When Sister Eulalia joined the monastery after graduating from Saint Benedict’s High School, she joined Sisters in more ways than one. Born near Perham, Minn., the 11th of 12 children, her sisters Henrica, Edwardine and Christophine had already made final profession at Saint Benedict’s, and the youngest, Sister Melchior, followed.

Working with children at St. Joseph’s Orphanage in St. Paul for 11 years was S. Eulalia’s favorite ministry. She was in charge of sewing clothes for the children. “We had to cut our own patterns for the clothes,” she said. “We didn’t do just one thing. We cleaned. We scrubbed and we canned. We had a big garden. It was simple living.” She also accompanied the children to the circus, to amusement parks and to movies. These were experiences she did not have in her childhood and thoroughly enjoyed as an adult.

S. Eulalia had a variety of ministries. She worked as receptionist in admissions at St. Cloud Hospital, in the school food service at St. Mary’s Mission in Red Lake, as administrator of the Long Prairie Nursing Home, as community coordinator of occupational therapy at St. Raphael’s and St. Joseph’s Home in St. Cloud, as manager of the White Earth Mission Store and as laundress at Saint Scholastica Convent.

After her retirement, S. Eulalia remained at Saint Scholastica, where she helps with dining room tasks and with pushing wheelchairs to chapel and to the dining room. She continues her life of prayer and community living.