History of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration

About the Book

The book relates the history of the Eastern Province of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. The Sisters of this religious congregation first came to Lafayette, Indiana, from their founding location in Olpe, Westphalia, Germany, in 1875.  An earlier volume, published in 1940, chronicled their history from 1875 to 1940.  The congregation grew in membership and, in 1940,  was divided into two Provinces, one based in Lafayette, Indiana, (and later in Mishawaka, Indiana), and the other in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The present volume relates the history of the Indiana Province from 1940 to 2006 and traces the development of the teaching and healthcare ministries of the Eastern Province.

About the Author

Sister JoEllen Scheetz has been a Sister of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration with headquarters in Mishawaka, Indiana, since 1947.  A lifelong educator, Sister has taught at various levels of education, most recently at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a faculty member n the Department of English for thirty-six years and taught courses in literature, writing, and Latin.  She also served as president of the University for over twenty years.  She holds degrees from Saint Francis College, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Michigan.  Her doctoral dissertation was a history of Saint Francis College.  In 2006, Sister retired to the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Francis in Mishawaka, where she remains active in writing, editing, and other tasks.