Mother of God Monastery
110  28th Ave. SE ~  Watertown,  SD  57201
Phone: 605-882-6600  Fax: 605-882-6658
monastery@dailypost.com

COMMUNITY

SISTER MARVA JEAN HOECKELMAN

Sister Marva Jean said that a few people and a reoccurring dream influenced her decision to come to the monastery.  The people that influenced her decision were; her mother, two of her best friends and Sister Vivian of Mother of God Monastery.  The dream she describes as a repeating premonition dream in which people would ask her if she would become a Sister.

Before she entered the convent, she was working in the area of hospital admissions.  During initial formation, she was involved in many different areas of ministry;

•  Hospitality

•  Development clerk

•  Library aide

•  Sacristan

•  Student

•  Teacher aide with Washington Elementary School and St. Joseph's School in Pierre, SD

She had been teaching 2nd and 3rd grade at St. John's School in Lincoln, NE from 1999-2005.

Her educational achievements are the following;

•  B.A. in Education, Mount Marty College, Watertown, SD, 1999

•  First place award in 1996 in the American Benedictine Academy Junior Essay Competition

Currently she is living at the monastery among all of us.