Sister Ann Schoch, ministering in Billings, recently celebrated her 60th year as a School Sister of Notre Dame in Mankato, MN, where she entered the convent. The daughter of farmers, she was born in the family home near Scheffield, ND. She is one of fourteen children of Jerome and Emma Schoch. Her B.A. degree in Education from Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, WI and M.A. in School Administration from DePaul University in Chicago, IL served her well as teacher and principal in New England, ND; Forsyth, MT; St. Paul, MN; Dickinson, ND; and Kisii, Kenya, East Africa. She also served on her province’s leadership team in Mankato, MN, and as secretary at their Generalate in Rome. From Italy, she moved to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota, ministering to the elderly and sick. Currently employed through Angela’s Piazza, she is in her fourth year in Billings, doing pastoral outreach, giving healing support to Native Americans hospitalized and in rehab centers. The School Sisters of Notre Dame are members of an international congregation of more than 2500 women religious in 30 countries. The congregation founded on October 24, 1833 by Blessed Mary Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger, is in its 185th year as a congregation. Today their headquarters are in Rome, Italy. Sister Ann has always felt blessed to belong to an international congregation and is profoundly grateful that her congregation’s history has been with women, children, the poor, and the care of creation. To learn more about the School Sisters of Notre Dame, visit their website at www.ssnd.org.
Submitted by Ann Schock
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