Sister Profile

Sister Jeneen (Jenny) Howard

Biography

Sister Jeneen Howard, better known as Sister Jenny, was born on August 4, 1952.

She entered the Congregation on August 22, 1983. She is a native of Indianapolis.

She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in biology and earned a master’s degree in biology from Ball State University. She also has a master’s degree in guidance counseling in secondary schools from Northeastern Illinois University.

Currently, Sister Jenny ministers as the Congregation Leader for Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters in Huntington, Indiana Prior to that, she ministered on the Congregation’s Leadership Team and as Vocations Director. She has also ministered as a teacher at North Central High School in Indianapolis, as well as Providence-St. Mel School in Chicago and Cathedral High School in Indianapolis. Sister Jenny also ministered on the Congregation’s Leadership Team from 1996 to 2001.

She is known to be a fan of Simon and Garfunkel.

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Sister Jenny Howard (left) and General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski during the transfer of leadership ritual in the Archbishop Noll Memorial Chapel on August 28.
Sister of Providence General Councilor Sister Laura Parker. SP, (from left) along with Providence Associates Marilyn Webb, Donna Watzke and Jude Magers, former Providence Cristo Rey board member Sister Jenny Howard, SP, and Sisters of Providence General Councilors Sisters Carole Kimes, Jeanne Hagelskamp and Anne Therese Falkenstein, SPs, who is the new SP board member for Providence Cristo Rey, all attended the dedication ceremony for the new school building.