Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George (FSGM)
25th Entrance
Mother M. Mediatrix Bexten
Birth name: Leah Lyn Bexten
Birthplace: Jefferson City, Missouri
Entrance: 1998
First profession: 2001
Final profession: 2007
Education: Fatima High School, Westphalia, Missouri
Bachelor’s degree, Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas, 1997
Master’s in theology, St. Charles Borromeo Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2013
Service in the archdiocese: Music teacher, St. Alban Roe School, Wildwood, for 14 years
Service outside the archdiocese: Director, Mater Redemptoris House of Formation, and Office of Consecrated Life, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Music and religion teacher, St. Mary’s Elementary School, Alton, Illinois
Provincial Superior, St. Francis Convent, Alton, Illinois
Sister M. Consolata Crews
Birth name: Kristen Robin Crews
Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California
Entrance: 1998
First profession: 2001
Final profession: 2007
Education: St. Bonaventure High School, Ventura, California
Bachelor’s in graphic communications, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1995
Bachelor’s in youth ministry and religious studies, Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas, 2003
Service in the archdiocese: Director, Office of Youth Ministry, Archdiocese of St. Louis, 2003-08
Service outside the archdiocese: Vocation director, Alton, Illinois
Director, Mater Redemptoris House of Formation, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Office of Catechetics, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Assistant to the Chancellor, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
50th First Profession
Sister M. Angela Beezley
Birth name: Carol Beezley
Birthplace: St. Louis
Entrance: 1971
First profession: 1974
Final profession: 1979
Education: Normandy High School, St. Louis
Service in the archdiocese: Various roles at the Mother of Good Counsel Nursing Home in St. Louis for 27 years
Service outside the archdiocese: Domestic and social services, Tulsa, Oklahoma
High school work, South Amboy, New Jersey
Domestic services, Lincoln, Nebraska
Domestic services, Alton, Illinois
Local superior in St. Louis, Lincoln, South Amboy and Alton