Mary Pius Regnier [SEP] place of death
Mary Pius Regnier
Mother Mary Pius Regnier, S.P. (April 28, 1914 – November 27, 2005) was the Superior General of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, from 1966 to 1976. She held office immediately following the Second Vatican Council, a time when Roman Catholic congregations underwent drastic changes. Regnier began the process for revising the Congregation's "Constitutions" to bring it into accordance with the Church's recommendations for the renewal of religious life.
Early life.
a new novitiate building on July 25, 1959. This building, not completed until after Owens' death, was later named Owens Hall in her honor under the leadership of then-Superior General Mother Mary Pius Regnier.
In February 1960, an illness sent Owens to the infirmary herself in a semi-coma state. Never fully recovering, she was unable to finish her term as superior. Owens died on November 18, 1963, and was buried on November 22, 1963, a date made more notable for the