Gertrude Clare Owens

Mother Gertrude Clare Owens, S.P.
Mother Gertrude Clare Owens
Born
Margaret Genevieve Haughan Owens

(1887-03-26)March 26, 1887
DiedNovember 18, 1963(1963-11-18) (aged 76)
Burial placeSisters of Providence Convent Cemetery, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana
TitleGeneral Superior of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
PredecessorMother Marie Helene Franey, S.P.
SuccessorMother Rose Angela Horan, S.P.
Parent(s)Michael Haughan and Margaret Tracey (step-father Michael Owens)

Mother Gertrude Clare Owens, S.P., (March 26, 1887 – November 18, 1963) was the Superior General of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, from 1954 to 1960. During her term, she established a sister-formation program to help develop new postulants and novices. She also built a new novitiate at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, which was later named Owens Hall in her honor.