Sister Gabriella Luebbers was one of eleven children of Herman and Margaret Luebbers. She was raised on the family farm in Carlyle, Ill. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Carlyle and earned her high school diploma after joining the Dominican Sisters in Springfield, Ill. When she arrived on the doorstep at Sacred Heart Convent […]
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Sister Maira was born in Glansworth, County Coyne, Ireland, and made her profession of vows August 8, 1974. Her ministry for many years was as a primary school teacher. She taught second grade at Little Flower School, Springfield, 1975-1977, then first grade at Sacred Heart School, Pana, Ill. 1977-1979. The next five years she spent
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Sister Kathleen Anne was born and raised in Springfield by her parents, George and Angie Tait, and grew up with her siblings, Brad, Karen, and Diane. She joined the Dominicans after graduating from Sacred Heart Academy and made her profession of vows on August 8, 1974. In 1975 began her first mission, teaching grades five
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Sister Rita Marie is in her second term as subprioress at Sacred Heart Convent in Springfield, Ill., where she looks after the needs of the roughly 100 sisters who call the convent home. Before that, she dedicated 54 years to Catholic education at schools throughout Illinois. Born in Granite City, Ill., to Anthony and Ruby
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Sister Margaret Grueter, OP, was born in Carrollton, Ill., one of nine children born to Herman and Marie Grueter, and joined the Dominican Sisters after her graduation from St. John’s High School, Carrollton, a parish school run by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield. She made her profession on January 3, 1949, and began teaching first
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