Sister Profile

Sister Bernice Kuper

Formerly Sister Ann Bernice

Sister Bernice is deceased.

Biography

Sister Bernice, formerly Sister Ann Bernice, was born Anna Bernice on Aug. 22, 1922. She died on Nov. 26, 2013. She was 91 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 73 years.

Sister Bernice entered the Congregation in January 1940. She professed first vows in 1942 and final vows in 1946.

Sister Bernice ministered as a teacher at schools in Illinois, Indiana and Oregon. She also ministered as a pastoral associate at St. John Parish in Newburgh, Indiana, for 13 years and was the Congregation’s director of postulants for a time.

Sister Denise Wilkinson said of Sister Bernice, “Her ability to be quiet and centered when I talked with her amazed me.”

Obituary

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Photographs

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Sister Bernice with a ribbon she won in 2008 for knitting with alpaca fiber.
Sister Bernice offers spiritual direction in 2010.
Sister Bernice Kuper in the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era.
1970 — Special Chapter required by Rome for all religious Congregations. 1st row: Sisters Mary Pius (RIP), Maureen Loonam and Marie Kevin Tighe; 2nd row: Sisters Rita Clare Gerardot, Bernice Kuper and Miriam Gunning (RIP)