Saint Francis by Sister Kay Berger
A native of Hammond, Indiana, Sr. Kathryne Berger, OSF was one of four children born to Mary (Ruppel) and Robert Berger. She was a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate for 40 years.
Sister Kay Francis attended St. Francis High School in Fort Wayne, earning a B.A. in Art from St. Francis College in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Later on she would earn her Master of Fine Arts at Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and took additional coursework in art at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
Before entering the Joliet Franciscans, Sister Kay Francis was a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in Mishawaka, Indiana, where she ministered as a teacher in grade school, and taught art at the high school level in schools in Indiana and at St. Francis College in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sister Kay Francis taught art at St. Francis Academy (now Joliet Catholic Academy) in Joliet, Illinois from 1975 to 1976. In 1976 Sister began a full-time ministry as an artist working in various mediums.
After focusing in the artistry with metals, eventually her specialty became Franciscan-themed art through drawings, paintings, tapestries and especially sculptures. Many of her art pieces can be found in churches, convents, schools and homes throughout the United States and Brazil. On August 1, 2015, Sister Kay Francis was named Artist Laureate of the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate.
Sister Kathryne Francis Berger, OSF (1933 - 2017) died at Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home, Joliet, Illinois, on April 14, 2017.
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