process of Vatican II. In her award-winning book Witness to Integrity: The Crisis of the Immaculate Heart Community of California she described the struggle, conflict and choice of the IHM women to form a new community. Of that period of her life, she wrote, "In many ways, we foreshadowed the contemporary (and vibrant) feminist movement within the Catholic Church." Anita had the unique distinction of being a Mother General of a congregation of Catholic sisters and a president of an ecumenical community. For this, she was featured on the cover of TIME magazine, February 23, 1970. In the seventies, she was a sought after scholar and lecturer. She attended Harvard University’s Divinity School in the early 1970s as the first woman who received the Merrill Fellowship. From 1973-1975, she participated in Notre Dame University’s theology program. Following these positions she taught at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. She was also a visiting professor in the School of Religion at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA. In the 1980s, she was the first director of the Peace and Justice Center of Southern CA and started the annual Wholistic Retreat for Women which continues today. In the nineties she taught courses in the Feminist Spirituality Program of Immaculate Heart College Center. At the age of 85 she was awarded a grant to teach poetry to the IHM members at the Kenmore residence and learned to use the computer. At age 95, she had completed a volume of her poetry and was anticipating publication. "Caspary’s life extended through eight papacies and dramatic developments within the Catholic Church, including its shift from a Euro-centric to a global entity and new roles for laity and women. Recognized as one of the most influential Catholic sisters of her era and a principal participant in the debates that shaped the role of women religious in the U.S. Church, Caspary’s life and the IHM struggle of the Immaculate Heart Sisters of California with the male hierarchy forms a critical juncture in the history of the renewal of religious life for women in the Catholic Church during the 20th century." Memoir Caspary taught high school English while studying toward a master's degree at the University of Southern California. She received her Ph.D. in 1948 from Stanford University. She wrote a 2003 memoir, Witness to Integrity. In 2012, a collection of her poems, FROM THE