Annamarie Cook

In August 1975, at the suggestion of a representative in the Vatican office for religious congregations, Annamarie Cook led 90 Sisters to establish a new religious community: the Sisters of the Living Word. At that time she was unanimously chosen as the first major superior of the new religious congregation.

She held this position until 1980 when she asked the community to accept her resignation from this office. For the next few years Annamarie Cook devoted her time to writing the developing Constitutions of the new Community and also writing her autobiography, including the circumstances that led her to the major step of 1975.

Sr. Annamarie died on October 20, 2005 after suffering multiple injuries in an automobile accident. She is buried in All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, IL.

Sr. Annamarie ministered at the following locations:

Gehlen School, Le Mars, IA

House of Prayer, Cal City, IL

Mallinckrodt College, Wilmette, IL

Maria Immaculata Convent, Wilmette, IL

Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN

St. Gregory High School, Chicago, IL

St. Juliana, Chicago, IL

St. Martha, Morton Grove, IL

St. Mary, Chicago, IL