By Sister Phyllis McMurray, OSB

From the wake service held Jan. 18, 2012

“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.” (Matt. 11:25)

This evening we celebrate the life of Sister Joan´ Kupfert.  And what a life she lived.  From 1944 until 1991, she spent her life educating youth.  She once wrote that her service to the Church was a particularly stable one.  She noted, “I have long felt a great need to witness to Catholicism in a Catholic high school setting.”  And that she did.  But where did it all start? Continue Reading