[1] Wilkinson attended Marywood High School in Evanston, Illinois, where she was first introduced to the Sisters of Providence congregation.
[2] Her administration focused on long-range congregation planning and moving the Sisters of Providence toward self-sufficiency.
[4] Wilkinson and her administration opened Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis as a sponsored ministry of the Congregation in 2007.
A significant part of Wilkinson's terms involved the canonization of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin in October 2006.
[5] Over the course of her administration, Wilkinson led the establishment of the permanent shrine of Saint Mother Theodore, which opened in 2014.