Jubilarian 2023 - Sister Francis Regis Feise

Sister Francis, baptized Marianne, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She was received into the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1948. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Fontbonne College in 1960 and a master’s in special education from Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, in 1964.

Sister Francis began teaching in St. Louis. She taught at St. Joseph’s Home for Boys, St. Anthony of Padua Grade School, and St. Leo Grade School. She taught the next five years in Chicago at St. Joseph Home for the Friendless (now known as St. Joseph Carondelet Child Center). Moving to Georgia in 1963, she served as teacher and assistant administrator at St. Joseph Male Orphanage in Washington (1963-66) and at the Village of St. Joseph in Atlanta until 1969.

The following eight years, she served as principal at Most Holy Rosary in St. Louis. She returned to the Village of St. Joseph in Atlanta in 1977, serving three years as the dorm supervisor. Her last three years in education were teaching at St. Mary Grade School in Waco, Texas.

In 1983, Sister Francis moved to New Orleans, serving 18 years as a residential counselor at the Jesuit Living and Learning Program. Sister Francis returned to St. Louis in 2001 and served in home service at CSJ Care until her retirement in 2007.

Since 2019 she has resided at Nazareth Living Center where she continues to carry out her ministry of prayer and presence.

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