Sister Carolyn Kessler

Biography

Sister Carolyn is a native of Evansville, Indiana. Currently, she ministers in Outreach in San Antonio, Texas.

Sister Carolyn, formerly Sister Ann Carolyn, entered the Congregation on July 22, 1954. She professed final vows on January 23, 1962.

She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in French. She also has a master’s degree in linguistics from Georgetown University and a doctorate in linguistics from Georgetown.

She has ministered in Indiana, Italy, Washington, D.C., California, Texas and Taiwan, including serving as a teacher at Evansville Reitz Memorial High School from 1964 to 1967.

Read more

Sister Carolyn is featured in the following content on the Sisters of Providence website:

• A Christmas memory
• Sisters of Providence Newsnotes
• Twenty-eight Sisters celebrate Jubilees

Photographs

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Sister Carolyn Kessler at prayer during the liturgy

New Providence Associate Michelle Barrentine with her Sister companion Sister Carolyn Kessler

Candidate Michelle Barrentine and her companion Sister Carolyn Kessler.

Smiling during lunch, are from left, Sisters Carolyn Kessler, Doreen Lai and Mary Jo Piccione.