O'Donnell, Sr. Jude Thaddeus

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Sister Jude Thaddeus O'Donnell

An oral history of Sister Jude Thaddeus O'Donnell, a Sister of Charity of Seton Hill from 1933 until 2006. The interview was conducted by Sister Marie Corona Miller on December 1, 1987.

Sister Jude Thaddeus O'Donnell - born Abigail Irene O'Donnell on December 16, 1915 - entered the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in September of 1933. She received a bachelor's degree in education from Duquesne University in 1947 and a master's degree in Spanish from the University of Notre Dame in 1955. Sister Jude Thaddeus taught in the Pittsburgh-area schools during the fifties and sixties, notably at St. James Elementary School in West End from 1953-1959 and at St. Luke High School from 1959-1962. She then began teaching Spanish at Seton Hill College from 1962-1984, serving as an assistant professor of Spanish. Sister Jude Thaddeus O'Donnell died on January 16, 2006.

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