70th First Profession

Sister Joelle Weid

Birth name: Mary Josephine Weid

Birthplace: Denver, Colorado

Entrance: 1947

First profession: 1950

Final profession: 1953

Education: Business College for Secretarial training, Denver, 1941

Bachelor’s with secondary teaching credential, Mount St. Mary’s College, Indiana, 1942

Master’s in education, Northeastern Oklahoma State University, 1975

Service in the archdiocese: Immaculate Heart Convent, Normandy, 2009-18

Mason Pointe Care Center, Chesterfield, 2018-present

Service outside the archdiocese: Principal, Good Shepherd High School, Christ Church, New Zealand, for eight years

Teacher and served as a cottage mother for teenage girls, Good Shepherd High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 7 years

Served at a halfway house for women prisoners in New Orleans for six months

Served in prison ministry in San Francisco, California

Served as a tutor and principal of Good Shepherd High School in Memphis, Tennessee, for seven years

Handled bookkeeping and aftercare for women in House of the Good Shepherd Shelter, Chicago, and prepared women for their GED degree for 17 years

About Sister Joelle Weid: I am an avid reader and am especially interested in geography and current events. I am also highly interested in aeronautics. I love telling jokes and learning new ones.