National Catholic Sisters Week ~ One Diamond of a Story!

Greetings from a 60-year Jubilarian,

Each day of National Catholic Sisters Week, we will be sharing the story of one of our Jubilarian Sisters, those celebrating significant anniversaries in religious life!

One of eleven children, S. Delores was born and raised in rural Nebraska, where she attended “country school” for 8 years. Her mother wanted to give her the opportunity for Catholic education, so she and a sister boarded at Holy Trinity High School. There she met the Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery. When her sister graduated from high school, her principal, S. Beata, invited Delores to join the monastery and finish high school at Mount Marty Academy. With her parents’ approval, Delores finished high school as a postulant, did her novitiate and made first profession in 1953 and final profession on June 29th, 1958.

After a year of college, she began her teaching career in North Dakota, with 50 first graders. One of her humorous memories was when a little guy climbed up the slide, and then was too scared to come down. So S. Delores, in full habit, had to go up the ladder and slide down with the little guy on her lap. She went on to teach for a total of 32 years in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. Following these years of teaching, she worked in food service and housekeeping in nursing facilities in Lincoln.

Since 2004 S. Delores has been a sacristan back at Sacred Heart Monastery. Between those duties she enjoys keeping in touch with family and friends on Facebook and e-mail. Looking back with satisfaction on these years, S. Delores says that she has learned much from living with my Benedictine Community. “Someone is always there for me.”

Blessings...and come back tomorrow for another shining Diamond!