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Sr. Mary Teresita Richards

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Date of Profession:
August 9, 1987

Influences:
“My mom [Rosalie Richards] would be a great inspiration. I didn’t know when I was younger that my mom would have loved to have been a sister . . . Because of that she prayed that one of her children might have a vocation.”

Interests:
Cooking (especially soup and bread), camping, playing guitar, and researching the life of the foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame, Sister Maria Aloysia Wolbring.

Best thing about being a sister:
“It’s a who, it’s a person . . . our God is deeply, intensely in love with us. You find that and it makes everything different.”

 

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How old does someone need to be to become a sister?

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Age requirements for entrance may vary with congregations. Many congregations accept candidates at 18 years of age, although some will require a college degree. Candidates older than 40 years of age require special consideration.
   
 


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