Mercy Sister Janice Edwards - 60th anniversary
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
Mercy Sister Janice Edwards, daughter of George and Marie Edwards, was born in Somers Point. Her elementary education was provided in St. Peter School, Pleasantville, and her secondary education was in Holy Spirit High School, Absecon. She graduated from high school in 1965. Sister Janice entered the Sisters of Mercy Sept. 8, 1965, from St. Bernadette Parish, Northfield.
Her bachelor of arts degree in history was earned in Georgian Court College (now University), Lakewood, and was followed by a master of divinity in Scripture and theology in Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, and a doctorate in spiritual direction in Weston School of Theology in Massachusetts.
Sister Janice began her ministry in 1970 as a primary teacher in Burlington and moved to junior high grades, followed by parish ministry in Freehold and spiritual direction in Mount Holly. With her doctorate completed, she served in several roles in The Upper Room Spiritual Center, Neptune, Chestnut Hill College, Chestnut Hill, Pa., and St. Malachy Convent in Pennsylvania. Serious surgery and recovery interrupted the years during Sister Janice’s term in leadership but she returned to her roles in spirituality, teaching, directing and supervising which she continues to the present in Bradley Beach. Her influence on the lives of hundreds whom she has touched in her ministry is well-known and appreciated.
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Mercy Sister Janice Edwards, daughter of George and Marie Edwards, was born in Somers Point. Her elementary education was provided in St. Peter School, Pleasantville, and her secondary education was in Holy Spirit High School, Absecon. She graduated from high school in 1965. Sister Janice entered the Sisters of Mercy Sept. 8, 1965, from St. Bernadette Parish, Northfield.
Her bachelor of arts degree in history was earned in Georgian Court College (now University), Lakewood, and was followed by a master of divinity in Scripture and theology in Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, and a doctorate in spiritual direction in Weston School of Theology in Massachusetts.
Sister Janice began her ministry in 1970 as a primary teacher in Burlington and moved to junior high grades, followed by parish ministry in Freehold and spiritual direction in Mount Holly. With her doctorate completed, she served in several roles in The Upper Room Spiritual Center, Neptune, Chestnut Hill College, Chestnut Hill, Pa., and St. Malachy Convent in Pennsylvania. Serious surgery and recovery interrupted the years during Sister Janice’s term in leadership but she returned to her roles in spirituality, teaching, directing and supervising which she continues to the present in Bradley Beach. Her influence on the lives of hundreds whom she has touched in her ministry is well-known and appreciated.
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