“At Aquinas I met the Dominican Sisters for the first time. I loved their joy and the delight they seemed to bring to each other. At the end of my Freshman year (1955), I went to the Priest to tell him I thought I should go to the Convent, with the hope they would reject me and send me home. He told me that was no way to respond to a Religious vocation and to pray about it. This year, Alice Wittenbach, celebrates her 60th Jubilee, 60 years a Dominican Sister. — Discover more about the life of this Aquinas Saint who went on to earn a MA Natural Science majoring in Biology and PhD. in Botany and sharing her love of Earth and all Creation with generations of students and friends.
Science professor Sister Alice Wittenbach (standing far left) teaching students in her Biology Class.
