Sister of Providence celebrates Golden Jubilee

Sister Katherine Francis French is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, this year.

A native of Trenton, N.J., she entered the Congregation on Sept. 15, 1969, from St. Raphael Parish, Trenton, N.J. She professed perpetual vows on Sept. 27, 1975.

Sister Katherine Francis graduated from Immaculata College for Women in Washington, D.C., with an associate’s degree in 1968, and from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in English in 1971. She also earned a master’s degree in Religious Education from St. Thomas Aquinas Pontifical University in Rome, as well as her LPN from Vinal Regional Vocational Tech in Middletown, Conn.

Her ministries include:

• Washington, D.C.: Teacher, Immaculata Preparatory High School (1972-75),
• Chelsea, Mass.: Teacher, St. Rose High School (1975-77),
• Washington, D.C.: Teacher, Immaculata Preparatory High School (1977-86),
• Fredericksburg, VA: Director of Religious Education, Adult Education, St. Mary’s Church (1986-89),
• Durham, Conn.: Director of Religious Education, Youth Ministry, Notre Dame Parish (1989-92),
• Middletown, Conn.: Home Health Care, Middlesex Visiting Nurses Association (1993-94),
• Middletown, Conn.: Licensed Practical Nurse, Wadsworth Glen Health Care Center (1996-98),
• Worcester, Mass.: Licensed Practical Nurse, St. Francis Home (1998-2003),
• Whitinsville, Mass.: Licensed Practical Nurse, St. Camillus Health Center (2003-05),
• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind.: Licensed Practical Nurse, Providence Health Care (2006),
• Lexington, N.C.: Geriatric LPN, Alston Brook Health Care; Director of Faith Formation, Our Lady of the Rosary Parish (2006-09),
• Lexington, N.C.: Pastoral Associate and Director of Faith Formation, Our Lady of the Rosary Parish; LPN, Alston Brook Health Care (2009-10),
• Lexington, N.C.: Pastoral Associate and Director of Faith Formation, Our Lady of the Rosary Parish (2010-17), and
• Currently ministers as a freelance Adult Faith Formation educator in the Diocese of Charlotte, N.C.