Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus (DCJ)

60th First Profession

Sister M. Benedicta

Birth name: Bertha Socorro Huerta

Birthplace: Tucson, Arizona

First profession: 1962

Final profession: 1967

Education: Licensed practical nurse, Santa Rosa Hospital, Texas

Associate in child development, Florissant Valley, St. Louis Missouri

Nursing home administrator, San Diego, California

Service in the archdiocese: Day care director, 1985

Local superior, St. Charles, 1998-2000

Provincial superior, St. Louis, 2018-21

Service outside the archdiocese: Nursing, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1963-66

Administrator, La Mesa, California, 1966-73

Superior, La Mesa, California, 1970-73

Novice mistress, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1973-76

Vicar general, Sittard, Netherlands, 2000-17