In Memoriam

Sister Mary Anne Wolking, 1918-2003 Born March 31, 1918, Covington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, August 15, 1935First Profession June 28, 1937Died July 9, 2003 Sr. Mary Anne was the oldest of five sisters and all became Benedictine sisters of St. Walburg Monastery. Sr. Mary Anne served the Church and community as an elementary and high Read more »

Sister Mercedes Wolking, 1928-2002 Born March 25, 1928, Covington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, September 8, 1945First Profession, June 28, 1947Died January 21, 2002 Sr. Mercedes was the second youngest of six daughters, all of whom became Benedictine Sisters at St. Walburg Monastery. The Wolkings were members of St. Benedict Parish until Mr. and Mrs. Wolking Read more »

Sister Concetta Robinson, 1917-2002 Born July 27, 1917, Covington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, March 24, 1935First Profession June 28, 1937Died July 10, 2002 When Sr. Concetta was nine years old, her mother died and her father later remarried. Hers became a large close-knit family of nineteen children. She attended Holy Cross School in Latonia where Read more »

Sister Beatrice Flickinger, 1908-2001 Born July 30, 1908, Wimbledon, N. DakotaEntered St. Walburg Monastery, December 8, 1926First Profession August 24, 1928Died July 18, 2001 Sr. Beatrice was the second oldest of four children. Hers was a farm family and the family moved to Webster, Wisconsin where Sr. Beatrice’s father died of cancer in 1920. Mrs. Read more »

Sister Alice McAvoy, 1906-2001 Born August 4, 1906, Cincinnati, OhioEntered St. Walburg Monastery, October 28, 1934First Profession August 14, 1936Died June 6, 2001 Sr. Alice was the second youngest of four daughters and a resident of Price Hill until her entrance into St. Walburg Monastery. According to those who were with her in the novitiate, Read more »

Sister Pauline Rice, 1925-2001 Born March 10, 1925, Covington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, September 8, 1946First Profession, June 29, 1948Died April 10, 2001 Sr. Pauline was the seventh of nine children. Early in her childhood her family moved to a large brick home on Beechwood Road in Ft. Mitchell, and the fun-loving brood kept things Read more »

Sister Felicitas Weberding, 1903-2001 Born March 3, 1903, Covington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, August 2, 1921First Profession June 26, 1923Died April 12, 2001 When both her parents died in the flu epidemic of 1906, Sr. Felicitas, her brother and sister were placed in St. John’s Orphanage under the care of the Benedictine Sisters. When she Read more »

Sister Sylvester Shea, 1916-2000 Born May 25, 1916, Carlisle, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, Covington, Kentucky, December 23, 1933Received habit, August 13, 1934First Profession August 14, 1935Died July 5, 2000 Sr. Sylvester was born in Carlisle, Kentucky on May 25, 1916 to Robert and Laura Woodall Shea and given the name Myrtle. She was the second Read more »

Sister Lea McGuire, 1911-1999 Born October 13, 1911, Covington, KentuckyEntered St. Walburg Monastery, July 16, 1928First Profession August 30, 1930Died January 8, 1999 At the age of five, Sr. Lea and her only brother Joe were placed in St. Joseph Orphanage where they were raised by the Benedictine Sisters. The efforts of many people to Read more »