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Margaret Ann Hardner, SSJ
Sister
Home parish: St. Patrick, Erie, PA
An Erie native, Sister Margaret Ann Hardner attended St. Patrick School, Villa Maria Academy, and Villa Maria College, all in Erie, before attending Xavier University and Providence College. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from St. Patrick’s parish on September 2, 1949, and she professed her final vows on August 15, 1955.…
Mary Herrmann, SSJ
Sister
Former Religious Name: Sister Rosemary
Home Parish: St. Ann, Erie
From her earliest memories, Sr. Mary Herrmann felt a strong desire to be a Sister. When she started school with the Sisters of St. Joseph, she knew more specifically that she wanted to be a Sister of St.…
Susan Herzing, SSJ
Sister
Home parish: St. Mary’s, St. Marys, PA
Sister Susan Herzing, SSJ, of St. Marys, PA entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from her hometown parish, St. Mary’s, on September 8, 1966. She professed her first vows on August 15, 1969 and her final vows on September 15, 1974, following a formation rooted in parish life and early educational ministry.…
Phyllis Hilbert, SSJ
Sister
Former Religious Name: Sister Joseph Therese
Home Parish: St. Luke, Erie, PA
Sister Phyllis was born in Erie, and attended St. John the Baptist elementary school and graduated from Vila Maria Academy. She attended Fordham University in New York; Gannon College, Erie; and Villa Maria College, Erie.
It was during a class retreat in her junior year of high school when the retreat director, Msgr.…
Mary Carol Hoke, SSJ
Sister
Home parish: St. Brigid, Meadville, PA
Sister Mary Carol Hoke, SSJ, a native of Meadville, PA, worked as a secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Highways for more than four years before entering the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1951. Through attending daily Mass and receiving Communion regularly, she felt drawn to religious life and credited her mother’s prayers, along with the example of devoted parish priests and the Sisters of St.…
Martha Howick, SSJ
Sister
Former Religious Name: Sister Mary Walter
Home Parish: St. Agatha, Meadville, PA
Sister Martha Howick, SSJ, born in Meadville, PA, entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from St. Agatha Parish in Meadville, PA in 1959. She professed perpetual vows on August 15, 1967.
She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph after attending Indiana State Teachers’ College and completing training at Erie Commercial College, Ariel Bldg. …
