Sister Profile

Sister Marie Victoria Podesta

Sister Marie Victoria is deceased.

Biography

Sister Marie Victoria was born on Nov. 29, 1922. She died on Sept. 8, 2015. She was 92 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 71 years.

Sister Marie Victoria entered the Congregation in 1944. She professed first vows in 1947 and final vows in 1952.

She ministered as a teacher at schools in Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Illinois and Texas. In 1969, she began a ministry of 35 years at St. Mark in Chicago as a teacher, assistant principal and librarian. IN 2011, she returned to the Woods.

She loved to play card games, especially Pinochle.

Obituary

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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, seated) Sister Ann Jeanette Gootee, (second row) General Council member Sister Mary Beth Klingel, Sisters Mildred Giesler and Kathryn Koressel, General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson, and Sisters Dorothy Hucksoll, Miriam Clare Stoll, Marie Victoria Podesta, Florence Norton and Kathleen Mary Gay, (back) General Council member Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, Sister Anne Krause, and General Council members Sister Lisa Stallings and Sister Jenny Howard.
Sister Marie Victoria Podesta and Sister Noralee Keefe
Sisters Marie Victoria Podesta and Mary Imelda Coulup greet Providence Associate Sheila Donis during Sunday’s social.