Sr. Mary Jacqueline Benbenek

Celebrating 60 years as a Felician Sister
Portrait of Sister Mary Jacqueline Benbenek

Place of Birth
Buffalo, NY

Entered Postulancy
June 30, 1963 
Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent
Buffalo, NY

Home Parish When Entered
Diocese of Buffalo
Holy Apostles SS Peter and Paul
Buffalo, NY 

Current Assignment

2019 – present
Assistant to Enrichment Coordinator
Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent
Buffalo, NY                     

Past Assignments

2018 – 2019
Communications Office Aide
Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent
Buffalo, NY

2009 – 2018
Ministry to the Poor; Co-Director
St. Philip Outreach
Kingstree, SC 

1999 – 2009
Director of Campus Ministry
Hilbert College
Hamburg, NY

1997 – 1999
Core Team Member
Little Portion Friary
Buffalo, NY

1991 – 1997
Associate Principal
Niagara Catholic High School
Niagara Falls, NY

1989 – 1990
Teacher, Business Studies; Campus Ministry
Cardinal O’Hara High School
Tonawanda, NY

1983 – 1989
Associate Principal
Notre Dame High School
Batavia, NY

1979 – 1983
Assistant Principal
Villa Maria Academy
Buffalo, NY

1978 – 1979
Teacher, Business Studies
Villa Maria Academy
Buffalo, NY

1976 – 1977
Teacher, Business Studies
Baker-Victory High School
Lackawanna, NY 

1973 – 1976
Teacher, Business Studies
Cardinal O’Hara High School
Tonawanda, NY 

1969 – 1972
Teacher, Business Studies
Villa Maria Academy
Buffalo, NY 

1968 – 1969
Teacher, Grade 1
Queen of Martyrs School
Cheektowaga, NY 

1966 – 1968
Teacher, Grade 1
St. Edmund School
Tonawanda, NY 

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Serving where needed since 1874

Founded in Poland in 1855, the Felician Sisters are a congregation of women religious inspired by the spiritual ideals of their foundress, Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska, and Saints Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi and Felix of Cantalice. Arriving in North America in 1874 following Blessed Mary Angela’s directive “to serve where needed,” they helped to weave the social service system. Today, the Felician Sisters founded, sponsor or support through the presence of our sisters, more than 40 ministries – all continuing to evolve to meet the needs of the people they serve.

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