During the 60s and 70s, Sister Mary ministered within CSA, assuming various roles in the formation of young women preparing for religious life. DownloadSister Donna Marie'obituaryas a PDF. Visitation will be held at Nazareth Court and Center, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, WI from 10:00 -11:00 a.m. and from 12:00 -1:30 p.m. on Monday, November 22, 2021. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for April 12, 2018, at 9:45 a.m., at St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. At the age of 91, with 57 of those years having been lived in Nicaragua, Sister Colette became a light that will continue to accompany us and illuminate our path in the process of continuing to build a more just world. December 12, 2022, Generalate and Motherhouse Orphaned at age seven, after the deaths of both parents within a short time span, Mary Helen lived in turn with her maternal grandparents, her sister Margaret and family, and with her brother Adrian and his wife. After her years as educator, Sister ministered in pastoral care at St. Agnes Hospital and the Central Wisconsin Cancer Center from 1998 until she became a resident at Nazareth Court and Center in 2016. Recorded live January 12, 2023 Video provided through McNearney - Schmidt Funeral Home Facebook page. Following her service as general superior of CSA, Sister Mary continued to have an integral role in Leadership Conference of Women Religious and international organizations which promoted the mission of women religious into the future and those which addressed urgent issues for Catholic healthcare. She became the administrator at St. Charles Borromeo School in Bensenville and ministered there for 22 years. She is survived by her nieces and nephews and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered. Sister Mary was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers Arlin and Richard. January 31, 2023, Sister Mary Ann Matachinskas Sister Rebecca Endres, CSA, baptized Mary Bernadette, died peacefully October 26, 2019, at St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Obituaries; Give. THE LETTER A Message for our Earth Watch video: https://youtu.be/Rps9bs85BII Care of Our Common Home! Father Ken Smits, Capuchin, will preside. Burial will follow at a later date in St. Joseph Springs Cemetery. Catherine returned to Fond du Lac to complete her studies, earning her BS in Nursing Education from Marian College in 1954. Podcast She made her profession of vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on August 15, 1943. In 2018, a serious illness caused Sister Donna to resign her position. Sister Michaela taught at St. Mary Springs, Fond du Lac, in a total of five different academic disciplines, for 21 years beginning in 1946. From early on she wanted to be just like the sisters. in Education, with a concentration in counseling, from St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, updating her professional knowledge and skills throughout her years as educator and counselor. She also earned a certificate in theology and religious education from St. Norberts College, De Pere, Wisconsin. Shakopee, Minnesota Visitation: 9-11 a.m. and 12-1:30 p.m.-Nazareth Court DownloadSister Mary Hornung's obituary. She also was a nursing instructor at St. Agnes School of Nursing, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Her dedicated service and precise accounting are still remembered by the staff of The Leo House. After her mothers early death, Rose held a job and shared the responsibility for raising her brothers. Give a donation in honorofSister Collean Walsh. Jubilee profile. Sister Teresita Ins Argello, CSA, Victoria Argello Hernandez, died peacefully on September 20, 2018, at St. Francis Home. To love justice and walk humbly with God. Meet Our Donors; Ways to Give. Sister Antoinette Bergen, SNDdeN August 23, 2022 The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur ask for prayers for the repose of the soul of Sister Antoinette Bergen, SNDdeN who passed away on August 20, 2022 Read Post Sister Judith Wessels, SNDdeN July 14, 2022 320 East Ripa Avenue. From 1993 2009, Sister Deborah served her CSA community as an elected General Councilor for eight years; Vocation Director; member of the Congregations formation team; and as the Director of Development. Her family moved to Beloit, Wisconsin, where Nancy grew up with her brother and the foster children her parents cared for until they found a permanent home. She was the second youngest child in a family of three girls and four boys. Sister Rebecca made her profession of vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on August 15, 1946. Later she served part-time as a primary reading tutor in New York and Arizona for 3 years. Give a donation in honor ofSister Martha Kretschmer. We have ministered in California for over eighty years, bringing hope to the world through catechesis, pastoral ministry, education, health care, social ministries, and missionary activity. Descarga en espaol. DownloadSister Mary Alice Walters'obituaryas a PDF. Both as a classroom teacher and a principal she fostered individualized learning and curriculums with a whole-child approach. Francis Home and Hospice Hope for their care of Sister Mary Lee in her last years. Having attended Sacred Heart School from kindergarten through high school, Mary always acknowledged the Sisters of St. Agnes and the Capuchin Franciscans who ministered in her parish and school for nurturing her call to religious life. She decided to leave classroom teaching because she felt she could be of greater help to children by becoming a school counselor. A prayer service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, in the Nazareth Center Chapel. A Prayer Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. in the Nazareth Center Chapel. 9 January, 2023, Maria Regina Province Memorials may be directed to the CSA Mission Advancement Office, 320 County Road K, Fond du Lac, WI 54937. The Sisters of Notre Dame are an international congregation of women religious who serve the Church in seventeen countries on six continents. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on December 4, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. in St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She taught primary grades for 40 years in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. She had two siblings, a brother Richard and a sister Rosemary. Visitation will be held at Nazareth Court and Center, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, from 9:00-11:00 a.m. and from 12:00 -1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. She continued throughout her life to enrich herself and enhance her ministerial skills with courses in education and theology. Sister Ann was preceded in death by her parents Anthony and Lidwina Walters, her brothers Herbert, Delbert, Marvin, Daniel and Patrick and her sisters Dolores Giebler and Sister Rose Walters, CSA. Sister Nancy had a special love for music and could play the piano, organ, guitar and the cornet, her favorite musical instrument. National Provincial Center13000 Auburn Rd.Chardon, OH 44024. Sister Rose Andr taught kindergarten and primary grade children in New York, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Sister Michaela exemplified in her personal life qualities she encouraged in her students ~ faith, commitment, discipline, excellence, loyalty, concern for others and perseverance. She would often donate her work to groups that raised funds for charitable causes. A prayer service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on November 18, 2021, in the Nazareth Center Chapel. In 1972, she earned her MA in Theology from St. Mary University, San Antonio, Texas. She was known as a strong, honest, straight-forward woman with a tender heart. She is fondly remembered by the sisters and staff alike for her kindness and thoughtfulness, her keen mind, and ability to converse with anyone on a variety of topics. Descarga la obituario en espaol, Give a donation in honorofSister Donna Marie Kleinsorge. Sister Rachel was preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Agnes Doerfler, her brothers Alfred and Marvin, her sisters Lucille Befort, Isabel Gabel, Mildred Fitzgerald, and Edna Brown. In May of 1951 she received her high school diploma from St. Agnes High School. Sister Loretta joined the community of sisters at Nazareth Court and Center in June 2001. She did post-graduate studies in counseling at Fort Hays State College, Hays, Kansas, and received a certificate in pastoral counseling from Cardinal Meyer Institute, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Give a donation in honorofSister Mary Albert Flynn. A prayer service will be held at 11:00 a.m. in the Nazareth Center Chapel. Zacherl Funeral Home is serving the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes. Download Sister Rita Little's obituary. She entered St. Agnes Convent in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and pronounced her first vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on August 15, 1950. Visitation for Sister Kathleen Schmitz will be on November 30, 2018, starting at 9:00 a.m. in Nazareth Court and Center, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. In 1974, Sister received her M.S. Sister Marie Endres was preceded in death by her parents Aloysius Leo Endres and Monica Schwab Endres; her brothers Leo, Aloysius, Matthias, and John; her sisters Rutilla Paar, Cyrilla Dahmen, Sister Yvonne Endres, CSA, Dolores Ganser, Monica Statz and Lillian Acker. Sister Colombiere Revelant, CSA, baptized Stephania, died peacefully June 12, 2020, at St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. After graduation from high school in 1952, Gladys entered St. Agnes Convent. The presider will be Father Ken Smits, Capuchin. She was the organist at the Leo House in New York City and in Fond du Lac at the Boyle Home and Nazareth Heights Infirmary. She assisted in the archives of the Sisters of St. Agnes before moving in 1985 to Nazareth Heights where she generously offered support for other residents. Sister Ann then enjoyed serving as a librarian for nine years in grade schools in Illinois and Indiana and at Beloit Catholic High School, Beloit, Wisconsin. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery. She served in Campus Ministry at Kansas State University for six years. DownloadSister Beata Reiser's obituaryas a PDF. She volunteered countless hours entertaining in several retirement homes and care centers bringing joy and laughter with her exuberant, commanding presence and wide range of musical ability. She was one of six children including one boy and five girls. Mary Loraine was born in Catherine, Kansas, on December 4, 1928, to Anthony Walters and Lidwina Polifka Walters. She made profession of vows as Sister Michaela in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on August 15, 1946. Download Sister Clare Marie Conrad's bio. Burial: Notre Dame of Elm Grove Cemetery, She joined the sister residents at Nazareth Court and Center in 2017, living there until shortly before her death. From 19411967, she taught in elementary schools in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and New York. Carol entered the Sisters of St. Agnes in 1948 and, when received into the novitiate in 1949, became Sister Mary Christopher. From 1958 1972, she was a primary grade teacher at St. Florian School, Milwaukee, WI; St. John the Baptist School, New Haven, IN; St. Joseph School, Decatur, IN. On a lighter side, Sister Rose was a devoted fan of her sports teams, the Kansas University Jayhawks, the Kansas City Chiefs and the St. Louis Cardinals. This project provides financial support to women in the Caribbean Coastal area of Nicaragua who desire to become doctors and are enrolled in the medical program of URACCAN University in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. Sister Teresita Inswas the last living member of her family. Memorials can be directed to the CSA Mission Advancement Office, 320 County Road K, Fond du Lac, WI 54937. She attended Marian College of Fond du Lac for two years, working each summer as a secretary at Regal Ware in Kewaskum. Sister Vivian made her profession of vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on August 15, 1951. She spent two years at St. Anthonys Hospital, Hays, Kansas, and served at The Leo House in New York City, New York, from 1985 to 1996, working in dietary and food services at both institutions. Learn more about our history. Memorials can be directed to the project Sister Ann founded and directed: Adelante Mujer/Advance Woman, 757 S. Main St., Suite 9, Fond du Lac, WI 54935. Download Sister Mary Mollison's obituary. She is survived by the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered. She was awarded the James R. Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award in 1992, was awarded Professor Emerita by the Marian College Board of Trustees in 1995 and was among the recipients of the first annual Windy Award in 2001. Visitation will be held at Nazareth Court and Center, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, WI from 10:00 11:00 a.m. and from 12:00 -1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. She went on to earn an MS in Elementary Education from Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan, in 1974. Sister Marie Wagner, CSA, formerly known as Sister Nicholas, died peacefully July 2, 2021, at St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Having taught most grade levels in the elementary schools served by the congregation in Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, New York, and Kansas, she also participated in religious education programs in the parishes wherever she lived. Patricia was born in Riverdale, New York, on March 27, 1933, to William Scanlan and Irene Magill Scanlan. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery, Fond du Lac, WI. Sister M. Agnes Claire Krogman, SSND, age 90, died February 20, 2023, at Benedictine Living Community - St. Gertrude's, Shakopee. Please check in for the Visitation and Prayer Service at the 375 Gillett Street entrance only. Sister Mary Lee Spielbauer, CSA, baptized Catherine Audrey Spielbauer, died peacefully Sunday, September 30, 2018, at St. Francis Home. DownloadSister Caryl Hartjes's obituaryas a PDF. Francis Home and the staff of Hospice Hope for their care of Sister Michaela in her last years. Today our sponsored institutions reach students from preschool all the way through high school, and as far away as Uganda. She taught upper elementary and junior high school students for 50 years in parish schools in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and New York. In September of 1967, Deborah entered St. Agnes Convent. Sister Deborah earned a B.S. Mary Agnes entered St. Agnes Convent in 1938 and made her first profession of vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes as Sister Rachel on August 15, 1942. Give a donation in honorofSister Patti Robinson. After working several years in a factory, Catherine joined the Cadet Nursing Corps since nurses were in short supply. Sister Ruth Ann Baudry, CSA, baptized Bereneice, died peacefully March 13, 2021, at St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. In July of 2021, she transferred to St. Francis Home where she received care until the time of her death. She also could be seen volunteering at St. Agnes Hospital, Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul. Sister Margaretta was preceded in death by her parents Louis and Henrietta Ehrlich; her brothers Raymond, Leon, Richard and Robert Ehrlich and her sister Marjorie Harty; and also by three sisters-in-law and two brothers-in-law. Marilyn entered St. Agnes Convent in 1953 and attended St. Agnes High School, receiving a diploma in 1955. Even though she missed the wheat fields of Kansas and the life she shared with her family, her call to religious life beckoned her to Wisconsin and CSA. The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the nurses and staff of Nazareth Court and Center and Hospice Hope for their care of Sister Collean. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Monday, April 1, 2019, at 2:30pm in St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Sister Rachels seventy-eight years of ministry in the congregation included over thirty years as an elementary teacher and principal in Wisconsin, New York, and Indiana, and as a high school religion teacher at Marian High School in Hays, Kansas. Sister Annette Herr, CSA, formerly Sister Mary Michael, died peacefully June 28, 2019, at St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Sister Paul Ann is survived by her brothers George Dinkel and Father Harvey Dinkel; her sisters Viola Richmeier and Mary Younker; and the Sisters of St. Agnes with whom she lived, prayed and ministered. Her healing touch will be remembered by many. 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