She attended Holy Family Grade School and DePadua High School. Born in. She professed first vows on August 6, 1935. In 1966, Sister Evelyn became a bookkeeper at St. Mary Hospital in Sparta, Wisconsin until 1973, when she became a bookkeeper at St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. High school years at St. Marys were filled with the usual high school activities including babysitting and working on crafts. There she met the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA) at St. Marys Grade School. She ministered there until 2021 when she moved to St. Rose Convent in La Crosse. In 2000, she moved to La Crosse where she was the assistant development director for FSPA until 2007. Her passion for animals was evident to everyone, with her constantly feeding the birds, rabbits and squirrels around the motherhouse. At entrance into the novitiate, she received the name Sister Ladonna. During her third year in college, she was offered a position at the Spokesman-Review newspaper as a reporter. Sister Donna Weber, FSPA, 91, died on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at St. Rose Convent, La Crosse, Wisconsin. From 1974 to 1977, Sister Ladonna served as treasurer for the FSPA Central Province in Hiawatha, Iowa. Circumstances prevented her from following her hearts greatest desire, to enter religious life at the time of her graduation. After completing eighth grade, Sister Lydia wanted to attend high school. Sylvania, Ohio 43560 419-824-3625 In 2008 she moved to Villa St. Joseph and served as a volunteer there until her health began to fail. We remember Sister Therese Francis Waldowski, January 25, 1928 - March 2, 2022. Marie was received into the novitiate on August 12, 1943, and given the name Sister Rita Marie. Sister Jean Marie Moore was born in Chuquicamata, Chile on February 13, 1953 to Mary Ruth (Noll) and Joseph Aloysius Moore, Jr. The former Dorothy. During her time in Bellevue, she also took care of her aging parents. What a thrill it was for Florence to play for Christmas Midnight Mass and Easter Sunday High Mass. To Love is to Give - March. LSAP Resource Guide Community Engagement & Participatory Action When the FSPA congregation opened its spirituality centers, the facilities benefited from her excellent furniture upholstery work a hobby she continuedfor years. Before retiring to St. Rose Convent in 2006, Sister Margaret also volunteered at Immaculate Conception School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Franciscan Sisters have served at St. Benedict's for 80 years. Community members, family and friends remember Sister Kathleen as a true mystic. During this time, Sister Rosile supervised all lay employees and building projects. She served as a program assistant at Cabrini House in Minneapolis for 14 years. She then began working as a home healthcare aid for Olmsted County Public Health Department. 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. In Memoriam - Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio Sister Rita attended her freshman year at Sacred Heart School, then transferred to Early Consolidated School for the rest of her high school years. After the high school in Lansing closed, she remained there as a religious education teacher for two more years. She joined FSPA in 1950 and was given the name, Sister Joene, but later went back to her baptismal name. Joanne received her early education at St. Joseph Grade School in Spokane and graduated from eighth grade at St. Aloysius Grade School. From 1995 to 1998, Sister Betty was asked to serve as treasurer for the FSPA Central Region in Hiawatha, Iowa. In August 2007, the Sisters of St. Francis in Millvale, Pennsylvania merged with the Syracuse-based congregation. Hope Restores, an FSPA Seeding a Legacy of Healing grant recipient and La Crosse-based . Helen was received into the novitiate on August 12, 1945, and was given the name Sister Ardette. Sister Mary Philip Patin died on April 28 at the age of 93. 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 and her 10 brothers and sisters often found time to get into a little mischief after their chores on the farm were completed. Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Her older sister Eileen joined the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in 1943. 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. Her family ties grew deep and strong and continued through the years with Hageman family reunions almost every other year. When the weather was favorable, they walked three miles home, but always rode to school with their father or one of their neighbors. The Bernardine Center Times. 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. Subsequently, she left the classroom and served as dental assistant for 11 years in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was living a good life, enjoying friends, family, nice clothes and her job, but was feeling an attraction to something else. Franciscan Sister Anna Ahern dies at 91 - Catholic Philly Eight women from Manitowoc Franciscan Sisters have died from COVID-19 She was in the seventy-third year of her religious profession. Her mother was quite musical and made sure Kathleen took piano lessons. She then visited St. Rose Convent, the motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA), in June of 1952and immediately filled out the application. In 2010, Sister Margaret Ann retired to Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse where she continued to volunteer until her health weakened. Sister Jean maintained connection with her foreign exchange brother and sister throughout her life, even visiting them abroad. 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. From 1958 to 1964 she served theFSPA community in the business office at St. Rose Convent. During the annual three-day retreat of her senior year, she admitted to herself she was called to religious life. She grew up in Guttenberg with her three brothers and two sisters, helping her father at the Kuempel & Lake Hardware Store. In 1999, she was officially incorporated as a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration. She was in the 70th year of religious profession as a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA). She and eight of her former students from Our Lady of the Lake in Ashland participated in daily prayer with each other even during her retirement at Villa St. Joseph. 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. Her fathers work, assistant sales manager for Auto-lite, led the family to move to La Crosse shortly after her birth. After completing high school, Sister Lois entered the novitiate on August 12, 1942, and was given the name Sister Caroleen. 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. She was a quiet person who had an avid interest in world affairs. In addition to teaching, Sister served as principal at St. Marys, St. Wenceslaus, Cathedral and St. James. After a two year renewal program at Little Falls, Minn., Sister Joan began her ministry as receptionist, gardener and decorator at Villa St. Joseph. Jeremiah Collins Obituary (2022) - Syracuse Post Standard How surprised, and disappointed, was Sister Lydia when Louise (Sister Joan Marie) entered FSPA in La Crosse. Sister Ellen Joseph (Elizabeth) Drury, 99, a Franciscan Sister of the Atonement from Graymoor, died Oct. 9, 2016. Sister Jeans ministry as an FSPA centered around her love of teaching and St. Francis and St. Clare. She enjoyed attending St. Marys School in Festina. 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). Sister Betty taught high school chemistry and mathematics for 26 years in Wisconsin (Prairie du Chien and Stevens Point), Oregon (Salem), Iowa (Bellevue, Carroll, and West Point) and Texas (El Paso). She received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Viterbo College (University) and a Master of Arts in Education: Instruction and Curriculum from St. John College, Cleveland, Ohio. She was in her fifty-second year of religious profession. Sister Valerie Lemansky Obituary - Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter In later years, her contributions to liturgy, both work-related and in the FSPA community, served as major contributions to a Vatican II Church. Her adoration was always the first priority in her day while at St. Rose Convent. Active Nonviolence. 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. Her musical productions were outstanding. Sister Margaret was received into the novitiate on August 12, 1946, and was given the name Sister Mary Joel. Community members, family, and friends remember Sister Lois as a quiet, cheerful person, always ready to lend a helping hand. During this time, the call to religious life was reawakened in her. Sister Judith, a sister for 69 years, died February 14, 2018 at Mary, Queen and Mother Center in St. Louis. At the end of her junior year, she informed her parents that she felt called to religious life. She ministered in the field of education, oftenalso serving as an organist and choir director. by Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Dec 29, 2022 | Franciscan Sisters News, LCWR, Obituaries, Uncategorized. 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. Sisters of St Francis - Clinton, Iowa She entered St. Rose Convent in 1945 and was given the name Sister Elreda at her 1948 reception into the novitiate.