Sybilska, Mother Mary MonicaFelician Order. Pioneer-nun. Teacher. Superior. Provincial. Born Dec. 6, 1824 in Warsaw. Poland. Daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Kowerski. Educated in Warsaw. In 1874 sent by Mother Magdalene Borowska, Sup. Gen. with four Sisters to U.S. at the request of Rev. Joseph Dabrowski, pastor of the Sacred Heart Church, Polonia, Wis., to take charge of the parish school. Arrived Nov. 20, 1874. On Dec. 3, 1874 opened the school. On Dec. 8, opened a boarding school for girls, an orphanage and a Novitiate, in Polonia, Wis. First provincial-superior of the American Foundation of the Felician Sisters Order, from 1874-1896. In 1880 built a new convent in Detroit, Mich. to which, in 1882, she transferred the Motherhouse, Novitiate, and the orphanage from Polonia. Wis. and opened an academy for girls. Her activities as Provincial were broad in scope. The following schools and institutions were established through her initiative: 1874, Sacred Heart School, Polonia, Wis.; 1877, St. Hyacinth School, La Salle, Ill.; 1878, St. Casimir Orphanage, La Salle, Ill.; 1879, St. Stanislaus School, Bay City, Mich.; 1879 St. Albertus School, Detroit, Mich.; 1880, St. Mary's School, Otis, Ind.; 1881, St. Stanislaus School, Bay City, Mich.; 1882, St. Mary of Perpetual Help School, Chicago, Ill.; 1882 St. Stanislaus School, Shamokin, Pa.; 1883 St. Casimir School, Detroit, Mich.; 1883 St. Stanislaus School, Baltimore, Md.; 1884, St. Anthony School, Toledo, Ohio.; 1884, Enlarged the orphanage, Detroit, Mich.; 1884, St. Adalbert School, Grand Rapids, Mich.; 1884, SS. Cyrillus & Methodius School, Lemont, Ill.; 1885 Built the Chapel, Detroit, Mich.; 1885, St. Michael School, Chicago, Ill.; 1885, St. Joseph School, Manistee, Mich.; 1886, Holy Rosary School, Saginaw, Mich.; 1887, St. Adalbert School, Buffalo, N. Y.; 1887, St. Mary's Home for the Aged, orphanage and hospital, founded by Rev. Zdzislaw Luczycki, Manitowoc, Wis.; 1887, St. Stanislaus School, Hilliards, M i c h.; 1888, St. Mary's School, Parisyille, Mich.; 1888, St. Adalbert School, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 1888, St. Joseph School, Chicago, Ill.; 1889, St. Mary's School, Alpena, Mich.; 1890, St. Josaphat School, Detroit, Mich.; 1890, St. Laurentius School, Philadelphia, Pa.; 1891, Holy Rosary School, Baltimore, Md.: 1891, St. Adalbert School, Berea, Ohio.; 1892, St. Joseph School, Webster. Mass.; 1892, Sacred Heart School, Cleveland, Ohio.; 1892, St. Stanislaus School. Nanticoke, Pa.; 1892, St. Hyacinth School, Dunkirk, N.Y.; 1894, St. Joseph School, Mount Carmel, Pa.; 1894. Purchased land for the foundation of Immaculate Heart of Mary Province, Buffalo, N. Y.; 1894, Transfiguration School, Buffalo, N. Y.; 1894, St. John Kanty School, Buffalo, N.Y.; 1895, St. Casimir School, Posen, Mich. She spent the last fifteen years in private life. Died Sept. 15, 1911 in Detroit, Mich.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943