Four are golden jubilarians

    Four Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille will celebrate the golden jubilees of their religious profession Oct. 18 at a Mass at St. Frances Cabrini Church, celebrated by Jesuit Father Gerald Fagin.     The jubilarians are Sister Beth Lieux, Sister William Matthews, Sister Lory Schaff and Sister Mary Smith.

    Sister Beth began her ministry as an elementary school teacher at St. Ann School. She then did nurse’s training at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. She worked in hospitals in Pointe Coupee, Houma and Baton Rouge and at the Fisher Clinic in New Orleans. For the past 16 years she has been working at Loyola University’s Student Health Services Department.

    Sister William taught in Grand Coteau and Baton Rouge, served as teacher and assistant principal at St. Rita, Harahan, and as principal at St. Frances Cabrini. She served as administrator of St. Joseph Convent for eight years and also served as office manager of the Sisters of St. Joseph Medical Clinic in Chauvin for a year. She served in the sisters Development Office until she semi-retired in 1996 to St. Joseph Convent.

    Sister Mary holds a degree from Loyola. She taught in Baton Rouge and at St. Pius X and St. Ann in New Orleans. She took training in the Montessori method of education, and taught at the Sisters of St. Joseph Montessori School for 10 years. She continues to give community service at St. Joseph Convent.

    Sister Lory holds a bachelor’s degree from Webster College, St. Louis and master’s degrees in biology and religious education from the University of Notre Dame. She taught at Mercy Academy, and also in Kansas and St. Louis. She began working at St. Alphonsus, and by 1971 became director of the newly established Hope House, an adult learning center in the St. Thomas Housing development.  She is currently doing adult education in an inner-city setting in Baton Rouge.