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Sisters’ documentary set for public debut
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The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word are shown in this undated photo attending a Chemistry Lab at what was then Incarnate Word College.
By Adrian Leal
LOGOS STAFF WRITER
The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word have marked Incarnate Word Week – at a date, time and place to be announced — to show a documentary about life on campus 40 years ago.
Incarnate Word Week will be the week of March 25.
In a four-section documentary, “the Sisters have strived to provide a way to capture the oral history of what life was like on and off campus years ago,” said Dr. Denise Doyle, provost for the University of the Incarnate Word.
The documentary displays how much work the Sisters put into the foundation of Incarnate Word, formerly an all-women’s college. Viewers will hear about the education of women, how classes were assessed, how times are beginning to change, as well as the wishes of the Sisters who have seen UIW grow to be what it is today.
Fifteen sisters were interviewed during the documentary and were able to give significant reflections on the “remembrance of their days on campus,” Doyle said. They will talk about how common it was to see its member walking around campus, serving food in the kitchen, teaching class, or simply doing their daily devotions.
“About 90 percent of the women who attended Incarnate Word College were in fact Catholic,” Doyle said, and many went to school while they pursued their life calling to become nuns. Other students who weren’t Catholic either came because their parents wanted them to attend an all-girls’ college or to pursue a career in nursing by going into the nursing program.
They also provide insight on the Sisters being in charge of the residence halls and how they would push curfew on those who tried to bend the rules and stay out late at night.
In the last section of the video, the Sisters give their best wishes to UIW and express pride in what the institution has become today. The Sisters said their efforts in service as well as providing a welcoming community have been passed down for generations and is a continuous communal environment in which they had always strived and envisioned Incarnate Word to grow to be.
