Sister Terence, better known as S. Terri, easily names her favorite time as a Sister: teaching girls’ chorus at two local high schools. “I liked music so much and I liked that age level,” she said. She also taught Latin, about which she was less excited, but that subject attracted the best students.

Her years of ministry at the Stearns County Jail developed from her membership in the charismatic movement. When she played the guitar at meetings there, someone asked if she would also accompany the Sunday morning Eucharist at the county jail. She appreciated being with the downtrodden and giving them an impetus to improve their lives.

S. Terri now lives at Saint Scholastica and continues to sing whenever she has a chance. She is also enjoying the new St. Cloud Public Library, from which she withdraws stacks of videos to feed her fascination with historic biography.