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Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin founds the School Sisters of Christ the King.
He sees a need for religious women in the schools in the Diocese of Lincoln to
carry on the teaching of the Faith into the third
millennium. He also sees that Catholic Education
is imperative to the training of an apostolic laity.
 The first groups of Sisters to enter the School Sisters of Christ the King were sent to
Immaculate,
Pennsylvania, to be trained under the guidance of the
Sisters, Servants of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
These generous Sisters would train our fledgling group for many years to come.
The IHM's also assisted in staffing schools in the Lincoln Diocese beginning in 1979.
Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin arranges for a temporary Motherhouse to be built in Lincoln, in order to move the initial
formation program to Lincoln. The IHM's generously send Sister Regina Marion to be the formation directress in Lincoln
and to help the religious sisters to set firm roots in the Diocese.
 Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin assists in the planning and building process of the permanent Motherhouse just
outside of Lincoln, Nebraska. His vision of the Motherhouse is that it is home to all the Sisters, who return
to it every weekend for prayer, community life, study, leisure, and rest. The construction of the Motherhouse enabled the
Sisters to grow together into a loving family.
Bishop Flavin appointed Mother Joan Paul to be the Mother General of the Community and appointed a Council to assist her.
Sister Regina Marion returned to Pennsylvania and ended the physical presence of the IHM Sisters in Nebraska.
Their spiritual presence remains to this day.
On August 27, Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin died. The School Sisters of Christ the King were no longer with their founder.
Before his death, the Sisters were called to his home where he gave one last conference to them on living community life as a family.
Entrance into the Kingdom, the Constitutions and Customs of the School Sisters of Christ the King, written by Bishop
Glennon Patrick Flavin were approved and distributed to the Sisters. This document, written by the founder of the
Community brought about a love for the liturgy and living together as a family striving for complete holiness of life.
The School Sisters of Christ the King hold their first General Chapter and elect Mother Joan Paul as the Mother General.
The Constitutions and Customs were studied and discussed and submitted to Bishop Bruskewitz for approval.
The School Sisters of Christ the King celebrated their 25th founding anniversary.
Picture of the IHM's who served in Nebraska and members of the first "bands" of formation with the CK's who joined us for our Jubilee Celebration.
Mother Joan Paul, the first Sister to enter the community, celebrates her Silver Jubilee - 25 years of religious profession
and consecration!
Our first "House of Studies" is opened in Saint Joseph Missouri. The Junior Sisters attend Benedictine College in Kansas to
pursue their Education Degree.
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