Geary, Sister Theophane
An oral history of Sister M. Theophane Geary, a Sister of Charity of Seton Hill from 1916 until 1994. The interview was conducted by Sister Virginia Pascaretta on May 12, 1988.
Sister Mary Theophane Geary - born Rita Marie Geary on May 3, 1897 - entered the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in May of 1916. She received a bachelor's degree in history, English, and social studies from Seton Hill College in 1926. She went on to earn a master's degree in U.S. history from the University of Chicago in 1931 and a doctorate degree in history, politics, and American church history from the Catholic University of America in 1938. She served as a history professor at Seton Hill College from 1933-1975 and was head of the history department from 1940-1961. Her tenure as director of summer school was also from 1940-1961. She wrote the entry on the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill for the New Catholic Encyclopedia. Sister M. Theophane died on January 4, 1994.
Sister Spotlights
- Interviews A-C
- Adams, Sister Mary Timothy
- Beam, Sister M. Alexine
- Beasley, Sister Robert Mary
- Beckel, Sister Inez Mary
- Beckel, Sister Stella Marie
- Blatt, Sister Mary Frederick
- Boggs, Sister Rose Irene
- Boyer, Sister M. Sylvester
- Brandt, Sister Mary Giles
- Burns, Sister Marie Cecelia
- Carey, Sister Mary Agnes
- Coleman, Sister Francis Mary
- Collins, Sister Margaret Clare
- Connelly, Sister Helen Louise
- Cunningham, Sister Rose Angela
- Curren, Sister Boniface
- Curren, Sister John Baptist
- Interviews D-G
- Interviews H-J
- Hanley, Sister Margaret Anne
- Helwig, Sister Germaine
- Henry, Sister Teresa Martin
- Hensler, Sister Mary Estelle
- Hensler, Sister Mary Estelle and Sister Mary Francis Irvin
- Hickey, Sister Miriam Leah
- Honeychuck, Sister Francis Louise
- Irvin, Sr. Mary Francis
- Jablonski, Sister M. Pancratius
- Jablonski, Sister Marie Stephen
- Interviews K-M
- Interviews Mc
- Interviews O-R
- Interview S-W