I joined the Sisters of Charity in 1953 after one year of working in Oakite, NYC, knowing that they were a teaching community. I did not realize how committed they were to the education of our sisters so that our credentials would be consistent with others in the same fields.
In the last 49 years, I moved through all levels of education: elementary (6th grade); high school (Latin and a bit of Mechanical Drawing thrown in); college (Dean of Women and director of Financial Aid). For the last 12 years I have been engaged in Congregational Administration, far from the education side. But all of these ministries have permitted me continuing education, but education in different areas and also travel for professional/educational purposes.
I do not know what my life would have been had I not entered, and, yes, I sometimes wonder. I trust that the woman I may have become under different circumstances would somewhat resemble the woman I have become in religious life.
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