Her parents were Alajos Hardi (Friedrich), a high school teacher, and Claire Michaud. Her application to change her name was approved on May 17, 1947. She entered the order on August 29, 1942. He took his first vows on August 30, 1943, and his final vows on August 30, 1946. He was ordained a priest on June 24, 1947, by Bishop László Bánáss of Veszprém. In 1950, he earned a doctorate in theology at the Faculty of Theology of Pázmány Péter University in Budapest. After the dissolution of the order, the Bishop of Pécs admitted him to the clergy of the Diocese of Pécs on October 12, 1950. On November 19, 1956, he left Hungary in the Osli region. From 1957 to 1959, he pursued philosophical studies in Rome and Paris. In 1957, he earned a licentiate in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas in Rome, and in 1964, a doctorate in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. He participated in the 1958 General Chapter as one of the delegates of the Zirc Congregation. He arrived in New York on December 13, 1961. On January 5, 1969, he transferred his residence to Dallas. He returned to Hungary in 1994.

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