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Servites name three from Detroit to leadership
by Robert Delaney of The Michigan Catholic
Published March 19, 2010
DETROIT – Three Servite sisters with Detroit ties have been elected to key leadership positions in the American province of the Servants of Mary.
Sr. Mary Gehringer OSM, former superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Detroit, has been chosen to become provincial of the order, whose motherhouse is in Omaha, Neb.
Sr. Gehringer's ministry in the Detroit Catholic schools began in 1970. She was a teacher and later as an administrator at St. John Berchmans Elementary, Detroit, then principal of St Joan of Arc, St. Clair Shores (1982-1990).
She held leadership positions in her community in Omaha from 1990-1995, and was appointed director of institutional advancement of Marian High School in Omaha (1995-1998).
Sr. Gehringer returned to Detroit as associate superintendent of Catholic schools for the Detroit Archdiocese (1998-2004). She was superintendent from 2004-2009.
Sr. Carol Kowalski, OSM, a native of Detroit, was selected to be the assistant provincial, working with Sr. Gehringer and the leadership team.
Sr. Kowalski has been serving as outreach ministry coordinator at St. Lucy Parish in St. Clair Shores.
Another Detroit native, Sr. Mary Lefevre, OSM, will serve as a councilor on the team. At present, Sr. Lefevre is director of nursing staff for the Cardiac Intensive Care Department at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha.
They and the rest of the newly elected leadership team will be installed Sunday, June 6, at Our Lady of Sorrows Convent in Omaha.
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