Flourishing Sisterhood

This episode features Sr. Agnes Marie Sampia, a Sister of the Holy Family. Originally from Carencro, Louisiana, Sr. Agnes Marie was raised by her grandmother, also named Agnes, who was a wholly prayerful woman. After a childhood spiritual encounter, Sr. Agne Marie’s grandmother impassioned her to enter religious life. During her senior year of high school, she was called by the Superior General of the Sisters of the Holy Family to become a sister. As a religious sister, Sr. Agnes Marie has worked with young people and, most recently, been a spiritual advisor. In the history of Loyola University New Orleans, Sr. Agnes Marie, along with Sr. Clare of Assisi Pierre, are now known to be the first Black undergraduates to receive Bachelor of Arts degrees from the college in 1963.

The Flourishing Sisterhood Project is supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s Catholic Sisters Initiative. The podcast is produced by the Loyola Institute for Ministry and retained by the university’s Digital Humanities Archive.

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