Sister LaVonne Herrig, OSF

...Luan to Mount St. Francis. While she was thinking about this, her brother, Lawrence, told her he would buy her a new instrument if he thought she would use it....
Sister Mary Bosco Ryder, OSF

Sister Mary Bosco Ryder, OSF

...was Mary Lou’s first acquaintance with the Sisters. When Mary Lou had completed her freshman year in high school, she met Sister Mary Ruth Agnes, who was the high school...
Shalom Spirituality Center Celebrates 35 Years

Shalom Spirituality Center Celebrates 35 Years

...Archbishop Thomas Zinkula and a new video that featured the words of Shalom’s foundress, the late Sister Marie Therese Kalb: “We need ‘holy places’ — God spaces–peaceful environments. We need...
Common Venture Program Seeks Volunteers

Common Venture Program Seeks Volunteers

...Bend, Indiana; Busby, Montana; and Morton and Okolona, Mississippi. Volunteer opportunities range from quilting to tutoring children. New this year are one-day service opportunities in Dubuque, Waterloo, and Sioux City....
Sister Carol Hoverman, OSF

Sister Carol Hoverman, OSF

...in addition to teaching part-time. In 1982 Sister became full time Director of Communications for the Archdiocese. Archbishop Hanus offered Sister Carol the position of editor for the archdiocesan newspaper,...
Sister Angelica Schultz, OSF

Sister Angelica Schultz, OSF

...other things she could do. However, new leadership replaced Mother Theodore, and Sr. Angelica received teacher training. After her profession in 1947 she was sent to teach second grade at...

Monthly Giving

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History

...staffed an orphanage and went to homes of the elderly who needed nursing care. We ministered on the battlefields of the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars. In 1875 a new law...
Sister Marian Einck, OSF

Sister Marian Einck, OSF

...first fourteen years of ministry were teaching elementary education throughout Iowa in Dyersville, Ionia, Holy Ghost, Dubuque, and New Hampton. The next fourteen years were in high school education at...