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That in all things God may be glorified
That in all things God may be glorified
The story Sr. Mary Faith Schuster
Her Legacy
" I owe her a lot for any measure of success I've been able to achieve. he's meant so much to so many. She's been a mentor to so many people."
- Kevin Gray
Sister Mary Faith and her late sister, Sister Scholastica, were rare inspirational figures whose sincere appreciation of young minds and talents could wrest extraordinary results from even the most ordinary among them.
There are many of us out here whom they encouraged to extend both vision and ambition beyond the limits we had previously set for ourselves.
-Janelle Lazzo
Biographical Sketch
Sister Mary Faith, professor of English, but more a professor of life, has her own way of leading students to the height of their powers even as they do not completely grasp what is happening to them as they unfold their talents before so kind a teacher."
-Sister Scholastica
Biographical Sketch:
Sister Mary Faith Schuster
Sister Mary Faith taught you that every word counts and poems occur when you least expect them, which makes one thankful for paper napkins. - Maria Asner
Family and Early Life
"...deeply religious, not in a shallow 'pious' way, but in a deeply rooted reverence for all that is."
Life as a Writer
"Writing is too serious to me to be called a hobby. In many ways it is almost a necessity."
- Born July 10th, 1914 in Pilot Grove, Missouri
- Eighth of twelve children to Fredrick and Genevieve Schuster
- Significant links to the Benedictine religious communities
- 50+ books and articles published
- Frequent contributor to America, The Benedictine Review, The Catholic School Journal
- Newspaper Column - The Leaven
- Co-founded Kansas State Poetry Society
College & Entrance into the Benedictine Sisters
Teaching Career
- 1932 Mount Saint Scholastica
- Formal entrance: January 28, 1934
- Vows: January 1, 1932
" Gradually I learn to give...for the students, to laugh with them to love them, to understand living -- how hard and beautiful t is for every living thing. I must plan my night class carefully tomorrow in terms of them and all I owe them, all God wants them to receive through me."
"I really didn't decide to teach, I decided to become a nun. I chose this order knowing that it loved learning."
The Research Process
Sr. Mary Faith Schuster
- Online search
- Archivist at Mount Saint Scholastica – Sr. Rosann
- Preliminary Sources
- Record of Ministry
- The Meaning of the Mountain
- A Story From the Land: The Autobiography of Sister Scholastica, OSB
- Visit to the Mount Archives
- Primary Source Material
- Secondary Sources
- Visit to Benedictine College Archives
“A biography provides an opportunity for the reader to identify with a person’s life journey.”
July 10, 1914 – May 23, 2007