Angela Marie Servidea, SSJ 70 Years

Home Parish:     Holy Rosary, Johnsonburg, PA
Entered Sisters of St. Joseph:     1955
Final Profession: 1961

When I was in first grade at Holy Rosary School and throughout the years there, I had always felt a call to the convent. I was drawn to the Sisters, and I did not want to attend public school, but I had no alternative. My friends and I would often stop by the Catholic church on our way home, and I loved being there. When I told my family what I wanted to do after graduation, my parents and siblings were very supportive. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on August 31, 1955, from her home parish, Holy Rosary in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, and professed her final vows on August 15, 1961.

Sister Angela attended Holy Rosary Elementary School and graduated from Johnsonburg High School in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania in 1955. She received a BS in Elementary Education from Villa Maria College in 1969. She attended several music and pastoral workshops in Wisconsin and Kentucky.

Sister Angela Marie ministered as a teacher for nearly 30 years in several Diocesan schools, including
St. Ann and Our Lady’s Christian Schools in Erie. She also served at St. Bernard in Bradford, PA, and she taught piano at St. Bernard and at Villa Maria Conservatory in Erie, Holy Rosary in Johnsonburg, PA, and St. Leo in Ridgeway, PA. She also taught at Maryvale Preschool. She was the Director of Horizon House in Union City, PA, Director of Religious Education at Holy Redeemer in Warren, PA, Pastoral Minister at Holy Rosary in Johnsonburg, PA, and a private caregiver. She served as a Nurse Aide at St. Joseph Monastery in St. Marys, PA, and with Community Nurses. She later served as a companion to her cousin, who was in a personal care home.

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