The Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Ind., have elected Sister Anita Louise Lowe, a native of Louisville, to serve a second term as prioress. She was installed June 13.
Before being named prioress, she taught English and French, served her community as assistant director of communications, public relations manager, assistant director of vocations, director of vocations and as a liturgist at Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, according to a press release from the congregation.
Sister Lowe, whose first term as prioress began in 2019, is also a musician who plays the harp.
During a discernment process before the election, the sisters prayed and worked on direction statements that will guide the congregation’s priorities over the next several years, the release said.
There are more than 95 Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, making the congregation one of the largest Benedictine communities of women in the country, according to the release. Members of the community serve as teachers, social workers, parish ministers, counselors, nurses, librarians, youth ministers and chaplains.
