Stories, Prayers, and Reflections

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.

Sister Mary Carmela Guito brought the small, private St. Anne’s Home from an obsolete center for the aged to a desirable retirement community.

Sister Rosemary Mulac taught, organized assistance to refugees, and created an independent living village at St. Anne’s Retirement Community.

Sister Emmanuel Palus taught school in the South, served in leadership in Europe, and worked with the homeless in New York City.