50th first vows
Sister Sheila Hammond
Birthplace: Chadron, Neb.
Entrance: 1965
First profession: 1968
Final profession: 1974
Education: Bachelor’s in French, Manhattanville College, 1965
Master’s in theology and spirituality, Saint Louis University, 1975
Service in the archdiocese: Evening chaplaincy, Deaconess Hospital, 1977-78
Provincial team, Society of the Sacred Heart, United States Province, 1999-2006
Pastoral care director, Saint Louis University Hospital, 2005-12
Provincial team member, Society of the Sacred Heart, United States-Canada Province, 2012-17
Provincial, Society of the Sacred Heart, United States-Canada Province 2017-present
Service outside the archdiocese: High school teacher and dean of students, Sacred Heart School, Chicago, 1968-73
Chaplaincy and CPE supervisor, Ypsilanti Regional Psychiatric Hospital, Lansing Mich., 1978-82
Chaplaincy and CPE supervisor, Harper Grace Hospital, Detroit, 1985
Director of formation, Society of the Sacred Heart Novitiate, Boston, 1985-99
Chaplaincy coordinator, Mass. General Hospital, Boston, 1994-99
Sister Shirley Miller
Birthplace: Fargo, N.D.
Entrance: 1965
First profession: 1968
Final profession: 1974
Education: Bachelor’s in English, Duchesne College, 1969
Master’s in religious studies, University of St. Thomas, 1975
Master’s in business management, University of Notre Dame, 1978
Service in the archdiocese: Director of mission advancement, Society of the Sacred Heart, United States-Canada Province, 2004-present
Service outside the archdiocese: Teacher and director of students, Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, Lake Forest, Ill., 1968-72
Chairman of religion department and religion teacher, Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, Omaha, Neb., 1972-78
Principal, Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, Omaha, Neb., 1978-89
Headmistress, Academy of the Sacred Heart, New Orleans, 1989-2003
Executive committee, Independent Schools of the Southwest, Houston, 1998-2000
Sister Joan Gannon
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
Entrance: 1955
First profession: 1958
Final profession: 1963
Education: Bachelor’s in education, Newton College, 1969
Master’s in English, Catholic University of America, 1973
Service in the archdiocese: Provincial team, Society of the Sacred Heart, United States Province, 1999-2005
Service outside the archdiocese: Teacher in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Jersey, 1959-74
Pastoral assistant, St. Barnabas Church, Portsmouth, R.I., 1974-78
Assistant to the pastor and director of service center, Holy Cross Church Service Center, Indiantown, Fla., 1978-86
Student chaplaincy, NYU Medical Center and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 1987-89
Director of pastoral care, Terrence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, New York, 1989-98
Chaplaincy, Terrence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, New York, 1998-99
60th First Vows
Sister Frances Gimber
Birthplace: San Diego
Entrance: 1955
First profession: 1958
Final profession: 1964
Education: Bachelor’s in French, Manhattanville College, 1955
Master’s in English, Manhattanville College, 1964
Service in the archdiocese: Archival preparation, Society of the Sacred Heart, United States Province, 2002-03
Archivist, Society of the Sacred Heart, United States Province, 2003-10
Translator and editor, Society of the Sacred Heart, United States-Canada Archives, 2012-present
Service outside the archdiocese: Teacher, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1959-63
Teacher, Convent of the Sacred Heart at Kenwood, Albany, N.Y., 1964-65
Mistress general, Convent of the Sacred Heart at Kenwood, Albany, N.Y., 1967-69
Assistant director of novices, Novitiate of the Sacred Heart, Newton Centre, Mass., 1969-71
Director of studies, teacher and counselor, Nottingham Academy, Buffalo, N.Y., 1971-72
Director of residents, Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, Lake Forest, Ill., 1972-75
Teacher in New York, Tokyo, Japan and Massachusetts
Assistant documentalist, Jesuit Refugee Services, Rome 1994-2001
Secretary, Society of the Sacred Heart Motherhouse, Rome, 1993-2001