50th Entrance
Sister Elizabeth Terbrock
Birthplace: St. Charles
Entrance: 1976
First profession: 1978
Final profession: 1985
Education: Registered nurse, Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, 1973
Bachelor’s in East Asian languages and cultures, Columbia University, New York, 1987
Certificate in poetry therapy, International Federation for Biblio/Poetry, Maryland, 2002
Service outside the Archdiocese of St. Louis: I have served in mission in South Korea as a member of the Maryknoll Sisters’ Korea Region from 1979 to 1993. After language school, I was first involved as a nurse in a rural clinic. Later, I served as a poet and part of a contemplative prayer presence in a low-income area of Seoul City. I have served in our Maryknoll Sisters Center in New York as a nurse and a clerk in some of our business offices here. I earned a certificate in poetry therapy and now provide spiritual and personal accompaniment using resources from the field of the creative arts therapies.
About Sister Elizabeth Terbrock: My favorite part of religious life is journeying with my Maryknoll Sisters to help make God’s love visible in this world.
