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This highly educated, engaging teacher, and lover of the French language and culture, was born in Duluth, Minnesota on August 16, 1933, and died peacefully on the morning of October 9, 2017 at Carondelet Village in St. Paul. A 1955 St. Kate’s graduate with a double major in French and English, Sister Jackie earned a M.A. and Ph.D. in French from the University of Minnesota. A highlight of her academic career came when receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to spend a year studying in France.

“A spirit who resonates courage,” were grateful words spoken by a colleague at her retirement in 2014, after serving 41 years as professor of the French Department at St. ��������. During her tenure, Sr. Jackie taught, mentored and advised more St. �������� students than anyone who has ever taught at the University. Deeply loyal and dedicated to infusing the values of Catholic Social Teaching in everything she taught, Sr. Jackie was an eager guide for students who desired to study abroad, encouraging their curiosity toward a deeper understanding of the immigrant’s plight, and often offering her famous admonition: “Go forth!”

To her friends Sr. Jackie was known as someone with a “great spirit, deep spirituality, classic Irish wit, who was deft at word play and always up for a good party.” She was loyal and very generous with her time and care for those she loved. She delighted, with great grandeur, in slipping in a phrase or two of French to emphasize or enliven a conversation, and “never thought any situation was too serious for a good joke.”