Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus (DCJ)

70th Date from First Profession

Sister M. Andrea of the Holy Cross

Birth name: Winifred Niehaus

Birth place: Cincinnati, Ohio

Entrance: 1950

First profession: July 2, 1951

Final profession: July 2, 1956

Education: Nursing, Michigan, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, 1959

Administration, Missouri, Kentucky, Florida, 1979

Service in the archdiocese: Nursing, administration and provincial superior, Kirkwood, 1970-95

Service outside the archdiocese: Nursing administration, East Chicago, Indiana, 1951-56

Nursing administration, Detroit, Michigan, 1959-60

Nursing administration, Pensacola, Florida, 1960-70

Nursing administration, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1995-present

About Sister M. Andrea of the Holy Cross: I enjoy family, good food, music and community. My strengths (and outlets) my life long have been gardening, story-telling and performing comedic skits within our local communities. I love to see and hear people laugh. I am able to embellish the slightest event into a grand production simply to capture an audience! As I age, I must let go of physical exertion, but I am still able to talk! (Sister M. Andrea has a very close relationship with her family. Her siblings from Ohio visit her and Sister M. Bernadette frequently as they age in place.)