Mother Mary Laudine Paszkiewicz

Mother Mary Laudine Paszkiewicz became the 11th provincial superior of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Province in 1959. That same year she attended the blessing and dedication of St. Mary Hospital, a project begun one year prior. 

Mother Laudine also oversaw the final construction of the new convent chapel, left unfinished during the Great Depression. On May 31, 1961, the Most Rev. John F. Dearden, Archbishop of Detroit, consecrated the new main altar and celebrated a pontifical high Mass in the completed chapel.

When the General Chapter of 1958 advised every province to erect a juniorate, Mother Laudine
extended the period of formal training of the young sisters from three to five years to ensure that no sister would teach until she had completed four years of college education. The province's juniorate opened on August 15, 1961.

That same year, Mother Laudine began plans to build an infirmary wing to complete the original plans of Mother DeSales. Additional rooms were needed to continue care of the province’s sick members. Dedicated in 1964, St. Joseph Infirmary, a total care facility for aged and infirm Felician Sisters, included 65 patient rooms, clinic facilities, a dining hall, and sunny lounges.

Mother Laudine also accepted responsibility for management of St. Francis Home for the Aged in Saginaw, Michigan. Sisters began to staff the diocesan facility on September 1, 1965.

All who met Mother Laudine, experienced her kindness and warm compassion.