Helen completed eight grades at St. Gabriels School, then attended St. Marys Academy in Prairie du Chien. Sister Francis Marie Vallone, 96, was Franciscan nun for 75 years 21 News Local Police & Courts Business Politics State & Regional History National World Multimedia COVID-19 News Tip. After a years sabbatical, Sister Kathleen volunteered at Villa Maria Retreat Center in Frontenac, Minnesota,then returned tothe Franciscan Spirituality Center in La Crosse. However, Sister Margaret did not enter the Benedictines nor the Little Falls Franciscans. During the annual three-day retreat of her senior year, she admitted to herself she was called to religious life. For four years she was a housekeeper and hospitality person at the FSPA Central Region Home in Hiawatha, Iowa. In 2015, Sister Betty made her home at Villa St. Joseph. Her final days of retirement were at Villa St. Joseph. During that time, she completed a Master of Arts in Music Education from DePaul University, Chicago. Born on November 26, 1925, in Buckman, Minnesota, Sister Margaret was the seventh of 12 children of John and Pauline (Beka) Schmolke. She continued her education earning a Ph.D. in Second Language and Culture Education from the University of Minnesota in St. Paul and a Masters in Franciscan Studies from the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University in St. Bonaventure, New York. Sisters Gertrude, Pelligrina, and Costanza arrived in New York City on Dec. 5 and were given hospitality at St. Francis of Assisi Church on West 31st Street. She was in the 73rd year of her religious profession. 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. The person we lost is Sister Annette Fessler, who died on Oct. 29 at the age of 95. She moved to Rochester, Minnesota and began taking classes as a human service technician at Rochester Area Technical Institute. 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. She later went back to her Baptismal name, Frances. She attributed her good health to the daily walks/runs to the hermitages located on the Villa property. Born on October 16, 1925, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Helen Cecilia was the second oldest daughter of Frank and Willa (Cherrier) Keating. She was an elementary school teacher for the majority of her active religious life, teaching grades one through four. 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. Her dedicated impact on the growth of the Franciscan Spirituality Center is still felt today, especially given the training of several hundred spiritual directors due to the Spiritual Direction Preparation Program which began under her leadership. Community members, family, colleagues and friends remember Sister Karolyne for her delicious baking and great love of the outdoors. She later returned to her baptismal name. Hope Restores, an FSPA Seeding a Legacy of Healing grant recipient and La Crosse-based . Sister Jean Marie Moore was born in Chuquicamata, Chile on February 13, 1953 to Mary Ruth (Noll) and Joseph Aloysius Moore, Jr. In 2009, Sister Frances moved to St. Rose Convent until her health required her to move to Villa St. Joseph in late 2019. Community members, family and friends will remember Sister Margaret Ann as gentle, kind and always with a smile. She was in the sixty-first year of her religious profession. In 2009, she received the Bishop Robert F. Morneau Distinguished Service Award from the conference. Many remember her courage, strength and forgiveness as she overcame the traumatic attack in Tulsa. Sister Patricia was received into the novitiate in 1963 and given the name, Sister Mary Owen. 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. 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. In the eighth grade, Sister Pat started playing trumpet in the high school band and later moved on to playing the trombone and baritone. From 2001 to 2009, while traveling back and forth to Cameroon, Sister Anita lived in the formation house of the congregation where, as she put it, she moved from a ministry of doing to the ministry of being. In 2009, she was invited to continue the ministry of being at Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center in Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin. Subsequently, she left the classroom and served as dental assistant for 11 years in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was raised north of the George Washington Bridge often referred to as Innwood. She made first profession of vows on August 12, 1944, and final profession on August 9, 1950. Her mother was a homemaker, but as Sister Joanne would say, also an activist, who was involved in many civic and social justice activities as she raised Joanne and her two brothers. 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.". As the religious sisters from Our Lady of the Angels Convent in Tenafly admired . And that she did; she worked for five years for a local newspaper (The Spokesman Review), advancing to an assistant bookkeeper. The Franciscan Sisters of Allegany is a congregation of Catholic women religious and their Associates serving the poor and marginalized of Bolivia, Brazil, Jamaica, Mozambique and the United States for over 160 years. She loved biking and walking anything to be out in Gods creation. During the seventh grade at St. Marys School in Auburndale, Sister Dorothy began hearing a faint call to religious life. The Tau Center in Winona, Minnesota recruited her as their baker in 1997, a position she held for the next two years. Ellen Mary MacDonell was born Feb. 7, 1932, in Judique North, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Archibald and Mary Fitzgerald MacDonell. 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. Discover how we live our charism each day. Barbara Jane entered St. Rose Convent in the fall of 1951. 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 a short stint as an elementary teacher at St. Johns School in La Crosse and Sacred Heart School in Mondovi, Wisconsin, Sister Ladonna completed her Bachelor of Arts in Commerce degree in accounting from St. Louis University, where she later earned a Master of Business Administration degree. December 2, 2022. Thereafter, sheserved as Healthcare Province Representative on the General Board, Coordinator of Formation at Healthcare House of Studies, and Provincial of FSPA Healthcare Province from 1972 to 1979. Two years later, with the restructuring of the congregation, she was elected Regional Leader of the FSPA Western Region (1985-1993) located in Spokane. In her retirement years, she took every opportunity possible to get out into nature and take long walks. 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. 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. Sister Rita entered the FSPA community in September 1952. In 1977 her ministry took her to St. Joseph School in Prescott, Wisconsin, as a first-grade teacher, choir director and organist. Born on April 4, 1928, in Ashland, Wisconsin, Sister Margaret Ann was the oldest child of Carl and Josephine (Rogalski) Mason. 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. After earning a graduate degree in communications and journalism from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Sister Patricia served as Central Region secretary for six years in Hiawatha, Iowa. 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. This gave Sister Evelyn time to think if God might be calling her. Whether the need is for short- or long-term, our caring, trained personnel are here to help. She made her home at Villa St. Joseph in 2013. Celebrate With Us! From 1993 to 1997, Sister Jean served as the Dean of the School of Letters and Sciences at Viterbo. Sister Kathleen Kenkel, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 91, died Saturday, July 18, 2020, at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse, Wisconsin. The 70th Jubilee group included Sr. Mary . Eventually, Sister Lydia outgrew her do things differently attitude and two years later she, too, joined FSPA. She could name everyone in her family down to the third and fourth generations. Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania Ohio 6832 Convent Blvd. 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. Sister Rita Marie developed her creative talents by crocheting, embroidering, cross stitching, creweling and recycling greeting cards. Then in a flash of light on Independence Day, she was set free. Thats what I take.. She taught primary grades in Wisconsin (Auburndale, Big River, Halder), Idaho (Blackfoot) and Iowa (Muscatine, Harper, Halbur, St. Lucas, Spencer, Bellevue, Mt. She loved her years teaching. Sister Kathy, as she was lovingly called, was small in stature but large in spirit and generosity. Follow The feliciansisters.org Blog on WordPress.org. One never knew what mischief she would get into next. In 1999, she was officially incorporated as a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration. She then returned to Tulsa, where she again ministered to the elderly at St. Marys Parish and served as campus minister at Tulsa University. She later returned to her baptismal name. It was difficult and terrifying at first and then she fell in love with it. Sister Mary Myrons entire active ministry of 70 years was in the field of education. She traveled across the country with Sister Thea, until Sister Thea eventually succumbed to cancer in 1990.