65th First Vows
Sister Irene Herbst
Birthplace: Detroit
Entrance: 1957
First profession: 1961
Final profession: 1966
Education: Bachelor’s in history, University of Detroit, 1958
Master’s in history, Manhattanville College, 1964
Service in the Archdiocese of St. Louis: Middle school teacher, Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill School, St. Louis, 1985-2015
Service outside the Archdiocese of St. Louis: Teacher, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Rochester, New York, 1962-64
Teacher, Nottingham Academy, Buffalo, New York, 1964-66
Administration and faculty, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Kenwood, Albany, New York, 1966-67
Administration and faculty, Nottingham Academy, Buffalo, New York, 1967-73
Teacher, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1973-78
Administration and faculty, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1978-85
About Sister Irene Herbst: As a Sacred Heart educator, my goal was to instill in each student a personal and active faith in God, a deep respect for intellectual values, the importance of social justice work in our blessed and broken world, the value of community support and the need for personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.
