Sister Fabian Garrett, OSB papers

Sister Fabian Garrett, OSB was born Josephine Mary on January 6th, 1914 in Osborne, Kansas to a farming family. She entered the community on September 7th, 1932, making her final profession on August 16th, 1937.

Sister Fabian earned degrees from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, Loyola and DePaul Universities in Chicago, and the Mind Control Institute in Texas. She taught in several schools in Illinois and Colorado, serving as principal at St. Scholastica High School Chicago for seven years and at St. Scholastica in Canon City, Colorado for eight years. She also served as an administrator to the Benedictine community at St. Joseph's Convent in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1967-1969, appointed personally by the Holy See.

After her retirement from teaching, Sister managed the maintenance of the buildings and grounds of the Chicago monastery, notably investing in a variety of dwarf fruit trees. Sister also aided in a community program to sponsor Vietnamese refugee families in Chicago. Her nickname was Sister Fabulous, used affectionately by helpers around the monastery.

Sister Fabian died on March 5th, 2005, and is buried at the All Saints Cemetery in Illinois.