Sr. Agnes believes "Love is the whole thing" with children.

Sister's first teaching assignment was with the third grade at St. Columbkille School, Los Angeles, in 1938. A few years later, she was sent to San Francisco, first to Notre Dame, the girls' school, then to Mission Dolores to the first grade boys. "They were like a basket of puppies," she remembers.

Sister first became principal at Sacred Heart Parish, Saratoga, where she opened the parish school and taught 4^th grade - they had begun with just four grades as was common in those days. Not long after, she opened St. John's-Notre Dame Elementary in Folsom before returning to St. Columbkille's as principal. In August, 1965, the Watts riots erupted, engulfing the neighborhood in racial violence. When school opened the next month, Sister Agnes and her teachers provided a safe, stable learning environment for children who had witnessed the violence.

Sister Agnes' last assignment was to St. Joseph's Elementary in Alameda. She had taught there many years before, but returned as resource center coordinator, librarian and assistant teacher. She stayed for twenty years until she retired in 1997. "No matter where I was teaching," she says looking back, "I loved the children. I treasured the warmth of those who wanted to receive, especially parents whom I could validate in their efforts to raise their children."

Today, Sister Agnes resides at the Mercy Center in Oakland and enjoys a full range of activities there.