Sister Frances Watson, OSB, 83, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, died April 23, 2012, at the monastery after a brief illness.
The vigil will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the monastery chapel and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there on Friday, April 27, at 10:30 a.m.
Sister Frances was born Mary Jane Watson, only child of the late Gordon and Frances Hill Watson of Wichita. She entered the Benedictine monastery of Mount St. Scholastica in 1951 and would have celebrated sixty years of monastic profession this year. She spent her life as an educator, teaching briefly in Kansas elementary schools and at Lillis High School in Kansas City, Mo., and LeBlond High School in St. Joseph, Mo., before advanced studies. She earned a master's degree in sociology from Marquette University and a doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Kansas, and taught at Mount St. Scholastica College/Benedictine College for 26 years.
She had a great interest in other cultures, especially Native American, and an intense passion for social justice. She participated in Pax Christi and Benedictines for Peace nationally and locally, and belonged to other organizations that advocate for non-violence and social concerns. She was also active in the American Benedictine Academy, an organization of monastic scholars. Although she had no living relatives, many of her colleagues and students became a loving family for her, in addition to the sisters of her monastic community.
Memorial Card for Sister Frances
Blessed are the peacemakers for
they shall be called children of God.
Mt. 5:9
Sister Frances Watson's last communal act was to walk in procession with her sisters and celebrate the Easter Vigil service on Holy Saturday. She probably had no idea that she would soon begin her own journey through the mystery of death and new life.
Mary Jane Watson was the only child of Gordon and Frances Hill Watson of Wichita, Kansas. She entered the monastery of Mount St. Scholastica in 1951 and would have celebrated sixty years of monastic profession this year. She spent her life as an educator, primarily in the field of sociology. With a doctorate in cultural anthropology, she taught at Mount St. Scholastica College/Benedictine College for 26 years.
She had a great interest in other cultures, especially Native American, and an intense passion for social justice. She participated in Benedictines for Peace since its inception and was also active for decades in the American Benedictine Academy and Pax Christi. Hers was a life of enthusiastic hospitality, always open to life and accepting of everyone. She spent her life praying, longing, and working for a more peaceful world. Let us remember her gratefully in our prayers.
The vigil will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the monastery chapel and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there on Friday, April 27, at 10:30 a.m.
Sister Frances was born Mary Jane Watson, only child of the late Gordon and Frances Hill Watson of Wichita. She entered the Benedictine monastery of Mount St. Scholastica in 1951 and would have celebrated sixty years of monastic profession this year. She spent her life as an educator, teaching briefly in Kansas elementary schools and at Lillis High School in Kansas City, Mo., and LeBlond High School in St. Joseph, Mo., before advanced studies. She earned a master's degree in sociology from Marquette University and a doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Kansas, and taught at Mount St. Scholastica College/Benedictine College for 26 years.
She had a great interest in other cultures, especially Native American, and an intense passion for social justice. She participated in Pax Christi and Benedictines for Peace nationally and locally, and belonged to other organizations that advocate for non-violence and social concerns. She was also active in the American Benedictine Academy, an organization of monastic scholars. Although she had no living relatives, many of her colleagues and students became a loving family for her, in addition to the sisters of her monastic community.
Memorial Card for Sister Frances
Blessed are the peacemakers for
they shall be called children of God.
Mt. 5:9
Sister Frances Watson's last communal act was to walk in procession with her sisters and celebrate the Easter Vigil service on Holy Saturday. She probably had no idea that she would soon begin her own journey through the mystery of death and new life.
Mary Jane Watson was the only child of Gordon and Frances Hill Watson of Wichita, Kansas. She entered the monastery of Mount St. Scholastica in 1951 and would have celebrated sixty years of monastic profession this year. She spent her life as an educator, primarily in the field of sociology. With a doctorate in cultural anthropology, she taught at Mount St. Scholastica College/Benedictine College for 26 years.
She had a great interest in other cultures, especially Native American, and an intense passion for social justice. She participated in Benedictines for Peace since its inception and was also active for decades in the American Benedictine Academy and Pax Christi. Hers was a life of enthusiastic hospitality, always open to life and accepting of everyone. She spent her life praying, longing, and working for a more peaceful world. Let us remember her gratefully in our prayers.
Sister Frances Watson, OSB, 83, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, died April 23, 2012, at the monastery after a brief illness.
The vigil will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the monastery chapel and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there on Friday, April 27, at 10:30 a.m.
Sister Frances was born Mary Jane Watson, only child of the late Gordon and Frances Hill Watson of Wichita. She entered the Benedictine monastery of Mount St. Scholastica in 1951 and would have celebrated sixty years of monastic profession this year. She spent her life as an educator, teaching briefly in Kansas elementary schools and at Lillis High School in Kansas City, Mo., and LeBlond High School in St. Joseph, Mo., before advanced studies. She earned a master's degree in sociology from Marquette University and a doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Kansas, and taught at Mount St. Scholastica College/Benedictine College for 26 years.
She had a great interest in other cultures, especially Native American, and an intense passion for social justice. She participated in Pax Christi and Benedictines for Peace nationally and locally, and belonged to other organizations that advocate for non-violence and social concerns. She was also active in the American Benedictine Academy, an organization of monastic scholars. Although she had no living relatives, many of her colleagues and students became a loving family for her, in addition to the sisters of her monastic community.
Memorial Card for Sister Frances
Blessed are the peacemakers for
they shall be called children of God.
Mt. 5:9
Sister Frances Watson's last communal act was to walk in procession with her sisters and celebrate the Easter Vigil service on Holy Saturday. She probably had no idea that she would soon begin her own journey through the mystery of death and new life.
Mary Jane Watson was the only child of Gordon and Frances Hill Watson of Wichita, Kansas. She entered the monastery of Mount St. Scholastica in 1951 and would have celebrated sixty years of monastic profession this year. She spent her life as an educator, primarily in the field of sociology. With a doctorate in cultural anthropology, she taught at Mount St. Scholastica College/Benedictine College for 26 years.
She had a great interest in other cultures, especially Native American, and an intense passion for social justice. She participated in Benedictines for Peace since its inception and was also active for decades in the American Benedictine Academy and Pax Christi. Hers was a life of enthusiastic hospitality, always open to life and accepting of everyone. She spent her life praying, longing, and working for a more peaceful world. Let us remember her gratefully in our prayers.
The vigil will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the monastery chapel and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there on Friday, April 27, at 10:30 a.m.
Sister Frances was born Mary Jane Watson, only child of the late Gordon and Frances Hill Watson of Wichita. She entered the Benedictine monastery of Mount St. Scholastica in 1951 and would have celebrated sixty years of monastic profession this year. She spent her life as an educator, teaching briefly in Kansas elementary schools and at Lillis High School in Kansas City, Mo., and LeBlond High School in St. Joseph, Mo., before advanced studies. She earned a master's degree in sociology from Marquette University and a doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Kansas, and taught at Mount St. Scholastica College/Benedictine College for 26 years.
She had a great interest in other cultures, especially Native American, and an intense passion for social justice. She participated in Pax Christi and Benedictines for Peace nationally and locally, and belonged to other organizations that advocate for non-violence and social concerns. She was also active in the American Benedictine Academy, an organization of monastic scholars. Although she had no living relatives, many of her colleagues and students became a loving family for her, in addition to the sisters of her monastic community.
Memorial Card for Sister Frances
Blessed are the peacemakers for
they shall be called children of God.
Mt. 5:9
Sister Frances Watson's last communal act was to walk in procession with her sisters and celebrate the Easter Vigil service on Holy Saturday. She probably had no idea that she would soon begin her own journey through the mystery of death and new life.
Mary Jane Watson was the only child of Gordon and Frances Hill Watson of Wichita, Kansas. She entered the monastery of Mount St. Scholastica in 1951 and would have celebrated sixty years of monastic profession this year. She spent her life as an educator, primarily in the field of sociology. With a doctorate in cultural anthropology, she taught at Mount St. Scholastica College/Benedictine College for 26 years.
She had a great interest in other cultures, especially Native American, and an intense passion for social justice. She participated in Benedictines for Peace since its inception and was also active for decades in the American Benedictine Academy and Pax Christi. Hers was a life of enthusiastic hospitality, always open to life and accepting of everyone. She spent her life praying, longing, and working for a more peaceful world. Let us remember her gratefully in our prayers.
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