She then became pastoral assistant at St. Peters Parish in Spokane until her retirement in 2005. 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. 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 Agnes was received into the novitiate on August 12, 1951 and was given the name Sister Ella. She served as principal in both Carroll (St. Lawrence School) and Calmar. She created connections among her family, friends and community. Is a publication about the Bernardine Center in Chester, PA. She once commented that she thought she learned how to rip the same afternoon she learned how to sew. 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. Having a sister (SisterMildred Weber, FSPA) and several other relatives in the FSPA community sparked the idea of a vocation in Donna. Sister Jeremiah (Theresa) Collins, OSF January 27, 2022 Sister Jeremiah (Theresa) Collins embraced Sister death on January 27, 2022 at the Franciscan Villa in Syracuse, NY. Following her formation program, she began teaching in parish schools in Wisconsin . She taught primary and intermediate grades in parochial schools in Iowa (Milford, Coon Rapids, Richmond, Festina, West Point, Bellevue, Guttenberg, Willey, Dedham, Calmar, Mt. She retired to St. Rose Convent in 2016where she continued her organ ministry and began volunteering as receptionist at Catholic Charities. A highlight of her life took place in 1995, when she was invited to participate in a pilgrimage to Rome, where she had the privilege of meeting Pope St. John Paul II. They also remember her for her insightful questions and reflections, challenging others to think beyond the obvious and see the presence and action of God in our entire universe. For almost 40 years, Sister Bernadette played background music once a month for televised Masses in the Madison Diocese as part of their Apostolate to the Handicapped. On October 27, 2021, Sister Gale Bednarek, our resident Scripture scholar, left us for the fullness of Gods light and love. She grew up on the family farm with her two brothers and three sisters, getting into to use her words all the mischief we could imagine.. After recovering, she participated in a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program in Rochester, Minnesotaand then served as assistant coordinator at St. Rose Convent. In 2008 she moved to Villa St. Joseph and served as a volunteer there until her health began to fail. After a years sabbatical, Sister Jean was appointed the Director of Mission Integration for the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, a position she held until 2016. This gave Sister Evelyn time to think if God might be calling her. At age six, Sister Lydia went to school with her two older sisters. In the eighth grade, Sister Pat started playing trumpet in the high school band and later moved on to playing the trombone and baritone. She attended the newly erected St. Johns School. Then she became the employee health director at St. Francis Medical Center (MCHS-FH) until 1991. Her musical productions were outstanding. Sister Jean has been selected to be honored with the Viterbo University Pope St. John XXIII Award, the highest non-academic award bestowed by the university, in May 2020. She was the second eldest in her family which included two brothers and four sisters. Her adoration was always the first priority in her day while at St. Rose Convent. The FSPA community is grateful for her leadership, especially in leading the congregation into the world of social security and investment. Helping to connect people to faith. Diverse ministries serving the marginalized involved teaching English, providing transportation, helping with housing and offering support to those experiencing mental illness. She professed first vows on August 6, 1935. She then became Vice-President of Student Development from 1997 to 2005. Follow Felician Sisters. Born on Oct. 7, 1927 in Sparta, Wisconsin, to William and Alice (Senogles) Sheridan, Sister Patricia grew up in Kendall, Wisconsin where her father worked for the Sheridan Lumber Company. By then it was evident to her parents that her desire to be a sister had not diminished, but had grown stronger and they allowed her to enter St. Rose Convent in La Crosse, Wisconsinon August 15, 1940. Her brothers and sisters teased her that she would miss gardening, playing baseball and driving a car, but the call persisted. The Bernardine Center Times Summer 2018. She then moved to Boise, Idaho where she did bookkeeping for a construction company. During her junior year she began to think of entering religious life. Then, making a change in her career, Sister Agnes worked with abused children at Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos, Houston, Texas, for five years and one year at Catholic Charities in El Paso, Texas, in emergency services. For a year she was a home health nurse in Claxton, Georgia. Coming to us from Dayton, Ohio, Sister Loraine entered the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in 1950 and professed perpetual vows in 1955. February 19 Discerning Young Women: St. Clare and Eucharist Zoom February 17 Novice Experiences Michigan Mission Site February 27 Community members, family, colleagues and friends remember Sister Karolyne for her delicious baking and great love of the outdoors. She entered St. Rose Convent in 1944 and professed vows in 1947. She saw the bread loaf lovingly placed on the guests cabin tables as a way of sharing Eucharist. 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. bottom of page Marie was received into the novitiate on August 12, 1943, and given the name Sister Rita Marie. Sister Patricia Keating, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 91, died of natural causes on July 24, 2020 at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Manage Volunteer Settings. 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. The Bernet sisters are identical twins who are celebrating 70 years of religious life. She was a truly humble, prayerful woman of faith and courage whose spirit always radiated joy and peace. A congregation of Franciscan women religious serving in the United States,. When her health began to deteriorate, she moved to South Hill Village in Spokane. She received her BA from Mary by Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Feb 16, 2018 | Franciscan Sisters News, Obituaries. They were raised at the Mount Loretto Orphanage on Staten Island . When Sister Clara Mae entered the novitiate of the FSPA she was given the name Bernadine. Sister Clara Mae Kuempel, FSPA, 90, died on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse, Wisconsin. She was in the sixty-first 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. She was in the eighty-first year of her religious profession. Her gentleness and sense of humor endeared her to her patients, family, sisters and many friends. Sister Jean and her sisters (and often her brother) spent manyvacations together exploring their family roots in Ireland, or just hanging out by the ocean. Part of the celebration turned into a 20-year relationship with the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis in Cameroon, Africa, known as the Common Venture. In 2000, another transition occurred in her life when she moved to volunteer in the finance office and kitchen at St. Rose Convent. Date of Death: August 1, 2022. She attended Sacred Heart Grade School there, taught by the FSPA. 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. Saint of the Day. RUTH JASINSKI OBITUARY Sister Ruth Jasinski, 94, of the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Third Order Regular of St Francis, died on Monday morning, August 23, 2021, at Reading Hospital-Tower. A private burial took place in Resurrection Cemetery on May 1, 2020. She attended St. Josephs Grade and High School in Bellevue. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in education with a minor in biology from Viterbo College (University). She enteredFranciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration inLa Crosse before graduating high school. To the surprise of her family, she chose the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in La Crosse, being drawn to the ministry of Perpetual Adoration. 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. Sister Ellen Mary MacDonell, who served 64 years in the health care field with the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, died Dec. 27, 2022, at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, Allegany. Sister Kathy, as she was lovingly called, was small in stature but large in spirit and generosity. Sister Donna Weber, FSPA, 91, died on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at St. Rose Convent, La Crosse, Wisconsin. She was in the sixty-eighth year of her religious profession. She later went back to her baptismal name. Sister Jeans most recent ministry was that of freelance writer and presenter. Sister Ladonna made her home at St. Rose Convent in 2016. In 1989, with the close of FSPA regions, Sister Evelyn was called to serve as assistant treasurer for the FSPA congregation in La Crosse. 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. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in English from Viterbo College (University) and an MS in Education from Xavier University in Cincinnati. For family and friends unable to attend in-person funeral celebrations, FSPA offers live streaming. She was always exploring the latest spiritual book or philosophy. Sister Cecilienne taught music in numerous elementary and secondary schools in Wisconsin at Blessed Sacrament School and Aquinas High School, La Crosse and elsewhere in Marathon and Ashland. 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. 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 received a bachelors degree in home economics and English from Viterbo College (University), La Crosse and did additional studies at Marquette University, Milwaukee. As boarders, Sister Margaret and Helen got home one weekend a month. She ministered in schools in La Crosse, Plum City, Allouez and Stratford, Wisconsin; in Carroll, Calmar and Hiawatha, Iowa; in Bozeman, Montana; in Spokane, Washington and in David, Kentucky. Franciscan Sister Elaine Urbanek passes away December 27, 2022, at the age of 99 years. At entrance into the novitiate, she received the name Sister Alicita. Upon visiting her sister at St. Rose Convent one weekend, Sister Pat told her parents she wanted to stay at the convent with her sister. After profession in 1943, Sister went to St. Veronica's in Greenwich Village for three months, then taught at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School in New . She later returned to her baptismal name. One could always count on Sister Betty for a welcoming smile and hearty laugh. 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.". Family was considered her best friends. She served numerous people for ten years through the health department before retiring. It was a combination church and school. Shethen served as director of religious education at Sacred Heart Religious Education Center in Palos Hills, Illinoisfor four years. In 1998, Sister Margaret Ann officially retired from teaching, but continued to volunteer at the parish and school at Our Lady of the Lake in Ashland. Sister Margaret Ann was involved in school consolidations, both in Ashland and Eau Claire. She kept learning and teaching wherever she was. There she and her two brothers and three sisters grew up, helping with chores when they were not attending school at Sac County School. 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. In 1953 she was received into the FSPA novitiate and given the name Sister Geralyn. In 1976, Sister Joan transitioned to the ministry of activities director at Villa St. Joseph, a post she held until 1983. Her mother was quite musical and made sure Kathleen took piano lessons. She moved to Rochester, Minnesota and began taking classes as a human service technician at Rochester Area Technical Institute. During her third year in college, she was offered a position at the Spokesman-Review newspaper as a reporter. Sister Anita (Mary Kenneth) Beskar, FSPA, died April 23, 2022, just shy of her 90th birthday, at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Sewing was one of her hidden talents. 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. Remembering Sr. Mary Elizabeth Glueckstein Wheaton Franciscans October 3, 2022 She provided pastoral care at Bethany St. Joseph Nursing Home in La Crosse from 1983 to 1987. Our dear, sweet Sister Erlinda Gurule went home to the Lord on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. She was in the seventy-first year of her religious profession. In 1982, she moved to Waterloo, Iowa, to resume her ministry of occupational therapy, serving mainly children with severe disabilities at River Hills School. A community of Franciscan women religious based in Clinton, Iowa with a mission of active nonviolence and peacemaking. Sister Clara Mae gifted family and friends with beautiful wood carvings. From 1974 to 1977, Sister Ladonna served as treasurer for the FSPA Central Province in Hiawatha, Iowa. During her time in Spokane, Sister Patricia was part of the Provisional Province, an experimental group within the congregation, for a few years. Sister Pat made first profession of vows on August 12, 1949, and final profession on August 9, 1955. In addition to teaching, Sister served as principal at St. Marys, St. Wenceslaus, Cathedral and St. James. From 2016 to 2019, Sister Jean was back at Viterbo University teaching classes in Franciscan Traditions and Values. Three years later cancer prevented her from performing all of her duties there but she continued on as an assistant to the new parish administrator. She made her profession of vows on August 12, 1946 and final vows on August 9, 1952. She was a people person, warm and giving of her time and helpful to anyone in need. Her father thought nothing could be more perfect; he had an aunt, a sister and a niece in the convent, and now hed have a daughter there also. Sister Agnes learned about the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration from her aunt, Sister Anna (Bernadita) Gehling. Her family then moved to Brookfield, Wisconsin where she attended St. John Vianney School. Community members, family and friends remember Sister Clara Mae as always having a smile for everyone. . From 1994 to 1998, Sister Joanne served as co-director of the FSPA Clare Retreat Center in Spokane. Subsequently, she left the classroom and served as dental assistant for 11 years in St. Paul, Minnesota. Sister Kathleen taught at the high school level for the next 11 years in Cathedral (Superior, Wisconsin), Kuemper (Carroll, Iowa), Aquinas (La Crosse), Marquette (West Point, Iowa) and Marquette (Bellevue, Iowa). Her life will be celebrated with a Mass of Resurrection Friday, September 23. Please wait a few minutes and try again. She also taught in Blackfoot, Idaho and St. Paul, Iowa. They have responded to a call to incarnate the Good News, taking on Jesus . After a years sabbatical in 1998 at the Tau Center in Winona, Sister Michon moved to St. Rose Convent where she served as assistant administrator for the sisters. I was into trouble almost constantly for skipping school, breaking rules and getting into things that were none of my business. It was not until her senior year that she gave her future a serious thought. When the FSPA congregation opened its spirituality centers, the facilities benefited from her excellent furniture upholstery work a hobby she continuedfor years. She started taking piano lessons in sixth grade and music became her major interest. For the next 11 years, she ministered as a volunteer and driver at Villa St. Joseph. From childhood Sister Jean dabbled in arts and crafts from woodworking to stained glass to photography to jewelry making. Our Franciscan spirituality calls us to live the gospel life discovered through contemplation and action, recognizing that All are one and in respect for all of God's creation. St. Francis and St. Clare saw the good and holy possibility in the culture of everyday life. She was very fond of Pope Francis and talked often about his vision and teaching. She served for 67 years as a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration. From there she moved back to Arizona and worked as a medical support staff member and Initial Loss Reporting (ILR) claims associate for State Farm Insurance. Helen and her cousin Art were constant companions until he left for Maryhurst in the Philippines to become a Brother of Mary. The Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota, is a Roman Catholic congregation of religious women of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi. After high school graduation, she felt a call to join the FSPA. She was received into the novitiate on August 12, 1946 and was given the name Sister Mary Peter. The Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio are engaged in such diverse ministries as education, health care, social services, religious education and more. High school years at St. Marys were filled with the usual high school activities including babysitting and working on crafts. Obituaries Bernardine Franciscan Sister Laetitia Okoniewski, a graduate of St. Hedwig School. Donna Jean Weber was born on April 25, 1930, to Reynold and Laura (Asher) Weber in Eau Galle, Wisconsin. Entrance: August 1966 First profession: August 1969 Final profession: August 1972 Education: Bachelor's in American studies, Marillac College, 1972 She later went back to her baptismal name. There she attended St. James School and Aquinas High School, both staffed by FSPA. During part of that time, she was also Director of Resident Life at the college. by Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Dec 29, 2022 | Franciscan Sisters News, LCWR, Obituaries, Uncategorized. Sister Loiss last seven years of active ministry were in child care for two families in the St. Paul area. She attended St. Joseph elementary and high school in Earling. At her baptism she was given the name Catherine Cecilia. Her mother worked as a stenographer. She then began a year of study at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, where she had the opportunity for a three-month study tour in Israel. Everyone knew when Sister Pat was around because her hearty laughter carried through the halls. Two weeks later, she arrived in La Crosse to start her new life. She was in the sixty-third year of her religious profession. Discover how we live our charism each day. Sister Helen served her FSPA community as Director of Nursing at Villa St. Joseph 1964 to 1965, prior to completing her Masters Degree in nursing education at Columbia University in New York City, New York from 1965 to 1967. In 2009, she received the Bishop Robert F. Morneau Distinguished Service Award from the conference. She often said that religious life was an extension of a gift that was nurtured in her home. 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. 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. She was in the midst of writing a book on Pieces of the Parchment-Rubrics for Daily Living. She was an excellent teacher, a compassionate pastoral by Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Jun 5, 2017 | Franciscan Sisters News, Obituaries. 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. Two years later on Christmas Eve again, a change took place in the Beskar family when her father announced that he was marrying Leona Buberl. It was difficult and terrifying at first and then she fell in love with it. Province St. Elizabeth | Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George Province St. Elizabeth Our History The American Province began in poverty with many hardships.
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