...alone in her class. When she was 12, her mother died of cancer. This was devastating to a family harassed by years of depression and drought. Her older sister cared...
...school, Elaine took Normal Training class at the University of Dubuque and taught in the rural schools for three years which she enjoyed very much. A vocation was in the...
...business courses there. In 1972 she was permitted to develop a prayer ministry, and supported herself by working in a public accounting firm in Sioux City. In 1980, she moved...
...Gomez 5 Years of Service: Andrea Peterson, Sister Michelle Balek, Tina Leibold, Kristen Churchill, and Rich Hingtgen, Ejmi Samuel, Calee Parker, Abby Hoffmann, Tyler Winders, Missy Tarnutzer, Chris Varley, Patty...
...short time the trio of Sisters was sent to Cuernavaca, Mexico, for intensive language training, then on to Chile. The Maryknoll Sisters met them at the airport and spent several...
...by satellite. See: Chilean desert site of 39,000 pounds of scrapped clothing (nypost.com) This leads us to consider: What causes so much waste? Synthetic clothing is less durable, and advertising...
...Bertha (Anstoetter) Thillen, the first of their five children. Weighing in at five pounds, she was so small that her first bed was her father’s shoe box. When she was...
...Holy Trinity in Dubuque, and St. Paul in Worthington. After her teaching years, Sister served a term as regional coordinator. She then received training in clinical pastoral education and served...
...Chicago, and was principal and superior for the Sisters. Following this, she was elected to congregational leadership as Regional Coordinator when the community first went to that governance model. Sister...