Sisters of the Living Word

Immediately after making my first vows in 1954, I began teaching elementary school. Over the next 12 years I taught all of the upper grades. During this time I was going to college on weekends and at night to obtain a degree in Chemistry and Math. By 1966 I was teaching Chemistry and Math at Lourdes High School, on the south side of Chicago. I thoroughly enjoyed the girls who lovingly called me the “mad scientist with the computer brain.” I became principal of that school in 1973.

When my term as principal ended in 1976, I had the unique privilege of bringing Christ to the marketplace by working at Nalco Chemical Company as a research chemist. After being there just a year, I was asked to be in charge of a mobile laboratory that traveled all across the United States testing waters in oil refineries, paper mills, steel factories, leather tanneries and waste water treatment plants.

Then another unusual thing happened to me. I met, actually lived in the same apartment building with some sisters of the Living Word. After much prayer and deliberation, I felt a call to that religious order. I found a deeper spirituality with these sisters and a greater sense of mission. So in 1992 I transferred to that community. It has truly been a blessing for me. As a Franciscan my goal was to become a Gospel bearer, full of joy and enthusiasm for speaking and sharing the words of the gospel with others. As a Living Word I continue that mission.

Even though I am 70 years old, I continue working full time at Coldwell Banker as a computer specialist. A reminder to “speak only life giving words” is posted on a file cabinet outside my cubicle.

Mission Experience

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