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Interview with Sister Patricia Rossi, C.S.J., August 11, 1982

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Title
Interview with Sister Patricia Rossi, C.S.J., August 11, 1982
Subject
St. Joseph's Infant Home (Ebensburg, Pa.), St. Joseph Preparatory School (Baden, Pa.), Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Rossi, Patricia, Catholics, Nuns--Religious life, Women missionaries, Family life, Labor unions
Description
[t1s1]Sister Patti Rossi talks about her family: her father work in Bethlehem Steel mines; her mother coming from Italy; growing up as an Italian in Ebensburg in the 1940s; wine making; Holy Name School and the Sisters of St. Joseph; the company store in Revloc; unions. She talks about attending St. Joseph Preparatory School. [t1s2]Sister Patti Rossi talks about high school years at St. Joseph Preparatory School from 1949 to 1953; work for Cambria County Farm Commission; night college courses. She speaks about her brother: teen years; Korean War draft; killed in action. She talks about volunteering at St. Joseph’s Infant Home; teaching CCD at Holy Name Church. She talks about her mother’s education in Italy; father’s activity in Ebensburg; influence of Sister Mary Dennis Donovan; social activities. [t2s1]Sister Patti Rossi talks about becoming a Sister of St. Joseph; difficulties in novitiate; Sisters of St. Joseph beginning missionary work in Brazil in 1967. She talks about her own missionary work in Brazil in 1970s. [t2s2]Sister Patti Rossi talks about missionary work in Brazil in the 1970s: work with children; faith of the people; living conditions; changes in the lives of the people; workers’ unions; Bishop Adrian Veigle; effects of the Catholic Church; missionary work along the river; opening of new house in Nova Olinda; work with lay group. [t3s1]Sister Patti Rossi talks about her missionary work in Brazil: adapting to Portuguese; work with Father Albano Turnis on land problem; pastoral work.
Contributor
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden (depositor), Rossi, Patricia (interviewee), Witt, Sally (interviewer), Heaps, Consuelo (interviewer)
Date
1982-08-11
Type
oral histories (literary genre)
Format
cassette tape, 199 minutes
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0037
Language
eng
Relation
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden Oral History Collection
Coverage
Ebensburg (Pa.), Brazil
Rights
In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/