Sister Profile

Sister Josephine Bryan

Formerly Sister Joseph Anthony

Biography

Sister Josephine is a native of Hollywood, Maryland. Currently, she ministers as a volunteer at Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista, Calif.

Sister Josephine, formerly Sister Joseph Anthony, entered the Congregation on July 22. She professed final vows on August 15, 1963.

She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in education. She also has a bachelor’s of science in nursing from St. Xavier University in Chicago and a master’s of science in medical and surgical nursing from the University of Indianapolis.

Sister Josephine has ministered as a nurse and supervisor in the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods infirmary.

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Photographs

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Sister Josephine Bryan, a volunteer at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Apple Valley, California, prays alone in the hospital chapel for all those in the hospital in great need.
Sister Mary Jo Piccione (center) is joined in celebration after receiving the Saint Damien Molokai award with (from left) Sister Josephine Bryan and Sister Grace Marie Meehan.
From left, Sister Grace Marie Meehan, Providence Associate Betty Sloan and Sister Josephine Bryan catch up and enjoy one another’s company.
Smiling during table discussion are, from left, Sisters Jan Crave, Josephine Bryan and Celeste Tsai.