Meet The Sisters
Follow our Sisters through their stories about their life, work, travels, community service, hobbies and more.
Sister Peggy Quinn, OSF
Sister Peggy Quinn is the current Vocation Director for the Congregation. She is also a Local Coordinator and a member of JPIC (Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Commission). We highlighted Sister Peggy’s ministry story in our Joliet Franciscan Magazine – Summer 2018.
Click here to read Sr. Peggy’s “Meet My Ministry” article: Sr Peggy Quinn
Sister Sharon Frederick, OSF
Sister Sharon Frederick was the Director of Associates for 15 years. She also spent many years ministering at the University of St. Francis and at Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home. As you will see from her article in Meet My Ministry, she now spends her time at Daybreak Shelter and at Silver Cross Hospital as well as doing another special ministry.
Click here to read Sr. Sharon’s “Meet My Ministry” article: Sister Sharon Frederick
Sister Margaret Hoffman
Meet Sister Margaret Hoffman, OSF. Sister Margaret has a long and illustrious career as an educator. After completing her student teaching with first graders in Joliet, she was assigned to St. Francis Academy (Joliet Catholic Academy), to teach English. Her next assignment sent her to her beloved Ohio and to St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Louisville and later to Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus, Ohio. Since 1990, she has been teaching English at St. Charles Preparatory School in Columbus, Ohio.
Sister Roberta Naegele
Meet Sister Roberta Naegele, OSF. This past June she celebrated her 50th Jubilee as a Joliet Franciscan Sister. Sister Roberta is a teacher, a nurse, an acupuncturist and a nutritional counselor. She has studied in a variety of holistic practices and has ministered in various sites throughout the United States and in Brazil. She recently joined The Center located in Joliet, Illinois, where she treats clients in acupuncture, health assessments, breath empowerment, nutritional counseling and Qigong.