Sister Profile

Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein

Biography

Sister Anne Therese currently ministers as a member of the Congregation Leadership Team. Prior to that, she was a Professor and Special Assistant to the President and Trustee at Providence University in Taichung, Taiwan.

As an infant, her crib was decorated with objects related to Mother Theodore Guerin. Sister Anne Therese entered the Congregation on August 27, 1979.

She traveled to Taiwan because she said she was inspired by Mother Theodore Guerin’s immigration from France to the United States.

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Photographs

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Sister Maité Rodriguez-Mora (left) with General Councilor Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein during the 2025 Foundation Day Morning Prayer.
General Councilor Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein (left) singing a hymn next to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Archivist Cassie Reddick.
General Councilor Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein offered the welcome to the 2025 Providence Associates Rite of Commitment and Renewal Mass and Ceremony on Saturday, October 11, 2025.
Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein (right) with Sisters of Providence employee Starla Murphy.
Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein, who currently ministers as a General Officer, began her teaching career at Saint Anthony of Padua in Gardena, California, where she ministered from 1982-87. Here she is photographed with students at the school.