Sister Maristelle Schmitz, OSB
One of ten children, Sister Maristelle was born to Peter and Catherine (Windeshausen) Schmitz in Panama, IA. She made profession in 1939 at Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas. A charter member of Benet Hill Monastery, in August, 1999 she celebrated her 60th Jubilee. She had a BA from Mt. St. Scholastica College and an MA […]
Sister Eunice Roeder, OSB
Sister Eunice was born in Kansas City, Missouri on October 22, 1915, and made her final Benedictine commitment on January 1, 1947 at Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison Kansas. She was a Charter member of Benet Hill Priory, and for thirty-five years served as dedicated educator in schools of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Colorado. […]
Sister Marguerite Richmeier, OSB
Sister Marguerite Richmeier was born November 22, 1920 in St. Peters, Kansas and began her formal training for Benedictine life in 1930 in Mounty St. Scholastica Convent in Atchison, Kansas. She and her sister, Angeline, made their vowed commitments August 5, 1931 and in 1954 both participated in the solemn ceremony of Consecration of Virgins […]
Sister Angeline Richmeier, OSB
Sister Angeline was born April 2, 1903 in St. Peters, Kansas and began her formal training for Benedictine life in 1930 in Mount St. Scholastica Convent in Atchison, Kansas. She and her sister, Marguerite, made their vowed commitments August 5, 1931, and in 1954 both participated in the solemn ceremony of Consecration of Virgins at […]
Sister Jovita Quintana, OSB
Nothing spoke so clearly of God’s loving presence than Sister Jovita Quintana’s quiet and gentle ways. Sister Jovita exuded joy in life. She was born in Capulin, Colorado and was baptized Augustina. She made her monastic profession on January 1, 1948 at Mt. St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas and is a charter member of Benet […]
Sister Brigida O’Connor, OSB
Sister Brigida O’Connor was born into the family of Mary Elizabeth (Growney) and David Thomas O’Connor in Nodaway County, Missouri. Sister entered religious life at Mount St. Scholastica Convent, Atchison, Kansas, and pronounced religious vows January I, 1930. In 1963, Sister Brigida was one of the charter members who formed Benet Hill Monastery in Colorado […]
Sister Mary Matthew Nowacek, OSB
Sister Mary Matthew Nowacek was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska; she entered religious life at Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas, and pronounced her vows January 1, 1937. Sister Mary Matthew was a charter member of Benet Hill Monastery. She renewed her vows of 60 years three days before her death. Sister Mary Matthew graduated from Plattsmouth […]
Sister Bertrand Niederbauer, OSB
Picture a small bundle of energy, 4’1″ to be exact. Picture happy children following a tiny sister in black and white garb, smell the aroma of cinnamon rolls just out of the oven, hear rosary beads meditatively slipping through a small hand, gaze upon a gentle figure who bore with grace the effects of a […]
Sister Mary Agnes McPhee, OSB
Sister Agnes McPhee, OSB, daughter of Jess and Agnes (Fitzgerald) McPhee, was born in Brush, Colorado. She entered religious life at Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, KS in 1943. She professed vows on January 1, 1945. In 1958 she received the Rite of Consecration. She ministered as an educator in elementary and secondary schools and Mt. […]
Sister Clarita McGarity, OSB
Born in Meriden, Kansas, she entered religious life at Mount SL Scholastica Convent, Atchison, Kansas, made religious profession, January I, 1929 and celebrated her golden anniversary, August 14, 1979. Alter a few years of teaching; she was appointed assistant formation directress and later novice mistress, a position in which she served some twenty years. In […]