+Sister Evangeline Green, O.S.B.
March 13, 1916 - May 14, 2010

Sister Evangeline Green, OSB, 94, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas, died Friday evening, May 14, 2010. The vigil service will be Tuesday, May 18, at 7 pm in the monastery chapel. The Mass of Resurrection will be offered there Wednesday, May 19, at 10:30 am, followed by burial in the monastery cemetery.

Sister Evangeline was the oldest daughter of John and Anna Mary Ast Green and was baptized Catherine Margaret (Kathleen) in Sacred Heart parish, Alamosa, Colo. She entered the Mount community in 1935 and made monastic profession in 1936. She graduated from Mount St. Scholastica College in 1940 with an A.B. in mathematics and minors in instrumental music and secondary education. Apart from a year teaching freshman courses in Walsenburg, Colo., Sister Evangeline lived at the monastery, teaching mathematics at Mount St. Scholastica Academy and playing the violin in the community orchestra. She was either community secretary or personal secretary for five prioresses 1951-1988 and served in various capacities within the community.

Sister Evangeline was predeceased by her parents, her brothers Joseph, Edmund, John Joseph, and Robert. She is survived by her sisters Helen McCormick, Flagler, Colo.; Sister Regina Green, SCL, Denver; Jeanne and Magdalene Green, Colorado Springs; her brother George, Colorado Springs; sisters-in-law Janice Green, Brighton; and Gertrude, Colorado Springs; nieces and nephews; and by her monastic community.

Memorials may be sent to Mount St. Scholastica.

Let us remember her gratefully in our prayers.


S. Evangeline's memorial card

“Oculi mei semper ad Dominum.”
[Latin motto she chose for herself at final profession]
“My eyes are ever on the Lord.”
Ps. 25:15

Born in Mount Hope, Kansas, Sister Evangeline Green was the oldest daughter of John and Anna Mary Ast Green. She entered the Mount community from St. Charles parish, Stratton, Colorado, in 1935, and made monastic profession in 1936. She earned the AB from Mount St. Scholastica College in 1940 with a major in mathematics and minors in instrumental music (violin) and secondary education. Sister Evangeline ministered in Colorado, where she lived her early life, and later taught math and typing in Walsenburg; and in Kansas where she served five prioresses as community or personal secretary. She taught math (especially geometry) in the Mount Academy, and played the violin in the Atchison Community orchestra. Sister Evangeline brought to life the humble monastic that St. Benedict describes in Chapter 7 of the Rule. She had a highly developed sense of confidentiality and showed great respect for each person. Unassuming and quiet, she had a delightful sense of humor. She enjoyed crocheting and knitting, and her baby sets regularly won prizes at Kansas fairs. Sister Evangeline rejoiced in the presence of her grandnephews who were her Partners in Prayer. Gentle and faithful – to prayer, to posting notices, to mail distribution, keeping track of Mass offerings, responding to the needs of others – she was always a seeker of peace. Let us remember her in grateful prayer.

Reflection at the Vigil Service for Sister Evangeline Green, O.S.B.