Sister Jeneen (Jenny) Howard
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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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- Sisters of Providence who have ministered in Taiwan share their stories
- The legacy of Providence lives on in our sisters in Taiwan
- Our sisters in Asia speak: What it means to be a Sister of Providence
- Faces of our future: a new generation of Sisters of Providence
- With great gratitude for our sisters who further the mission of God’s Providence in Asia
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Sister Jeneen (Jenny) is featured in the following content on the Sisters of Providence website:
- Sisters of Providence provide leadership
- Leaning and leading like Saint Mother Theodore
- Interculturality: journey of radical welcome
- Seeking, struggle leads to gift of fulfillment, community
- Get to know Sister Jenny Howard
- Newsnotes HOPE summer 2017
- Visiting Taiwan
- Schoolmates, sisters and part of a leadership team
- Sister Dawn Tomaszewski installed as general superior of the Sisters of Providence
- Sisters of Providence select new officers
- A Father’s Day Tribute!
- Sisters share love of golf
- Sisters of Providence honor elder sisters
- Leadership & vision
- The future of religious life
- A vocation Q & A with Sister Jenny
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