Sister Agnes Therese Kulovitz, OSB papers

Sister Agnes Therese Kulovitz, OSB was born Agnes Therese on March 29th, 1915 in Vienna, Austria. The third daughter in a family of four, her father was imprisoned in a Siberian prisoner of war camp for much of her early life. In the 1920s, Sister and her family immigrated to the United States, settling in Saint George Parish, Chicago. After graduating from Saint George School, she attended Saint Scholastica High School. She entered the community as a postulant on September 8th, 1932, and was invested on July 11th, 1933, adopting the name Sister Anselma in religion. She made her first vows on August 16th, 1934, and her final profession on August 16th, 1937. Following Vatican II, Sister chose to be called by her baptismal name. She is the younger natural sister of Sister Christina Kulovitz (Sister Cordula).

Sister Agnes Therese recieved both a bachelor's and a master's degree from DePaul University, as well as a certification in the "Teaching of the Blind" from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She also completed training to become a registered nurse in 1973 at Saint Mary of Nazareth School of Nursing.

Sister taught at a variety of parochial schools between the years of 1936 and 1971. In Chicago, she taught at Saint Hilary School, Saint Scholastica High School, Saint John School, Saint Symphorosa School, Saint George School, and Queen of All Saints School. At Mother of God School in Waukegan, Illinois, she served both as a teacher and as principal. Outside Illinois, Sister taught primary grades at Saint Anthony School in Pueblo, Colorado, as well as at Sacred Heart School in Tucson, Arizona. From 1955 to 1966, Sister served as the Head Teacher in the Resource Rooms for blind students at Saint Hilary School, the first diocesan school specifically dedicated to instructing the blind and visually-impaired. In the same period, Sister taught summer classes on methods of teaching to blind students at Catholic University of America's Special Education Department in Washington, D.C.

In addition to teaching, Sister served as a pediatric nurse at the University of Illinois Hospital from 1974 to 1985. After retiring, she assisted in various roles at Saint Symphorosa School and Parish, including providing one on one tutoring for special education students, and serving as a Minister of Care. She also kept busy working in the Monastery gardens.

Sister died on February 7th, 2003, and is buried in All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois.