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Sr. Sharon is originally from Louisville, Ky. As she was trying to discern her call to religious life, Sister Sharon says she had checked out several other communities, a process she compares to “trying on shoes to find that one pair you know will be the ones you will be able to walk in.” Sr. Sharon says that she was drawn to the Glenmary Sisters because they minister one on one with families in the rural areas here in the United States. With her deep love for children and those who are physically or mentally challenged, along with concern for the elderly, she feels the Glenmary Sisters community life and ministry was a “perfect fit.” 

Having joined the Glenmary Sisters in August 1992, she was missioned in the Formation House in Livermore, Ky., for her first two years. In 1994, she moved to Providence, Ky., to help open a new mission in that area. In 1996, she moved to Owensboro, Ky., to serve as Vocation Director for the Community.  Sister made her final profession of vows on May 9, 1998. Sister served as Vocation Director until June of 2007 when she was elected Community President. She served as President until June of 2017.

In July of 2017, Sister moved to our Pemiscot County mission where she happily ministers today.

Sr. Darlene was born in Ohio and raised in Augusta, Georgia. She is one of six children. She grew up in a strong Catholic family. One of the things she and her older siblings and cousins did regularly would be to “play Mass.” She and her eldest sister would be nuns and her brother and male cousins would be priests. Her parents and maternal grandparents always spoke about the goodness of vocations to the priesthood and religious life. They planted the seed of desire to serve God as a religious sister.

Sister graduated in 1984 from Augusta College (now known as Augusta University) with an Associate Degree in Nursing. She worked as an Oncology nurse at the former St. Joseph Hospital in Augusta from 1984-1986. She continued her Oncology nursing at Augusta Oncology Associates until she entered Glenmary in August 2002.

During her early formation with the sisters, she spent time in the Menifee County, Todd County, and Livingston County missions.

In June of 2005, after making her First Profession of Vows, she and Sr. Catherine Schoenborn were sent to open the mission in Pemiscot County, Missouri. Sister made her Final Profession on June 7, 2008. Sister has served the Community as Formation Director, 1st Councilor, and Community Secretary.

Sister served in Pemiscot County until she was elected Mother Superior in May of 2017. She finds much joy in serving her Sisters and the mission needs.

Sister was born in 1947 in Puerto Rico. In 1958, she came with her family to Connecticut. In 1996, she felt a call to be a missioner, at that time not thinking of being a Sister. With the help of her spiritual director she found the Glenmary Sisters. She became a Glenmary Sister Lay Missioner in July 1997. In 2006, she felt a call to religious life. She entered the Postulancy in 2007 and made final vows in 2012. In addition to serving in our Butler and Ohio missions, Sister has taken on many community responsibilities.

Sr. Pat, originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, entered Glenmary in 1982. What drew her to Glenmary was the statement “a Sister uses her gifts for the good of the mission.” As a former recreation leader she was able to conduct several Special Kids camps in various missions and Vacation Bible Schools. Sister ministered in Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, and Missouri. She now serves the missions in a ministry of prayer. She resides in Assisted Living in Kennett, Mo. Sr. Pat enjoys doing research and playing Scrabble.

Sr. Catherine entered the Glenmary Sisters on September 8, 1951. She grew up on a farm five miles south of Belding, Mich. Sister has served in the Home Missions of Pond Creek, Ohio; Norton, Big Stone Gap and Appalachia, Virginia; Butler, Ohio, Logan, Simpson and Todd counties in Kentucky. In 2005, she and Sr. Darlene opened our western most mission in Pemiscot County in Missouri.

Sr. Catherine has served the community as Director of Vocations, Director of Formation, Community Life Coordinator, on the Sisters’ Council, and as Community Secretary. Now retired, Sister resides at the Carmel Home in Owensboro, Ky. Sister spends time in prayer for the missions. She loves to read, play cards, work jigsaw puzzles, sing old songs, and make people smile. She is always ready to share a joke, riddle, or amusing story.