Sister Profile

Sister Dorothy Larson

Formerly Sister Margaret Marian

Biography

Sister Dorothy is a native of Chicago. Currently, she ministers in prayer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Dorothy, formerly Sister Margaret Marian, entered the Congregation on February 2, 1954. She professed final vows on August 15, 1961.

She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in education. She also has a master’s degree in education from Ball State University.

Sister Dorothy has ministered in Indiana, North Carolina, Illinois and Oklahoma, including serving as a teacher at Good Shepherd School in Evansville, Indiana, from 1960 to 1967.

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Photographs

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Sister Dorothy Larson (center) with Vicar Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp (left) and General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski.
Several teen volunteers enjoy playing a game with Sister Dorothy Larson.
Several Sisters of Providence celebrated Jubilees in December. They were honored at a celebration with the Sisters of Providence General Council. The sisters celebrating Jubilees included (front, from left) Sister Marie Smith, General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson and Sister Betty Donoghue, (middle) Sister Suzanne Smith, General Council member Sister Mary Beth Klingel and SIsters Marilyn Trobaugh, Mary Rita Griffin and Kathleen Dede, (back) General Council members Sisters Jenny Howard and Dawn Tomaszewski, Sister Dorothy Larson, General Council member Sister Lisa Stallings and Sisters Joseph Fillenwarth and Ruth Ellen Doane.
Sisters Nancy Bartasavich, Martha Rojo and Dorthy Larson chat while looking at plans for the under-construction shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.