Hometown: Red Wing, Minnesota (Yes, like the shoes!)

Entrance date: August 28, 2005

First Profession date: April 26, 2008

Educational background: B.A. from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, with majors in religion and music and a minor in German; 19 credits toward an M.A. in theology from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, and Saint Meinrad School of Theology in Saint Meinrad, Indiana

Work background: Full-time youth minister and part-time music minister at St. Francis Borgia Parish in Washington, Missouri (small town near St. Louis); Director of Liturgy at St. Philip Church in Evansville, Indiana

Present ministries: Minister of Music & Liturgy at Sts. Joseph and Paul Catholic Church in Owensboro, Kentucky

Other interests: Anything that lets me be creative (particularly making music), running, playing cards, knitting, and spending time with the sisters 

What attracted me to this community: The communal prayer three times a day and the variety of ministries that the sisters are involved in.