Leadership

In February 2006 Sister Addie Lorraine Walker, accepted the Province's call to again serve the Dallas Provine as Provincial Leader. Council members, Sister María Elena Ferrer-López and Sister Mary Delbert Weisensel were re-elected to serve the Province for an additional four-year term.

The Province celebrated their installation with Mass and prayer in 2006.
  A native of Austin, Tex., Sister Addie Lorraine Walker entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1977 and professed vows in 1980. She holds a bachelor of science degree from Southwest Texas State University, a master's degree from Xavier University
in Louisiana, and a doctorate
in Religion and Education from
Boston College.

Sister Addie Lorraine taught high school and college in San Antonio, Tex., and served in pastoral ministry and religious education
in Lafayette and New Orleans, Louisiana.

In 1996, she went to San Antonio to be a member of the SSND Formation Community. She also joined the faculty at Assumption Seminary and served as adjunct professor at Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas. Eighteen months ago Sister Addie Lorraine became the province's postulant director. In 2001, she joined the full-time faculty at the Oblate School of Theology. Sister Addie Lorraine will continue her association with the Oblate School of Theology through web-based classes and serving as a guest lecturer.

Sister María Elena Ferrer-López joined the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1966. Born in Havana, Cuba, she came to New Orleans, La., in 1961.

Sister Maria Elena earned both her bachelor's degree in education and master's degree in religious education from University of Dallas. She has served as a teacher, principal, and director of religious education in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

From 1990-2001, Sister Maria Elena served first as Director of Religious Education at Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe and then as pastoral associate at St. Edward Parish, both in Dallas, Tex. At the time of her election, she had been serving as Vocation Director for the Dallas province.

Sister Mary Delbert Weisensel entered the congregation from her home in Sun Prairie, Wis., in 1956. Holding a bachelor's degree from Mount Mary College and master's degrees in reading and administration from Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa, Sister Mary Delbert has served as a teacher and administrator from pre-kindergarten to high school in schools in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Arizona. In 1988, she transferred to the Dallas province.

In 2006, she celebrated her 50th Jubilee as a School Sister of Notre Dame.

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