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.
