Sr. Eugenia O'Laughlin's Oral History

Sr. Eugenia O'Laughlin's Oral History

Sr. Eugenia O'Laughlin
Betty Turnell
oral history
recording
Ursuline Sisters
teacher
freelance writer
Sr. Louise
Jenny Lind, AK
Jeanie Hamilton
Frank O'Laughlin
wedding day
childhood
First Communion
Baltimore Catechism
Ursuline history
Company of St. Ursula
St. Angela Merici
St. Charles Borromeo
Quebec
New Orleans
vocation
Alton Ursuline community
postulant
novice
junior
reception day
vow day
Cathedral School
Decatur community
hotel building
"The Academy of St. Teresa"
old convent
Peter Mooney home
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick's School
Mother Celestine O'Rourke
new convent
convent life
Downing House
Fr. Andrew Smith
Fr. Chipparo
"Grandfather Cottonwood Tree"
Pan-American automobile
flag raising
correspondence courses
degrees
St. Teresa High School
St. Thomas School
Belen, NM
fractured hip
eye condition
poetry
5th grade
teaching
published author
"Social Worker Pioneer"
golden jubilee
Vatican II
dress code changes
home visits
fire
Springfield Ursulines

This is the oral history of Sr. Eugenia O'Laughlin. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in May 1979. The interview includes how her parents met, her childhood, vocation, and life as an Ursuline Sister.

Interviewee: Sr. Eugenia O'Laughlin
Interviewer: Betty Turnell

Sr. Eugenia O'Laughlin

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

May 1979

Betty Turnell

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St. Teresa High School
Ursuline Sisters

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oral history, recording, Sr. Eugenia O'Laughlin, Betty Turnell

Betty Turnell

Sr. Eugenia O'Laughlin

Decatur, IL

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