Dominican Sisters of Bethany
18 of our sisters introduce themselves!
Sister Ruth
Sister Ruth
"I work in our vestry and enjoy tending to the sister garden in my spare time."
Sister Hellena
Sister Hellena
"I am a music sister in the Children's Village and in the community. I am also currently the prioress in the Bergisch Gladbach-Refrath convent."
Sister Angela
Sister Angela
"I live in the Children's Village, sell candy to the children in the "Candy Shop" and enjoy them."
Sister Ludgera
Sister Ludgera
"I like to make candles for all occasions!"
Sister Bernadetta
Sister Bernadetta
"I enjoy taking care of the garden and flower arrangements in our chapel."
Sister Martha
Sister Martha
"I'm a children's village mother and I live with six children."
Sister Lydia
Sister Lydia
"I am currently the prioress of the convent in Schwalmtal."
Sister Agnes
Sister Agnes
"I love Bethany in its great diversity. After living in a Children's Village family for the last 22 years, I still enjoy baking, for example, ice cream cones, and giving them away."
Sister Helene
Sister Helene
"I am the first sister from the Waldniel convent, had a very fulfilling religious life and was there when the first children moved into our children's village."
Sister Wilma
Sister Wilma
"Where there is singing, there let yourself lie down. Bad people have no songs. Only a radio and a television."
Sister Barbara
Sister Barbara
"I live in the Children's Village and work as a pastor in our parish on the one hand and in the administration of the order on the other."
Sister Ingeburg
Sister Ingeburg
"I'm a retired nanny, working at the gate, appropriate to my age."
Sister Hildegardis
Sister Hildegardis
"Since I can no longer work as a bookkeeper at Children's Village, I enjoy doing laundry and other errands for the sisters."
Sister Monika
Sister Monika
"I am 88 years old, making me the oldest member of the community in which I live very grateful for everything!"
Sister Teresa
Sister Teresa
"I feel very comfortable as a sacristan in the church, connected in prayer with the sisters, children and staff of Children's Village and with the other visitors who come to our church."
Sister Beatrix
Sister Beatrix
"I am very active in the liturgy and I file like to make new flower arrangements for our tables in the Sisters' House."
Sister Simone
Sister Simone
"I am the link between the Waldniel convent and the Children's Village community."