November 13, 2007, Sister Mary Kathleen Hogan, went home to our God at age 92.
S. Mary Kathleen was born April 21, 1915, in Denbigh, ND, one of eight children born to Joseph W. and Pauline Catherine Hogan. She attended Carrington grade and high school and graduated from high school in 1932. S. Mary Kathleen entered the Sisters of the Presentation, Fargo and received the habit on March 19, l945. She made her perpetual profession of vows in 1950 and celebrated her golden jubilee of profession in 1997.
She graduated from Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art and a minor in English. In 1963, she graduated from Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN, with a Masters in Art Education.
S. Mary Kathleen taught piano at Sacred Heart Academy and at St. Anthony’s, Holy Spirit, and St. Mary’s Schools, Fargo. She taught Art and English for one year at St. Alphonsus School, Langdon, ND, and at Shanley High School, Fargo for a total of 19 ˝ years. In the summer of 1965, taught a six-week Art Appreciation course at St. Mary’s College, Winona, MN.
She was bookkeeper for six years at Villa Nazareth, Fargo and accountant for four years at Friendship Village, Fargo. S. Mary Kathleen was a talented artist and musician. She used these gifts generously both while in active ministry and after her retirement. She started playing the organ for church services as a seventh grader at her home parish in Carrington, ND, and continued for 79 years until she became too ill to play. She used her artistic gifts through the years at the convent to decorate for big and small occasions.
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