She made her first vows on 30 January 1937 while assuming the religious name Zdenka. She began to work at the hospital at Humenné from 1937 near modern Ukraine and then relocated to the hospital at Bratislava in 1942 where she worked in the radiological department.
She took her vows on January 30, 1937, assuming the religious name Zdenka. She began working at the hospital in Humenné around modern-day Ukraine and then moved to the hospital in Bratislava in 1942, where she worked in the radiology department.