Sister Andrea Arendt remembered for decades of service and spirituality.

Sister Andrea Arendt, a Presentation Sister who combined nursing, spiritual direction and retreat ministry, died on Holy Saturday, April 4, 2026; funeral services are scheduled in Fargo for April 9–10.

Sister Andrea Arendt was born Emily Marie Arendt on March 7, 1945, in Bremen, North Dakota. After completing local schooling she entered the Presentation Sisters in Fargo, received the religious habit in March 1964 and made perpetual profession in 1971. She trained in nursing and later completed clinical pastoral education and a master’s degree in pastoral studies, shaping a ministry that combined healthcare and spiritual care. She served in hospitals, parish and retreat work and remained active in arts and interfaith efforts across many decades. Notable details: - Born March 7, 1945, in Bremen, ND; baptized at St. Joseph's Church and educated locally before religious life. - Entered the Presentation Sisters, received the habit in March 1964 as Sister Mary Andrea, and professed perpetual vows in 1971. - Earned a nursing degree from the College of St. Catherine, completed clinical pastoral education at St. Luke's in Fargo and a master's in pastoral studies at Loyola University in Chicago. - Served about 12 years as a nurse in hospitals run by the Presentation Sisters and in the Sacred Heart Convent Infirmary, and held administrative and liturgical roles in East Grand Forks for about a decade. - Led retreats and days of reflection at Presentation Prayer Center from 1993, helped bring Taizé prayer to the area, worked with interfaith and ecumenical groups, and taught in community programs including FM Communiversity and the YWCA Emergency Shelter. - Received an Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation Scholarship in 1992 and was named YWCA Woman of the Year in the Faith Community Category in 2008; her obituary notes she lived with Parkinsonism in recent years and died on April 4, 2026. Summary: Sister Andrea is remembered for a long ministry that bridged nursing, pastoral care and retreat leadership, and for supporting communal prayer and interfaith work. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Boulger Funeral Home; a vigil is scheduled for April 9 at Riverview Place Chapel in Fargo with visitation beforehand, and a Funeral Mass is scheduled for April 10, with final resting place at Holy Cross North Cemetery.