“Whatever A Woman is Capable of Doing: The Extraordinary History of the

Sisters of St. Joseph in St. Augustine“

Speaker: Sister Suzan Foster

Place: Peña-Peck House Gardens

Time: 2:00-3:00p.m.

Date: Thursday, May 8

The story begins in 1866 when 8 Sisters of St.Joseph, all in their twenties,  leave LePuy, France for St. Augustine, Florida with the mission of educating recently freed slaves.  Sister Suzan is a St. Augustine native, and is currently serving as an instructor at the St. Joseph Neighborhood Center, located in Lincolnville.  She is a graduate of the University of Florida and has a Master of Religious Education from St. Meinrad School of Theology in Indiana.  Over the course of her career she has been an Assistant Principal and teacher at Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, as well as a teacher and administrator at St. Joseph Academy in St. Augustine.