Sister John Catherine Arnold papers, 1921 - 2019

Sister John Catherine was born Dorothy Arnold on August 27, 1931 in Newburgh, NY. She entered the Newburgh Congregation September 8, 1951 and received the habit on June 15, 1952 when she received the religious name, Sister John Catherine. She pronounced first vows on June 17, 1953 and final vows on August 21, 1956. During her years in the congregation she served in the following schools: Annunciation, Crestwood, NY, 1953-1955; Regina Coeli, Hyde Park, NY, 1955-1968; and St Thomas, Cornwall, NY, 1968-1976. She served as principal at Regina Coeli, Hyde Park, NY, 1976-1985. Sister was director of Saint Nicholas School in Palisades Park, NJ, 1985-2003. She has done pastoral care of the sick and homebound at St. Columba Parish in Hopewell Junction, NY, 2003-?. Sister John Catherine earned a BS in Elementary Education from Villanova; a BS in Home Economics from Marywood in Scranton, PA; and an MS in Education from SUNY at Buffalo. Sister moved to the Meadowview at Wartburg, Mt. Vernon, NY in July, 2017.