Stories, Prayers, and Reflections

Sister Marciana Heimerman, a missionary, was general superior in Rome and helped sisters adapt to changes of the Second Vatican Council.

Sister Helen Kiang was one of the first non-white U.S. Adorers. She urged her sisters to continue their mission work in China, her homeland.

Sister Sylvia Gorges led Newman University in the 1960s from a small, non-accredited Catholic college into a co-ed, fully accredited college.

Sister Mary Louise Utar taught in China and wrote about confinement of nine Adorers there in the 1940s. She worked in Rome and East St. Louis.

Helen Streck taught music and English, was dean of studies and librarian at Sacred Heart College and wrote the Wichita province history.

Sister Mary Germaine Jakovcic, teacher and provincial treasurer, managed the province’s debt and loved community life. The Sisters loved her.

Sister Loretta Bozich was a teacher, novice director, and provincial who led the province through sweeping changes of Vatican Council Il.

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Sister Mary Consilia Piskurich taught, cooked, did maintenance, and was vocations/retreat director, provincial councilor and Rome delegate.

Sister Angelita Myerscough was an expert on St. Maria de Mattias, a writer, leader and survivor of the shipwreck of the S.S. Andrea Doria.

Sister Stella Rosenhamer was province treasurer, oversaw hospital construction in Nebraska and Brazil, and founded Center of Hope in Wichita.

Sister Vivian Miller served with the Adorers in Brazil, Africa and Rome where she navigated new cultures, languages and assignments.