I committed my life to Catholic Education
to focus on making a difference in the lives of children.

(1937-2015)
Mary Catherine Evans, known to her friends as Mary Kay, was also known as Sister Edward Catherine. She was born on July 23, 1937, in Columbus, Ohio, the second of five children born to Charles and Gertrude (McBride) Evans. Both parents were born in Ohio: Gertrude in Logan and Charles in Nelsonville.

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(1920 – 2015)
There has never existed a greater American patriot than this small, quiet German girl with the fiery red hair and large dark blue eyes. After finding employment as a waitress, she struck out on her own. 

Sister Catherine Podvin began her autobiography with this tribute to her mother, Marie Magdalena Danziesen, whom she described as “a practical, cautious, frugal” person who traveled alone to the United States at the age of sixteen.
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(1923 – 2015)
Elaine Frances Lederer, known as Sister Joseph Loretta, was born in Chicago on December 2, 1923, the youngest of three children born to her Jewish parents, Arnold and Camille (Pick) Lederer. Her father worked in his father’s business and later worked in Washington, DC, as a representative lobbyist for manufacturers. Elaine described her mother as a “stay-at-home mom.”
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(1929 – 2015)
Born June 28, 1929, in Chicago, Sister Thomas James was the youngest of the four girls born to Thomas and Anna (Foley) Burns. She was baptized Ann Elizabeth, but the name by which she is remembered by her family, crowd and friends is TJ.
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