SISTER STELLA STEPHENS
Sr. Stella made her religious profession on June 24,1934. Her love for reading called her to be a librarian. She served the Fort Smith Library from 1978 to 1984, and was a part-time librarian at…
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SISTER MARY PAUL ROSSI
After making her final profession on June 24, 1932, Sr. Mary Paul had a varied career in her monastic life. She served as housekeeper for sisters on mission, cooked at our Orphanage, but her favorite…
SISTER MARY JOHN WIEDERKEHR
Sr. Mary John made her religious profession on June 24, 1929. She had been the eldest sister in community for a number of years. She loved the outdoors and spent most of her years as…
SISTER MARIETTA SCHROEDER
Sr. Marietta made her religious profession on June 24, 1949 and was a teacher for many years. She was in parish work at St. John Church in Russellville just before returning to the Monastery. She…
SISTER MARCELLA STENGEL
Sr. Marcella made her religious profession on June 24, 1935 and earned both a B.S. Ed. and a M.S. Ed. She taught elementary school for fifty years, serving in Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas. After retiring…
SISTER IMMACULATA HOMER
Sr. Immaculata was a graduate of Avila College in Kansas City, MO, and her long career as an elementary teacher covered three states: Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. After retiring in 1987 she returned to the…
SISTER FIDELIS MARIE GARAFALO
Sr. Fidelis Marie made her monastic profession on October 3, 1959 and her ministry was care of the sick. As a nurse, she worked in various hospitals. Her medical career also involved teaching and administration.…
SISTER EMERITA BECK
Sr. Beck made her final profession on June 24, 1932 and had an illustrious career in nursing, here in the monastery Infirmary, in a number of our hospitals, and also in Chicago. She particularly enjoyed…
SISTER CAMILLA KRALLMAN
Sr. Camilla made her religious profession June 24, 1924 and at the time of her death had been in vows longer than any of our other living members. She spent most of her years as…
SISTER BEDE ECKART
After making her religious profession, Sr. Bede taught in Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota and Kansas for 32 years. During this time she taught all levels: primary, junior high, senior high and college. From 1986 to 1993…