Meet Sister Ruth Margaret Peterson, OSF
Columbia Heights, MN
1957
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Sister taught grades 1-8 for 32 years, beginning in 1956 with a decade at Sts. Peter & Paul in Sandusky. In 1969, her ministry led her back to MN, where she taught until 1988 and served as Reading Specialist at Immaculate Conception for the next eight years. From 1997-2000, Sister ministered at St. PaulÕs Monastery and, from 2001-2004 at St. John the Baptist School. Sister returned to the Church of Immaculate Conception, where she served as Faith Formation Asst. for a decade and remains a Franciscan presence in the parish.
A Lifelong Franciscan Presence: In 1955, Sister was considered a “late” vocation when she joined religious life at age 24, but she’d already had a long history with Sylvania Franciscans. A daughter of Immaculate Conception Church, she attended the school when it was built in 1939, and remembers Sisters Consolata, Lucilla and Xavier fondly.
Helen Margaret
Sister Ruth Margaret Peterson was joined by family members outside Our Lady of Grace Chapel prior to the rededication of her vows on her 60th Jubilee.
2014