Lemont Franciscan Sister Celebrates 100 Years of Life
As a birthday gift, fellow Sisters, friends and family members made a donation to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
When Darinka Golubic was born in Pittsburgh, PA on Jan. 26, 1913, her immigrant parents had no intention of staying in the United States. In fact, by 1920 they had returned to Karlevac, Yugoslavia. She attended school there for two years, when the family once again decided to come to the United States, this time to Whiting, Indiana. From then on, Darinka was caught up in traveling and activity. In her childhood and youth she attended school on two continents – and as a teenager she joined the School Sisters of St. Francis of Christ the King in Lemont and was given the name Sr. Mary Antonia. Earning a B.A. and an M.A. in Education, Sister went into the classroom (actually many classrooms from Pennsylvania to Kansas) as a teacher. She …
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