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July 6, 2021
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Dear Alumni,

Welcome to another edition of HawkTalk!

Today's article features Sister Ann Therese C.S.S.F, a graduate from the Cardinal O'Hara Class of 1972. Her classmates from the Class of '72 will remember her as Ann Kelly.

Sister Ann Therese has a compelling story to share about her life as a Felician Sister. I am most grateful that she took the time to chat with me.

Sister Ann Therese started her high school career at Bishop Gibbons before transferring to O'Hara when Gibbons closed after the 1970/71 school year. As you might imagine, that was devastating news for those Gibbons students to hear - especially those students - like Ann who were juniors at the time and who had been looking forward to their senior year at the school they had attended for three years.

In today's HawkTalk, Sister Ann Therese shares the journey she took into religious life. Ironically, that journey, like her high school journey, was also interrupted "at the last minute". (This time the choice was her's!)

Fortunately, through all the ups and downs, Sister Ann Therese had a faithful companion in her journey. Her art.

Despite the travails that Sister Ann Therese has experienced she has carved out a remarkable life as a servant of God and as an artist, especially in the field of stained glass. Her work has been installed in buildings throughout the world, as far away as Ghana, Africa.

Thank you Sister Ann Therese for sharing your story! You've made O'Hara proud!

Go Hawks!


Dave Lovering '74                                         
"I'll Have to Watch What I Say"

DAVE: Good morning, Sister Ann Therese! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I just want to let you know that I am recording this zoom meeting. That way I don’t have to take notes. I’m not a good note taker!
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: OK. That’s fine. I’ll just have to watch what I say. (Laughs)
 
DAVE: (Laughs) Yikes!

You took a somewhat "non-traditional" path to Cardinal O'Hara - not necessarily by your own choosing - you enrolled in O'Hara for September 1971, the start of your senior year.

SISTER ANN THERESE: I did.

I attended Bishop Gibbons for three years before it closed after my junior year. When the announcement was made that Gibbons was closing, it was a very difficult time, especially for those of us in our junior class.
 
My family lived close to the North Tonawanda/Wheatfield border. I had gone to elementary school in Niagara Wheatfield. When it was time for me to go to high school, I begged my parents to send me to Gibbons. In junior high school I felt a little bullied, and I am somewhat of an introvert. I knew that a big school, like Niagara Wheatfield, would be too much for me to handle. I don’t know why I had the presence of mind to make that request, but I did! (Laughs)

The one hurdle, of course, was that at Gibbons you had to pay tuition. I believe, at that time, the tuition for Gibbons was $100. It was still a lot for my parents. But they did it. They worked bingo and that helped a little.

I attended Gibbons for three years. I loved it there. But the Diocese of Buffalo closed a number of schools including Bishop Gibbons after the 70/71 school year. It was really heartbreaking because we were such a close-knit community at Gibbons.

That left me to choose between going to Niagara Wheatfield or O'Hara. O’Hara was a bigger school than Gibbons but smaller than Niagara Wheatfield. I also preferred a Catholic education, not because I was overly religious, because I wasn’t. But I had become familiar with Catholic education at Bishop Gibbons and that familiarity was comforting to me. So, I opted to go to O’Hara for my senior year along with a few of my classmates. 
 
It was difficult for those of us, especially as juniors, to transfer to a new school a year before we were to graduate. And like I said, I tend to be introverted so that compounded the situation.
Off to O'Hara

DAVE: Was the transition to COHS difficult?

SISTER ANN THERESE: Honestly, it wasn't easy.

O’Hara welcomed us and I made some friends at O’Hara. I went to the prom, and joined intramurals. I made an effort to join things. I worked on the musical that year. But it still was difficult after having been at Gibbons for my first three years of high school.

DAVE: Did any of the Bishop Gibbons teachers end up at O’Hara with you?
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: There were both lay teachers and Felician Sisters who transferred to O’Hara from Bishop Gibbons so that was a plus. It was comforting to see some familiar teacher faces.

One of the Sisters, Sr. Carmelita, “followed” me from Gibbons to O’Hara. She was my art teacher in both schools and art was my ‘thing’. Sr. Carmelita was very encouraging and recognized my passion and abilities. 
 
DAVE: Did you participate in any after-school activities in high school?
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: I played on a number of sports teams at Gibbons. I remember playing basketball as a freshman and volleyball all three years at Gibbons. I was also on the bowling team for a couple of years. I did not play basketball at O’Hara but I did play volleyball my senior year and I participated in intramurals.

At Gibbons I used my artistic ability and got involved in the school newspaper and became an illustrator on the newspaper staff.
 
Art was my forte. In both schools, I was considered to be one of the better artists. While I was at O’Hara, in my senior year, I did a lot of work designing and creating sets for the musical: The Pajama Game. I was very involved with that and that was a nice way to meet people. And, of course, O’Hara was always known for their musicals, so it was fun to be a part of that whole experience.
 
I used to ride my bike to Gibbons and that made it easier to stay after school for activities. When I went to O’Hara and lived farther away I didn’t ride my bike to school so that made it more difficult to stay after school.
Finding Her Muse
 
DAVE: When did you begin to nurture your artistic ability?
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: I considered myself to be an average student. My friends were all taking Regents courses and I felt it necessary to do what they did and take the courses they took. So, I was on the Regents track too. I quickly learned that some courses were harder than others! I always thought that struggling in certain subjects was just the way things were supposed to be in high school. ‘Why would anything worthwhile be easy,’ I’d think. (Laughs)

But in my sophomore year, I failed Biology. It was at that time that my dad talked to me about taking classes in Art. For me, art came naturally and I was successful at it. To me, art wasn’t ‘work’ at all. When I took Art classes in high school, I began to excel and I gained an identity in the school. Through my art, I had a presence and I felt like I was making a contribution in the school. It was pretty clear that I had found my niche. 

I even won some awards.

DAVE: What awards did you win?

SISTER ANN THERESE: They were little Art pins. I don't what they were for specifically. (Laughs)

So, after high school, when I went to college, it was for Art. So, I guess that not passing Biology was a blessing in disguise. Out of that failure came success. (Laughs)
Rebel With A Cause

DAVE: I like to ask O’Hara graduates who pursued a religious life this question … did you ever get in trouble at O’Hara? (Laughs)
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: Well, I hated the uniform at O’Hara. (Laughs)

One day, there was talk of a “sit-in” at the school to protest the uniform and enforcement of the uniform "code". When I heard about it, I felt I should join the protestors. Although I didn’t like the uniform, I was never much of a protester. The thing that actually prompted me to join the protest was that I wanted to show my classmates that I supported them.
 
That’s the only rebellion I have ever been part of. (Laughs)
Now What?

DAVE: What was your plan for after high school?
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: I went to Niagara County Community College for one year and one summer. I took classes in liberal arts and fine arts. During that time, I also worked. I was a waitress and a cocktail waitress. (Laughs)
 
After that I entered the convent in 1974. And with that I went to Villa Maria College.
 
DAVE: Let’s talk about that. At what point did you begin to consider a religious life?
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: I would say it was at the end of my junior year in high school. I really loved my Felician teachers. I would help them and befriend them. They had daily mass and I made posters for them to promote the masses. I also played piano at the masses, As a result, I got to know them better. I found that I really enjoyed the camaraderie of working with the Sisters . It wasn’t because I was overly religious.
 
That was probably the beginning of what would turn out to be my pathway to a religious life. Of course, O’Hara had the Franciscan Friars and I had a number of them as teachers. So there was that religious presence.

In my senior year my Religion teacher was Father Roman. There were two Father Romans there at the time. The one that I had was the younger one.
The Big Decision

DAVE: OK Sister, you’re going to have to educate me on how one becomes a Felician Sister. I have a number of questions!
 
I know that you had to make a choice as to the religious order you wanted to join. My first question is, how many orders did you have to choose from?


SISTER ANN THERESE: I went to see the pastor of my church and told him that I had wanted to become a nun. He had a long list of religious orders and he told me to pick one. (Laughs)
 
Well, that didn’t take me long because I told him I wanted to be a Felician, because of the closeness I felt with the sisters at Bishop Gibbons. I wouldn’t call it an educated choice, because I know very little if anything about the Felicians. (Laughs) I chose them because I knew several of them.
 
Even though I was with Felicians for three years at Gibbons, I didn't realize that they were a Franciscan order. I found out after I joined!
 
But really, one of the best things about being a Felician sister is that we are Franciscans. When I chose that order, I didn’t even realize that that was the case. When I was at O’Hara, I knew that the friars were Franciscan but again I really didn’t know much about what that actually meant.
 
As it turned out, Franciscanism, their world view, matches my own very closely. My artwork is heavily influenced by the words of Saint Francis. For me, ending up in the Felician Order was more or less an act of serendipity. (Laughs)
 
Looking back at the conversation with my pastor, I have to laugh because he asked me a couple times if I was sure about wanting to join the Felicians. I think he may have been thinking, ‘I’m not sure about this Irish woman joining an order of mostly Polish women serving mostly Polish communities.’ (Laughs) I was 19 when I entered the convent. What do you know about culture when you're 19? (Laughs)
 
I remember my first day in the order. I went to mass with the Felician Sisters. It was the Feast of Our Lady of Czestochowa and the mass was conducted entirely in Polish! It was a rude awakening! (Laughs) One of the Sisters suggested I learn the Polish language. I suggested they say the mass in English! (Laughs)
Novice
 
DAVE: I know I’m going to sound like I don’t know anything about the process by which a woman becomes a Sister, but that’s only because I don’t know anything about the process by which a woman becomes a Sister. So, what are the “steps” you have to go through?
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: The whole process takes from six to eight years. It can vary from one order to the next. In most orders, you start as a Postulant. That's where you live with the other Sisters for about a year.

For your next two years you are a novice. That's when you get a habit.
 
The Felician order is fairly conservative and pretty strict in general. So, for instance, in my case, in the first year of my novitiate, I was basically cloistered. I couldn’t go anywhere, I had to stay on the convent grounds. I couldn’t see my parents or other people outside our community, so that was difficult.
 
There is a lot of prayer and religious study that first year. In the second year you continue to pray and study of course, but you do go out in the community to “practice” what you’ve learned. You might do some religious teaching or something like that for a couple weeks at a time.
 
The next phase is when you are “junior professed”. This is a multi-year period of time after your novitiate and after you made your initial vows. During these years you continue to work out in the community. You get a black veil during this time as well.
 
The last step is when you make your final vows.
Path to Sisterhood
 
DAVE: After two years as a novice and several years as 'junior processed’, the next step for you was to make your final vows – but you decided to leave the order before making your final vows.
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: I did.
 
DAVE: Why?
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: Back then, the Felician order was known primarily as a teaching order. My Provincial wanted me to get a degree in Art Education. But I believed that God gave me artistic talents so that I could be an artist. I felt that in order to be true to myself and obedient to God for the talents he gave me, I needed to be an artist and that is how I could best serve Him. The Provincial at the convent wanted to push me into art education but that is not what I wanted.
 
So, I left the order to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Art at Buffalo State.  My reason for leaving the order was to complete my undergraduate studies in art and get my degree in art. My Provincial did not see that as a serious reason for leaving. But the thing is, it was my life and I had to do what was right for me. I had taken a vow to be obedient. But to me, being obedient meant to obey your talents, God, and who you are.
 
It was always my intention to seek reinstatement to the order once I completed my undergraduate work and secured my degree. I understood I was not guaranteed reinstatement and was prepared if that turned out to be the case.

I went to Buffalo State and got my Bachelor’s degree in Art.  After one year out of the order, I applied to be reinstated but the Provincial at the time, the same one who insisted I go into art education, refused my reinstatement. In her mind, I had taken a vow of obedience and she felt I had broken that vow. But to me, my vow of obedience was to myself and to God. And I have always felt that way.
 
I had remained in contact with many of the friends I had made in the order. I missed the aspect of “community” which was, of course, the thing that drew me to a religious life to begin with.
 
A year after my first attempt to be reinstated, I applied for reinstatement to the Felicians a second time, in 1984. The timing was right because there was a new Provincial in charge. She gave her approval and I rejoined the order and made my final vows.

DAVE: I always wondered why women who became Sisters changed their name. Did you have to change yours?

SISTER ANN THERESE: Changing one's name to a religious name symbolized that you were entering into a new life.

That tradition was in the process of being phased out when I became a Sister. I did add "Therese" - so my religious name is Sister Ann Therese.
Wait! What?

DAVE: What did you do during the two years you were out of the order?

SISTER ANN THERESE: During those two years that I was no longer in the convent, I taught at Nardin High School. (See photo)
 
After I returned to the order in 1984, I ended up teaching at a number of elementary schools and high schools in the area including Nardin and Notre Dame in Batavia.
 
The year I taught at Notre Dame, my Felician Provincial suggested I pursue a Master in Humanities. Instead, I chose to pursue a Master in Fine Arts from RIT in Rochester. I received the Master’s degree in Fine Arts from RIT in 1991.
 
After securing my master's I taught at Villa Maria, and then Cardinal O’Hara High School for four years from 1992 to 1995. Following O’Hara, I taught at Niagara University, Hilbert College and then Felician College, now known as Felician University. For the last four years, I also taught a class at Sacred Heart Academy. For someone who didn't want to be a teacher I sure ended up doing a lot of teaching!

In truth though, securing my Masters in fine arts and teaching college and university students for much of my career provided me an avenue for me to work as an artist. In teaching college, I only teach the things that I love. I am able to do a lot of things and have a great deal of freedom. I have my own studio and I am able to explore and experiment with different ways of making stained glass. Pursuing my masters degree was one of the best decisions I made. It opened up so many opportunities for me.

DAVE: I have to ask you what it was like to go back to teach at O'Hara after having been a student there.

SISTER ANN THERESE: It did feel a little strange to go back to O’Hara as a teacher. It’s funny because I saw the posting that O’Hara was looking for an art teacher and I just applied for the job. It wasn’t like my order had encouraged me to take the position. So, it was kind of out of the ordinary that I applied on my own. (Laughs)

DAVE: Are you still teaching today?

SISTER ANN THERESE:  These days I am still working with college students as I teach online classes through Felician University and in-person classes at Villa Maria. I am also am still an instructor for a class at Sacred Heart Academy.
Stained Glass Art

DAVE: Throughout all of your years as an art student you developed your skills in fine art media including: drawing, painting ,watercolors, oils, sculptures, and other media. But you are best known for your work in stained glass.

You even have your own studio Illumination Stained Glass Studio, an architectural glass and glass fusion studio at Villa Maria College.

SISTER ANN THERESE: As a fine arts major, I drew, painted and sculpted and developed skills in many areas.
 
Today, I mostly work in designing and creating stained-glass projects. However, that work requires that I utilize many different fine art skills such as drawing, painting, etc. to take my stained glass pieces all the way from design through the finished product.

DAVE: How would you describe your stained glass work. Is there a central theme?

SISTER ANN THERESE: I would describe my stained glass art as contemporary as opposed to the medieval imagery you might see in older churches around Western New York. My pieces are more modern, more abstract. (Photo left: 'Song of Creation' displayed at Villa Maria College.)
 
For most of my work, the theme is based on the Saint Francis poem, the Canticles of the Sun. Most people are familiar with Canticles, people know it as Brother Sun, Sister Moon. 
 
The poem is about caring for God’s creation. Like St. Francis, I see nature as the glory of God.
 
That poem by the way, is certainly in step with Pope Francis’ view of the world as it is my view also, taking care of the earth, God’s creation. The Pope's second encyclical, 'Laudato si', calls all the people of the world to take swift and unified global action on many issues impacting our earth. He states that concern for the natural world is not an option but an integral part of the Church's teaching on social justice.

DAVE: I love Pope Francis! He's cool - and a Jesuit!

SISTER ANN THERESE: He's great! He's a Jesuit with the heart of a Franciscan.

So, getting back to your question, I focus a lot on 'care of creation' in my images. I try to educate through my imagery. So, my art is spiritual and often religious. I find this has been very well received by churches.
Ghana, Africa

DAVE: Is there a project that you were most proud of?

SISTER ANN THERESE: I can honestly say that I'm proud of all the stained glass pieces I have designed and made. Probably my most exciting project was a stained glass work I did for a church in Ghana, Africa. I called it 'Eucharist'.

I first had to fly there to go to the cathedral where my work would be displayed, and check everything out. That project was interesting because I had to take care of the shipping which was pretty interesting. I learned a lot.

DAVE: So, is this kind of like your own business?

SISTER ANN THERESE: I suppose it's something like a business, but officially "no" it's not.

For larger projects, I've made some as large as 45', I create a team. I spell out what each individual’s responsibilities are. In turn, the artists on the team tell me what their fees are. The commission pays for their fees, and supplies for the project. And I turn the rest of the money over to the order. It has amounted to quite a bit over the years.

(Photo right: "Eucharist" - 14 feet piece sent to Ghana, Africa)
Sister Ann Therese At Work
'The Good Shepherd'

This is Sister Ann Therese's most recently completed piece.
'Resurrection of the Cosmic Christ' displayed at St. Gabriel's Church in Elma.
Although Sister Ann Therese primarily creates stained glass art, she also works in other media as well. This is a sculpture she designed. It depicts Mary Angela Truszkowska, foundress of the Felician order.
Sister Ann Therese in her studio: '
Traveling Art Class

DAVE: I noticed in your bio that you have traveled extensively. You've been to Egypt, Alaska, France, Italy, Ireland, and Spain in connection with your work.

SISTER ANN THERESE: The trips you cited were educational in nature.

The trip to Egypt was done through Nardin High School.

The others were done during my tenure as a professor at Felician University, where I was also the chairperson of the art department for 10 years.

That all began when I was asked by a Franciscan priest to take students overseas and teach them fine arts and art history. Those experiences were wonderful. In many ways it was like another complete education.

Keep in mind that these were courses for college credit, so it wasn't like we were being tourists and going 100 different places a day. The last trip we went on was to Paris and we stayed in Paris and focused on just a few things. On that trip we also went to Normandy for a day.

The year we went to Alaska was because it was after 9/11 so travel abroad was discouraged at that time. On the Alaskan trip we studied the indigenous art of the people. And that was one of the trips where we traveled on a cruise ship so I was teaching class on the cruise ship on the Inside Passage of Alaska.
 
So here I am, the person who didn’t want to go into art education, teaching art and art history around the world. (Laughs)
Other Interests
 
DAVE: Your interest in the arts also applies to music. You have a wide-ranging appreciation for different types of music.
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: Growing up, I was interested in both music and visual arts. In fact, I started playing piano when I was five years old. Ultimately, because I am an introvert, I thought that performing music in public would probably be difficult for me so that was a factor in my decision to pursue fine arts..
 
Over the years and through my travels I collected indigenous instruments. I had quite a collection at one point. i had a Native American flute which sounded fantastic inside a chapel. I used to play that for the Sisters.
 
One time when I was in Ireland I bought a Bohdran, which is an Irish drum. It was absolutely beautiful - a work of art. I bought it as much for the way it looked as I bought it to play it. (Laughs) The drum was handmade and was made by the people who make the drums for the musical group The Chieftains. (See photo of a Bohdran)

I used to be able to play all the instruments. I don’t play them too much anymore because I have arthritis in my hands.

I’m still in possession of some of the instruments but I’m in the process of looking for the right place to donate them.
The Stained Glass Association of America

Dave: Do you belong to any professional stained glass organizations?

SISTER ANN THERESE: I am on the Board of Directors of the Stained Glass Association of America. It may come as a surprise to many of your readers but the organization is headquartered in Buffalo, New York!

In my capacity as a member of the board I am the Education member. Just another reminder of how I didn't get my degree in Art Education. (Laughs)

I frequently remind the other members of the board that we need to always encourage and support young people to consider a career in the field of stained glass art. And to assist where we can in making sure that this type of art has a future.
Warrior Nun

DAVE: Along with the fact that we are
both O’Hara alumni, we also have something else in common, Sister Ann Therese! We both collected comic books!

SISTER ANN THERESE: (Laughs) Yes, but probably not the same ones!

DAVE: Probably not! (Laughs)

Tell me how you became interested in Warrior Nun.

SISTER ANN THERESE: One of my friends from the Sisters of Mercy made me aware of the Warrior Nun comic book series. We decided to have some fun with it.

She used to give me action figures of characters from the book. I only owned a handful of Warrior Nun books in my collection but they were early editions of the book. Warrior Nun comic books became very popular. They even made a television series out of it on Netflix. As an artist I was particularly interested in the artwork in the comic books, but the stories were also intriguing too. Lately I’ve been trying to downsize my possessions so I recently sold my copies of Warrior Nun. I can’t believe how much I got for them! (Laughs)
"I Find It Very Freeing"

DAVE: What’s your favorite thing about being a Felician Sister?
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: My favorite thing about being in a religious order is being part of a community. You can be religious without being in an order. The thing that is different though is in community living, you help others, you share with others, and you support others. I find that very freeing.
 
Sometimes friends and fellow artist come and visit me at my studio so that I can teach them things, and they stay for a few days, see the kind of support that is available here in the community and they marvel at it. For example, I have a woman that comes in and cleans the studio. The maintenance men are always helpful and help me carry things. My friends will say, ‘You’re so lucky to have all this help. “ And I’ll say, ‘But you have your husband.’ And they’ll say, ‘Oh, he’s no help!’ (Laughs)
 
The other thing I’d like to add is that I feel very fortunate to be in the Felician order because it’s a Franciscan order and as I have mentioned previously, I am inspired by the words of Saint Francis.

DAVE: What is your least favorite thing about being a Felician Sister?
 
SISTER ANN THERESE: Some of the rules irk me a little bit. But I get around them. I fly under the radar. (Laughs)
Final Word...

Sister Ann Therese's stained glass art often includes her interpretations of St. Francis' poem Canticle of the Sun. It is a significant poem in the Catholic religion.

It is believed that the poem was composed in late 1224 while St. Francis was recovering from an illness. It is also believed to be among the first works of literature, it's not the first, written in the Italian language.

There are many "legends" involving the composition of this poem. For one, it is suggested that Saint Francis himself did not actually handwrite the poem due to blindness. It is said he composed the story through his 'mind's eye'.

The Canticle of the Sun is a poem written to thank God for creations such as "Brother Fire"
and "Sister Water". The poem affirms Francis' personal theology as he often referred to animals and natural phenomenon as brothers and sisters to mankind.

An English translation is printed below.


by Dave Lovering '74
The Canticle of the Sun

Most High, all powerful, good Lord,
Yours are the praises, the glory, the honor, and all blessing.
To You alone, Most High, do they belong,
and no man is worthy to mention Your name.
Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures,
especially through my lord Brother Sun,
who brings the day; and you give light through him.
And he is beautiful and radiant in all his splendor!
Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness.
Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars,
in heaven you formed them clear and precious and beautiful.
Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Wind,
and through the air, cloudy and serene,
and every kind of weather through which
You give sustenance to Your creatures.
Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Water,
which is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.
Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire,
through whom you light the night and he is beautiful
and playful and robust and strong.
Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Mother Earth,
who sustains us and governs us and who produces
varied fruits with colored flowers and herbs.
Praised be You, my Lord,
through those who give pardon for Your love,
and bear infirmity and tribulation.
Blessed are those who endure in peace
for by You, Most High, they shall be crowned.
Praised be You, my Lord,
through our Sister Bodily Death,
from whom no living man can escape.
Woe to those who die in mortal sin.
Blessed are those who will
find Your most holy will,
for the second death shall do them no harm.
Praise and bless my Lord,
and give Him thanks and serve Him with great humility.
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