{"id":5084,"date":"2025-03-03T13:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T12:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generalat-hsosf.de\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2025-03-13T08:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T07:51:27","slug":"sister-ann-mathieu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalat-hsosf.de\/en\/sister-ann-mathieu\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister Ann Mathieu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sister Ann Mathieu<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

I grew up in Chicago, Illinois and learned about the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis from my best friend\u2019s older sister who was a student in the Aspirant School at the Motherhouse. My friend and I visited a few times and I was touched by the experience. After I completed high school, I decided to enter the Community on August 22, 1957 and I professed first vows on September 8, 1960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it was my hope to be a nurse, my first career was in dietetics. I graduated from Fontbonne College in St. Louis, Missouri in 1964 and served four years at St. Mary\u2019s Hospital in Streator, Illinois. Soon after, I was back to school and earned a nursing degree from Marillac College in St. Louis, Missouri. I served as a nurse at St. John\u2019s Hospital and at St. Monica\u2019s Home, a home for pregnant teenagers, both located in Springfield, Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1975 to 1982, I was the Administrator of the Franciscan Apostolic Center that was located at the Motherhouse. In 1982, I was elected to the Provincial Council and served in that role for three years. For the next four years, I used my nursing education while working with chemically-addicted individuals at the L.E. Phillips Center in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1989 to1995, I served as the local coordinator of St. Francis Convent and at the end of this time I embarked on a very meaningful chapter of my life. I was blessed to practice as a massage therapist from 1998 – 2006. I studied at the Chicago School of Massage Therapy and I also developed an interest in Reiki and energy work and pursued additional education. As a certified massage therapist and healing touch practitioner, I found this to be a call within a call, which is how Saint Theresa of Calcutta described her own vocation. The gift of being present to those I served was powerful, as they found relaxation, stress reduction, pain relief, personal growth, and healing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The recent years were filled with leadership responsibilities in Loretto Home, as the Provincial Secretary, and as a volunteer at Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several years ago, I found my diary, and on one of the pages from 1957, I wrote, “After visiting the Motherhouse these past days, I would love to stay there forever.” I am grateful to have made that visit many years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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