As a senior in high school, I began to consider entering the Dominican Sisters after graduation, but my vocation director recommended that I continue my education in college for another year. One of the first places that came to mind was Wyoming Catholic. It quickly became clear that this was God’s will for me and I ended up staying not just for one year, but for all four.

I am now teaching at St. Agnes School in St. Paul, MN, a PreK-12 Catholic liberal arts school. Our sisters have taught in the elementary, middle, and high school there since 2018. Of course, my Community knows of my liberal arts education in college and so it is a good fit. It is really a gift to be able to hand on the heritage of our country and also the story of Western civilization to the students. I especially love helping them see the patterns of God’s Providence at play even in the best and worst of times in history.

When I think of the skills WCC formed me in, I think of the integrated formation in community life we received as students in and outside of the classroom, in the backcountry, or even on horseback–a formation that was special and noticed by my religious community and colleagues in the apostolate, because it was so holistic and integrated, devoted to forming the whole person for holiness.

What I most appreciated about my time at Wyoming Catholic was the integrated Catholic culture and the community that came from that, helping me to develop the habit of wonder and searching out what is true, beautiful and good at all times, be it in what I read or study or when encountering the ‘gift of another’ in conversation. This habit continues to be formed as I live Dominican life.

Read more about Sister and her path to the Dominicans in “Developing the habit of wonder:” Sister Maria Angelico (‘19) Passes on the Liberal Arts to the Next Generation.