Hometown: Winnebago, Illinois

Entrance date: August 10, 2003

First Profession date: April 22, 2006

Final Profession date: October 2, 2010

Educational background: B.A. in religious studies from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; semester in Rome, Italy, through Trinity College in Connecticut; graduate theological studies at Notre Dame and Saint Meinrad School of Theology

Work background: Taught a pre-GED course and helped coordinate a tutoring program in Chicago through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps for two years; Teacher of Sacraments and Social Justice at Our Lady of Providence Junior-Senior High School, Clarksville, Indiana; volunteer on RCIA Team at Holy Trinity Parish in Louisville, Kentucky

Present ministry: Full time Theology student at St. John's College in Collegeville, MN

Other interests: Painting icons, singing, violin, reading, exercise, gardening, horses

What attracted me to this community: I found here a balance between the beauty of the ancient Catholic tradition and openness to the movement of the Holy Spirit in the Church today. I sensed this was a healthy community of sisters who love each other.