Sister Mary Katherine Palisin – Easter Memories

ABOVE: 1953 photo of Mary Katherine Palisin with her family in front of their brick home in Lakewood, Ohio built by her parents in 1951. Pictured are parents, Anna and Michael Palisin, and the children from left to right Michael, Annie, Georgine, Margaret and Mary Katherine, seated, bottom right in a taffeta dress. Paul Palisin born in 1955 and Therese Palisin born in 1956 are not pictured.

In this excerpt from an oral history interview March 18th, 2011 Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Sisters of Notre Dame nun and Director of Pastoral Ministry at Saint James Cathedral in Orlando, shares her childhood memories of Easter.

LISTEN (5:09) Easter Memories

LISTEN (13:32) Part I – St. James Cathedral Pastoral Ministry 

From Germany to America, from Arlington to Altamonte, the educational heritage of the Sisters of Notre Dame enriches the lives of individuals throughout the world.

In this 13 minute excerpt from an oral history interview on March 18th, 2011 at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Sisters of Notre Dame nun, traces the history of the Sisters of Notre Dame from their religious persecution in Germany in 1875 to their welcome in the United States as educators of German immigrants.

She details the educational foundations they contributed to our country as teachers, principals, educational leaders and founders of organizations such as Notre Dame College as well as their origins in Florida.

In this excerpt from an oral history interview at St. James Cathedral on March 18th, 2011 she describes how their love for our country along with her experiences teaching in Washington, DC and diverse areas of the United States brought her to treasure America. As a teacher these are values she has tried to hand on to the children in her work in Catholic education. “We pray and we pledge…. We honor our God and we honor our country. All the ideals it stands for and all that we try to strive to do in our lives to make it the country we were meant to be.”

ABOVE: Photo of Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Sisters of Notre Dame nun and Director of Pastoral Ministry at St. James Cathedral in downtown Orlando.

LISTEN  (2:21) Love of Country

Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Sisters of Notre Dame nun, remembers how her parents had a “living love for this country,” the United States of America, which they passed on to her and her siblings. In this excerpt from an oral history interview at St. James Cathedral on March 18th, 2011 she describes how their love for our country along with her experiences teaching in Washington, DC and diverse areas of the United States brought her to treasure America. As a teacher these are values she has tried to hand on to the children in her work in Catholic education. “We pray and we pledge…. We honor our God and we honor our country. All the ideals it stands for and all that we try to strive to do in our lives to make it the country we were meant to be.”

LISTEN (7:34) Coming to Florida

Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Sisters of Notre Dame nun, shares how she came to Florida to serve in the field of education. She details the communities in Florida where she taught and the transition she made to become Pastoral Minister at St. James Cathedral in downtown Orlando in this excerpt from an oral history interview on March 18th, 2011.

LISTEN  (12:02) The Future of St. James Cathedral

Director of Pastoral Ministry for St. James Cathedral, Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Sisters of Notre Dame nun, reflects on the future of Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando in this excerpt from an oral history interview on March 18th, 2011.

LISTEN  (12:59) Life of a Minister

Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Director of Pastoral Ministry at St. James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, shares how serving our community has affected her life in this excerpt from an oral history interview on March 18, 2011.