SISTER ELIZABETH LUDWIG
Elizabeth Anne was born in 1930, near Browning Saskatchewan, and entered the Sisters of St. Joseph Community in Peterborough in 1949 and received the religious name of Sister St. Stephen.
Sister Elizabeth began her ministry to prepare for teaching and also began studies in X-Ray technology. Her early ministry included teaching at St. Alphonsus, Immaculate Conception and St. John’s Schools in Peterborough. However, as Sister St. Stephen at that time, she was transferred to her home province, Estevan, Saskatchewan. At. St. Joseph’s Hospital she worked for eleven years as an X-Ray technician.
Elizabeth returned to Peterborough for the next thirteen years to work in the X-Ray Department at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Peterborough. However, always a “Westerner”, Sr. Elizabeth was again assigned to Estevan, Saskatchewan where she served another eleven years in X-Ray at St. Joseph’s hospital.
In her retirement years Sister Elizabeth moved to Edmonton and provided community services to the Sisters living at St. John’s Convent and later at the Grey Nuns Regional Centre. During those years she was involved in volunteer work including helping in the soup kitchen at Marian Center, taking communion to the sick and visiting the shut-ins.
Sister Elizabeth returned to Peterborough to the new Mount St. Joseph in 2009, giving witness by her faith life of prayer, patient endurance and cheerful spirit.
Sister Elizabeth will be remembered for her community spirit and wisdom, her Saturday afternoon tea parties at the Mount, love of playing cards and enjoying life by listening to stories and sports.