Mother of God Monastery
110  28th Ave. SE ~  Watertown,  SD  57201
Phone: 605-882-6600  Fax: 605-882-6658
monastery@dailypost.com

COMMUNITY

SISTER CHARLES PALM

Sister Charles grew up in Richardton, ND and is  the daughter of the late Peter and Emma Palm.  She tells her story in these words:

“As a little girl I always had the desire to be a sister.  I had good role models in the sisters who taught at school.  I wanted to be like them and especially admired my music teacher, Sister Dorothy.  It was during the eighth grade that I really made up my mind that I was going to enter the convent after I was finished with high school.  I entered Sacred Heart Convent in Yankton and taught in the classroom and music for eighteen years.  I probably enjoyed my years teaching in high school the most. For the last thirty years I have been engaged in pastoral ministry mainly on the Sisseton and Crow Creek Reservations.  My religious life has been enriched by working with the Native Americans and I am grateful to God for calling me to religious life."