Author: moduet

Sr. Stella Kelz 1996

Sister Stella Kelz, 1911-1996 Born October 8, 1911, Union, New Jersey Entered St. Walburg Monastery, September 8, 1927 First Profession February 10, 1930 Died November 16, 1996 Sr. Stella was the second of four children,, two boys and two girls. In her early children her family moved to Brooklyn, New York; she carried traces of Read more »

Sr. Gregory Bordenave 1996

Sister Gregory Bordenave, 1908-1996 Born August 26, 1908, New Orleans, LouisianaEntered St. Scholastica Priory, Covington, Louisiana, August 23, 1925First Profession August 7, 1927Transferred vow of stability to St. Walburg Monastery, August 15, 1990Died July 1, 1996 Sr. Gregory was born to John and Pualine Guibilate Bordenave and given the names Cecilia Christina. Cecilia entered St. Read more »

Sr. Celeste Schreck 1995

Sister Celeste Schreck, 1905-1995 Born March 7 1905, Covington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, July 26, 1930First Profession September 1, 1932Died March 24, 1995 Sr. Celeste was the eighth of fifteen children in the close knit Schreck Family. The family had deeps roots in St. Benedict’s Parish and were proprietors of a grocery store near their Read more »

Sr. Rosalia Dixon 1995

Sr. Rosalia Dixon 1995 Was born March 3, 1896, to James and Anna Marie Kirgis Dixon and given the name Ida Mary. Ida entered the community of St. Walburg Monastery on January 7, 1929, and made her religious profession on August 30, 1930. Silver, golden, and diamond jubilees were celebrated in 1955, 1980, and 1990. Read more »

Sr. Veronica Weibel 1994

Sr. Veronica Weibel was born June 18, 1906, in Leipferdingen, Baden, Germany, to Anton and Albertina Elsaesser Weibel and given the name of Theresa at her baptism. Having come to the United States in 1925, Theresa entered the Benedictine community at St. Walburg Monastery on August 14, 1926, where her sister, Sr. Anselma, had previously Read more »