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Remembering Sr. Suzanne Noffke, OP - Died April 14th

04/17/2020 2:51 PM | Anonymous

The CTSA remembers long standing member Sr. Suzanne Noffke, O.P. who died on April 14, 2020.  The following text is from the Dominican Sisters of Racine, Wisconsin (https://oppeace.org/blog/2020/04/15/sr-suzanne-noffke-op/).

Sr. Suzanne Noffke, OP, a Racine Dominican author and linguist, went home to God on Tuesday, April 14 after a long illness. She was 83 years old. Born Ione Noffke, she entered the aspirancy at 15. At 18, she was received into the Congregation received the name Sister Suzanne. A few years later she began teaching and earned a bachelor’s degree from Dominican College and a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Wisconsin- Madison.

She went on to serve as president of the community, as well as a translator, writer and historian, but was best known as one of the world’s leading experts on Saint Catherine of Siena. She lectured internationally and led numerous retreats based on the life and thought of Saint Catherine. She also published annotated translations of all of Catherine’s extant works (The Dialogue, 1980; The Prayers, 1983; The Letters of Catherine of Siena, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008), and a two-volume thematic Anthology (2011), a book of essays (Catherine of Siena: Vision Through a Distant Eye, 1996, 2006), and numerous articles.

In an interview, Sr. Suzanne said, “Every phase of my ministry has been exciting and filled with meaning for me, but especially meaningful has been my work with making accessible to others our community history and the life and thought of our patron, Catherine of Siena.” She shared her knowledge and wisdom generously throughout her lifetime.

Please hold Suzanne, her family and her many friends in your thoughts and prayers and love. May she rest in peace.

Sr. Suzanne’s body will be cremated. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.

Eternal rest grant unto Suzanne, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon her.
May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Comments

  • 04/17/2020 4:19 PM | Father David Gentry-Akin, PhD, STD
    Godspeed, Suzanne. Professor Donna Orsuto in Rome introduced me to your work ten or fifteen years ago and I made my first pilgrimage to Siena using a guide that you wrote. Since then, I have taken hundreds of students on that same pilgrimage, and I always think of you and what you taught me about Catherine with gratitude. Dave
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  • 04/17/2020 5:40 PM | Regina Oliva
    As I read over the scholarly work by Sr. Suzanne
    Noffke, OP, I am both deeply moved and grateful.
    Catherine of Siena is important to me as well. Rest in peace. I extend my sympathy and prayers to the Racine Dominican Community.
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  • 04/24/2020 9:49 AM | Anneliese Sinnott
    Sr. Suzanne was an outstanding Dominican, famous among us
    Dominicans for her research on Catherine of Siena. I attended a retreat she gave some years ago in Racine. We shall miss her greatly.
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