SisterStory

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  Sister Inspiration: Verona Wangler, OP

  June 21, 2019

  People are Just People One of the most important things I’ve learned from this project is that the differences between people don’t really matter as much as we think they do. The gap in age between me and Sister Verona, about 74 years, has faded into the background of our interactions. When we talk, I […]

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  2019 National SisterStory Project Captures Stories About Sisters by Aquinas College Students

  May 28, 2019

  “One of the most important things I’ve learned from this project is that the differences between people don’t really matter as much as we think they do,” wrote Erin Dwan in the first of her essays for the 2019 SisterStory project. Her writings are based on the evolving relationship with Verona Wangler, a Dominican Sister […]

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  SisterStory: Sr Barbara Hansen’s Boyfriend Predicted the Convent

  June 20, 2017

  In talking with Sister Barbara, I learned that growing up she had never thought about joining a convent. In fact, until her boyfriend, Dale, said something to her it was not a consideration. In her interview she tells the story of the afternoon becoming a sister became a consideration for her. She and Dale were […]