rain barrel, her father teasingly picked her up and saying he was going to put her headfirst into the barrel. During the summer of 1946, Sister Anita shared her sense of call to become an FSPA with her parents, who were not too surprised since she had FSPA as teachers and a great-aunt, Sister Clarissa Heinz, and an aunt, Sister Genelda Maier, who were FSPA. She received her BA from Mary by Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Feb 16, 2018 | Franciscan Sisters News, Obituaries. She was in the seventieth year of her religious profession. Celebrating the Life of Sr. Gerarda Augustyniak, The Franciscan Sisters join other Women Religious in grieving the shooting in Colorado Springs, LSAP Resource Guide Community Engagement & Participatory Action. Sister Lois Lobdell, FSPA, 97, died Thursday, August 27, 2020, of natural causes at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse. She was then appointed Congregational Treasurer of the order, a position she held from 1964 to 1983. With a twinkle in her eye, she was always involved in any mischief that took place. Community members, family and friends remember Sister Dorothy Ann for her delightful smile, sense of humor and positive attitude toward life along with the great care she provided to Sister Thea during her life and the assistance she gave Sister Theas legacy after her death. After Sister Theas death, Sister Dorothy Ann remained in Canton as a volunteer hospice worker, ministering to people with HIV/AIDS. She truly was a friend-raiser. St. Francis and St. Clare saw the good and holy possibility in the culture of everyday life. 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. read more . Born on July 1, 1943 in Batesville, she was the second of five children born to Ethel (Nee: Schumacher) and Francis Werner. As the religious sisters from Our Lady of the Angels Convent in Tenafly admired . Helen again pushed the idea of a vocation out of her mind until December 1944 when she was assigned to the Sisters ward at the hospital. Community members, family, colleagues and friends remember Sister Karolyne for her delicious baking and great love of the outdoors. 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. She was 86 years old.Baptized Patricia Ann at Immaculate Conception Church in Omaha, NE, she entered religious life in 1952 and pronounced perpetual vows in 1958. This was probably the first time that any thought of a religious vocation entered her mind. Alleluia! Helen completed eight grades at St. Gabriels School, then attended St. Marys Academy in Prairie du Chien. She was always exploring the latest spiritual book or philosophy. OBITUARY Sr. Maureen Kelly F.S.P. 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. By her junior year, she had decided to enter religious life. And that she did; she worked for five years for a local newspaper (The Spokesman Review), advancing to an assistant bookkeeper. During her junior year she began to think of entering religious life. For several summers, Sister Bernadette served as lecturer at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu and Cardinal Stritch College (University) in Milwaukee. During her senior year, Sister Clara Mae and a friend visited St. Rose Convent, the motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. Marie was received into the novitiate on August 12, 1943, and given the name Sister Rita Marie. Our dear Sister Jovita went to her rest in the arms of our loving God on February 16. During her eight years there, she earned a Master of Pastoral Studies from Loyola University, New Orleans. Sister Dorothy was received into the novitiate on August 12, 1959 and was given the name Sister Dorothy Ann. She also taught in Blackfoot, Idaho and St. Paul, Iowa. Sister Lourdine Bielawski, 90, of the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Third Order Regular of St. Francis, died Feb. 3 at St. Joseph Villa, Reading, where she had resided since 2012. During part of that time, she was also Director of Resident Life at the college. Read more. She was in the seventy-seventh year of her religious profession. Whenever anyone suggested that she would end up at the convent, she objected. Carmel, Sister Rita began thinking about ministering in a different environment. 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. In 2010, due to her deteriorating health, she chose to move to St. Rose Convent and in 2014 made her home at Villa St. Joseph. She was devoted to little children and prayed daily for the children of the world. By the end of her freshman year, she responded to this call. Sister Gertrude Daugherty, FSPA, 93, died on Sunday, August 8, 2021, at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Sister Ladonna moved back into congregational ministry as FSPA Director of Development from 1987 to 2012, when she became Congregational Secretary and Director of Planned Giving. My high school experience has been better having had her as a teacher. When a new school was being built at David, the community took the opportunity to recognize Sister Mary Myrons significant contribution to the area by establishing a Sister Mary Myron Remedial Reading Room. As most little girls are inclined to feel when first coming in contact with a real, honest-to-goodness Sister, I felt that I wanted to become a Sister, too, she wrote in her autobiography. One never knew what mischief she would get into next. Before them was a newly-unveiled 7-foot bronze statue of Sister Mary Virgilius Reidy, one of their own. For six years she was the chapel tour guide coordinator at the convent. A second church, that could hold 500, was built in 1930. Community members, family and friends, remember Sister Jean as someone that always loved life in any of its aspects. From 1990 until 2008, she was pastoral associate at Sacred Heart Parish, Wauzeka, Wisconsin. Sister Joan was received into the FSPA novitiate on August 12, 1957, and was given the name Sister Vernamae. She was a people person, warm and giving of her time and helpful to anyone in need. The day after her 21st birthday she was in a serious car accident. After retiring, while teaching ESL, she began learning Chinese in order to better communicate with her students. Sister Evelyn entered St. Rose Convent in the fall of 1958. She boarded with the sisters Monday through Friday and it was customary to make a retreat between the two semesters. So on September 1, 1946, she entered St. Rose Convent. Her adoration was always the first priority in her day while at St. Rose Convent. Sister Rita Jansen, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 94, died on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at Villa St. Joseph in La Crosse, Wisconsin. A private burial took place in Resurrection Cemetery on May 1, 2020. And we have lots of LOL moments during our convo together. The Tau Center in Winona, Minnesota recruited her as their baker in 1997, a position she held for the next two years. 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. Sister Cecilienne Goetz, FSPA, 97, died February 4, 2021 at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Later she went back toher baptismal name, Karolyne. Sister Margaret Ann entered St. Rose Convent in 1945. 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. One could always count on Sister Betty for a welcoming smile and hearty laugh. She made the Sodality of Mary a very active part in the lives of the teenagers including Sister Agnes. A statement used during the presentation of this award epitomizes her life: Sister Ladonna has continuously received Gods gifts gracefully, nurtured these gifts responsibly, shared these gifts justly and charitably, and returned these gifts to the Lord abundantly.". 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). Until 2010, Sister Rita Marie had neither taken a pill, no been hospitalized. Sister Jovita received all of her sacraments and elementary education at St Stanislaus Parish in St Louis. 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. Her final days of retirement were at Villa St. Joseph. She often said that religious life was an extension of a gift that was nurtured in her home. Some A Nun's Life friends from the Chicago area come to the podcast. Sister Anita spent various periods of time in the West African country with the sisters, providing workshops, spiritual reflection, and just listening to their stories of history, fear and hope. Yermo High School in El Paso. When she was five, her family moved to another farm between Early and Schaller, Iowa. After high school, she helped on the farm, as two of her brothers were in the service. After recovering, she participated in a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program in Rochester, Minnesotaand then served as assistant coordinator at St. Rose Convent. Born on March 18, 1926, near St. Lucas, Iowa, Sister Joselda was the oldest daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Schmitt) Hageman. Is a publication about the Bernardine Center in Chester, PA. After receiving a bachelors degree in English from Viterbo College (University), La Crosse, she went on for a masters degree in English from Marquette University, Milwaukee. 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. In her early years, Mary Jane began knitting and crocheting, a hobby she carried into her adult life. Family and community members remember Sister Pat for her quick Irish witalways with a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye. 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. Sister Patricia Keating, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 91, died of natural causes on July 24, 2020 at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse, Wisconsin. She was worried about being the eldest in her class, but upon arrival Catherine learned that half of the class was older than she was. In Iowa she taught at St. Lawrence School and Kuemper High School, Carroll, as well as in Breda, West Point and Spencer. Her father worked there for a large U.S. copper mining company. In addition to her great devotion to education, prayer and spirituality, her family held a very dear spot in her heart. 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 1982, Joanne became an affiliate of the FSPA. At her baptism she was given the name Catherine Cecilia. Gerald Walker, OFM, Cap. Viterbo College called her back in 1974, again as a bookkeeper. Growing up on the farm gave her a deep appreciation of nature, which stayed with her throughout her life. Sister Michon was born to John W. and Vera (Duffy) Desmond on August 28, 1933, in Winona, Minnesota, the eldest of six children. Meet one of our Sisters responding to the needs of our community and the world. When reflecting on her choice of vocation, she said, Upon visiting Maria Angelorum Chapel, I knew that I could never leave this.. Mother Joan invited her to join the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. Her mother was quite musical and made sure Kathleen took piano lessons. For the next 21 years, from 1981 to 2002, Sister Margaret again used her teaching skills as a religious education teacher, tutor and parish visitor at St. Marys in Hurley, Wisconsin. She began her tertiary education at Viterbo College (University) in the field of education. Sister Jeans most recent ministry was that of freelance writer and presenter. She taught for 33 years in elementary schools in Iowa, Washington, Oregon and Wisconsin. You will no longer be notified of photo requests for this cemetery. She also attended the Theological Institute at St. Norberts College over the course of several summers. Her first two years of grade school were at St. Jude the Apostle School in Wauwatosa. She later returned to her baptismal name. Fast. How surprised, and disappointed, was Sister Lydia when Louise (Sister Joan Marie) entered FSPA in La Crosse. She attended Holy Family Grade School and DePadua High School. There she and her two brothers and three sisters grew up, helping with chores when they were not attending school at Sac County School. Sister Mary Myron started teaching in grades one through three and ended up teaching high school. She wanted to enter St. Rose Convent after graduation, but circumstances compelled her to wait until August 30, 1943. Sister Mary Clare Bernet, O.S.F., and Sister Mary Robert Bernet, O.S.F., are Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities. After three years in that position she resigned, was married and began raising her five children: Marianne, George, Pat, Susan and Tom. No grave photo. The last seven years, before her retirement to Villa St. Joseph in 2005, were spent in Hiawatha, Iowa, volunteering at Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center and at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, where she worked with senior citizens. After her class of six boys and six girls graduated from the eighth grade, she spent the next year at home helping her parents. From daycare for loved ones who suffer from dementia, to rehabilitation centers for recovery from surgery . Her nieces and nephews were a delight to her. She started taking piano lessons in sixth grade and music became her major interest. Friars Minor. The first 31 years of Sister Frances religious life were spent as a homemaker and dietitian at various convents in Wisconsin and Iowa, including periods of time at Aquinas High School, St. Rose Convent and Villa St. Joseph in La Crosse. Celebrate With Us! Every place she taught she loved her little children, especially teaching them to read. She grew up on the family farm with her four brothers and two sisters, all younger. Creativity and Franciscanism went hand-in-hand for her. She kept learning and teaching wherever she was. She was in the sixty-fourth year of her religious profession. During that time, she completed a Master of Arts in Music Education from DePaul University, Chicago. Most recently, Sister Sandra had been a regular volunteer at Ryan House, an extension of St. Joseph Hospital, and at St. Vincent De Paul in Phoenix. 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. From 1993 to 1997, Sister Jean served as the Dean of the School of Letters and Sciences at Viterbo. She never wanted to miss a party. She received a BA in chemistry with a minor in mathematics from Viterbo College (University) and an MS in chemistry from Notre Dame. AUBURN Starting in the 2021-22 academic year, two Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist will join the staff at Saint Dominic Academy as teachers while also overseeing and enhancing campus . After she initially applied to the Maryknoll Sisters, she subsequently met Mother Joan Kramer, FSPA, on a visit to St. Rose Convent to see her sister, Sister Jean (Carmelita), FSPA. Her older sister Eileen joined the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in 1943. There she met the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA) at St. Marys Grade School. FSPA - 912 Market St., La Crosse, WI 54601 | Phone: 608-782-5610 |. Ellen Mary MacDonell was born Feb. 7, 1932, in Judique North, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Archibald and Mary Fitzgerald MacDonell. During that time, she took additional bookkeeping courses at Indiana University. After a years sabbatical, Sister Kathleen volunteered at Villa Maria Retreat Center in Frontenac, Minnesota,then returned tothe Franciscan Spirituality Center in La Crosse. Read inspiring reflections from our sisters and keep up-to date . Her motto of living life in union with Christ was evident in her recent celebration of her 70th jubilee. His grip weakened and she later spoke of this as her second baptism. Separate from the happy memories of growing up on the farm, there was the time a cyclone picked up the barn and flattened it. Angel, Ore. 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. In 2009, Sister Frances moved to St. Rose Convent until her health required her to move to Villa St. Joseph in late 2019. After graduating from the eighth grade, Sister Jean attended Pilgrim Park Junior High for one year before moving to Brookfield Central High School. Sister Jeans ministry as an FSPA centered around her love of teaching and St. Francis and St. Clare. Gertrude was the youngest player on the basketball team when they won the Archdiocese of Dubuque tournament. Born in Sioux City, Iowa in 1929, she entered the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in 1945 and professed perpetual vows in 1951. The Rev. Sister Gertrude served her FSPA community as a homemaker in convent homes in Iowa, Washington and Wisconsin from 1948 to 1965. She could often be seen at table long after most people had left the dining room. One of her students from David School said, She was always willing to help students make their projects perfect. Hope Restores, an FSPA Seeding a Legacy of Healing grant recipient and La Crosse-based . After attending the Creation Spirituality Program in Oakland, California, Sister Donna served on the retreat staff at Holy Cross Center in Merrill, Wisconsin. Her connections with friends from Ashland remained with her throughout the years. She then moved to St. Rose Convent in La Crosse, Wisconsin and began her journey as a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA), completing her secondary education at St. Rose High School. She professed first vows on Aug. 12, 1955. In 1977, she was appointed Director of Financial Affairsand later Business Managerat the institute, where she served until 1987, simultaneously earning there a Master of Arts degree in Theology, with a concentration in spirituality. After completing licensed practical training at St. Anthony School of Nursing in Carroll, Iowa, she served as a LPN for 28 years at Villa St. Joseph, St. Francis Hospital (MCHS-FH) and St. Rose Convent, La Crosse, and Sacred Heart Hospital, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Mill Valley Care Center in Bellevue. From 1958 to 1964 she served theFSPA community in the business office at St. Rose Convent. On Christmas Eve, three years after her birth, her mother died of tuberculosis. Sister Ellen Joseph (Elizabeth) Drury, 99, a Franciscan Sister of the Atonement from Graymoor, died Oct. 9, 2016. Almost every day at St. Rose Convent, Sister Gertrude could be found in the Adoration Chapel praying for her family, friends, religious community and, of course, the needs of the world. There she attended St. James School and Aquinas High School, both staffed by FSPA. Sister Mary Klisart, OSF. Born in New York City, Sr. Cecelia was one of six children, four brothers and a sister. Later, she taught elementary school and parish music in Tomah, Wisconsin for five years. She ministered there until 2021 when she moved to St. Rose Convent in La Crosse. Throughout her multiple ministries, she had a can do attitude. She was a quiet person who had an avid interest in world affairs. For the next five years, Sister Helen served as a staff nurse at St. Rose Convent Health Center. During those two years, she worked in her fathers bakery. Even though she experienced permanent injury from a jeep accident while in Africa, she did not let that stop her from being of service to others. She had a quick wit and always had a come back for everything. She attended Mount Carmel Catholic School, which included elementary and secondary classes. Barbara Jane entered St. Rose Convent in the fall of 1951. She made her first profession of vows on August 12, 1948. Sister Sandras primary ministry prior to joining FSPA was serving as a midwife in Tanzania and Kenya. Sister Donna served as an elementary teacher for 14 years in schools in Washington (St. Augustines, Spokane [1952-1955 and 1963-1964]) and Wisconsin (Sacred Heart, Ashland [1950-1952]), La Crosse (St. Wenceslaus [1956-1963] and Blessed Sacrament [1964-1965]). While at Marquette, sheplayed the organ at Gesu Parish and after retiring from teaching English, she ministered as receptionist at the parish until she moved to St. Rose Convent in December of 2016. She kept close contact with family, former students and friends via letters and phone calls, even visiting her adopted Greene family in Texas in her 100s. Bernardine Franciscan Sisters' Jubilee Celebration ~ May 29, 2022 in Reading, Pennsylvania Doorways of Hope ~ Closing Activity for the Year ~ May 25, 2022 Bernardine Bonanza 2022 Renewal of Vows in Northeast Brazil ~ January 9, 2022 Motherhouse Christmas 2021 Doorways of Hope ~ Christmas 2021 Program Bernardine Center ~ Chester, Pennsylvania From 1975 to 1979, she was principal at Marquette High School in West Point, Iowa. Early in life, she had the desire to become a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration like her older sister, Sister Leone. She ministered at St. Anthonys Hospital, Carroll, Iowa, Sacred Heart Hospital, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and was Medical and Surgical Instructor at St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, La Crosse. She was quite an artist; doing beautiful rosemaling and also oil paintings and water colors which can be found around the Villa. She made her first vows on August 12, 1951. After five years in Chile, Sister Jeans family moved to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin in order to ensure proper schooling near their home.. Sister Lydia preferred physical outdoor work, like herding cattle and pumping water, over housework. At that time, she retired and spent the next eight years volunteering, mainly as a math and science tutor.
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