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Sister Gayle Volz

Home/Sister Gayle Volz
  • Birth Name: Gayle
  • Current Name: Gayle
  • Religious Name: Mary Laura Ann
  • Last Name: Volz
  • Mother's Name: Laura (Loomer) Volz
  • Father's Name: Charles VolZ
  • Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD
  • Entry Date: September 2, 1956
  • Current Status: Deceased
  • Death Date: April 7, 2022
  • Additional Info: View Sister Gayle’s Obituary

Education:

High School:

Notre Dame Academy, Mitchell, SD

College:

1960 - Presentation College, Aberdeen, SD - Bachelor of Science Degree in Education and Special Education
1995 - Loyola University, Chicago, IL - Master of Arts Degree in Pastoral Studies

Biography:

Sister Gayle served in education ministry for 26 years, teaching in Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota. In 1987, she became director of religious education in Mitchell, SD where she served for nine years. She then became the director of religious education in Fort Dodge, IA, and New Prague, MN. Prior to returning to Sioux Falls, SD in 2002, she served in family ministry and home health ministry in St. Paul, MN. Sister also ministered to the mentally challenged in Mound, MN, Sioux Falls, SD, and Jefferson, WI. Sister Gayle currently lives in Mitchell, SD, where she ministers in pastoral care with the elderly.

1960-1964 - Our Lady of the Lake, Mound, MN - Fourth Grade
1964-1967 - St. Stephen, Anoka, MN - Third and Fourth Grade
1969-1970 - St. Coletta, Jefferson, SD - Summer School Teacher
1967-1972 - St. Mary, Sioux Falls, SD - Third and Fifth Grade
1972-1973 - Holy Family, Mitchell, SD - Fourth Grade
1973-1976 - Our Lady of the Lake, Mound, MN - Fifth Grade
1976-1978 - Sacred Heart, Miles City, MT - Third, Fourth and Sixth Grade
1978-1980 - St. Stephen, Anoka, MN - Teacher
1980-1981 - Sioux Falls, SD - Special Education
1981-1983 - St. Lawrence, Milbank, SD - Teacher
1983-1986 - Our Lady of the Lake, Mound, SD - Teacher
1987-1996 - Holy Family and Holy Spirit, Mitchell, SD - Director of Religious Education
1996-1997 - Corpus Christi, Fort Dodge, KS - Director of Religious Education and RCIA
1997-1999 - New Prague, MN - Director of Religious Education and RCIA
1999-2000 - Linn Family, St. Paul, MN - Family Ministry
2000-2002 - St. Paul, MN - Home Health Ministry
2002-2004 - Sioux Falls, SD - Home Health Ministry
2004-2006 - Costello Property Management, Sioux Falls, SD - Assistant Manager
2006-Present - Avera Brady, Mitchell, SD - Pastoral Care

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