Sister Profile

Sister Carol Lindly

Formerly Sister Richard Ann

Biography

Sister Carol is a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Currently, she ministers in residential services at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Prior to that, she ministered as an assistant for the Congregation’s Archives Department.

Sister Carol, formerly Sister Richard Ann, entered the Congregation on Feb. 2, 1957 and professed final vows on Aug. 15, 1964.

She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in education. She also earned a master’s degree in elementary education from Indiana University.

In her ministries, she has been a lab tech, a teacher, and a principal. She has worked at the Hispanic Education Center in Indianapolis.

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Photographs

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Providence Associate and Sisters of Providence employee Diane Weidenbenner drives Sisters of Providence to the location of the eclipse viewing party.
Many of the Sisters of Providence who volunteer in the Providence Hall phone room included (seated) Sister Mary Joan Schaefer and (standing, from left) Sisters Kay Manley, Dorothy Gartland, Barbara Bluntzer, Mary Ann Phelan, Carolyn Bouchard, Noralee Keefe, Carol Lindly, Lucille Lechner, Claire Hanson, Carol Nolan and Donna Butler.
Sisters of Providence 60-year Jubilarians along with General Councilors included (front, from left) General Councilor Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp, Sisters Janet Gilligan, Carol Lindly, Carol Meyers and General Councilor Sister Mary Beth Klingel. (Back) General Councilor Sister Lisa Stallings, Sister Arlene Knarzer, General Councilor Sister Jenny Howard, Sisters Mary Catherine Keene and Susanne Gallagher, General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, Sister Elizabeth Smigla and Sister Sharon Richards.
Executive Director of the Florida Catholic Conference Michael Sheedy (from left), Sister Carol Lindly, Sister Jody O’Neil and Sister Cathy Buster at the Casa San Juan Bosco II ribbon cutting on Oct. 4, 2016.
Sister Carol Lindly