Marian Sisters

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Major Superior: Sister Jacquelyn Darner, M.S.
Marycrest Motherhouse
6765 N. 112 Street,
Waverly, NE 68462
phone: 402-786-2750
fax: 402-786-7256
Email: marian-vocations@cdolinc.net

http://www.mariansisters.org/

Lincoln Locations:
Blessed Sacrament
Diocesan Chancery
North American Martyrs
Pius X
Sacred Heart
St. Gianna Women's Homes
St. Patrick
St. John
Motherhouse

Other Locations:
Villa Marie School
Sister Peggy Kucera, M.S.
7205 N. 112th St.
Waverly, NE 68462

St. Mary and Aquinas Catholic Schools
Sister Michaelene Prater, M.S. (superior)
St. Mary Convent
1044 5th Street
David City, NE 68632

St. Wenceslaus and Bishop Neumann Schools
Sister Loretta Happe, M.S. (superior)
Marian Sisters Convent
1009 N. Broadway
Wahoo, NE 68066

Sister Marta Silna and Sister Theresa Gottvald, the foundresses of the Marian Sisters, were members of the Mercy Sisters of St. Francis in Czechoslovakia. In 1950, they escaped Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Bishop Kucera invited them to serve at St. Thomas Orphanage. In 1954, the Marian Sisters were established as the first Lincoln diocesan religious community. In 1963, Marycrest Motherhouse was built. The Community received Papal approval in 1983. The Sisters followed the Franciscan Rule and their own Constitutions. Their charism is to "Do God's Will joyfully in imitation of Mary and Saint Francis." The Marian Sisters teach in ten Catholic schools in Lincoln, David City, and Wahoo. Sisters also serve at Villa Marie and the Diocesan Chancery.

Taken from The History of The Diocese of Lincoln 1987-2002 - Vol. II

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