At 55, she is one
of the youngest women in her religious order. This, she sees as an opportunity,
not a burden. But then her life has been about opportunity and growth — in faith
and in relationship with God.1970
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Story and photo by LIZ QUIRIN (1965 graduate of Notre Dame) Messenger editor
At 55, she is one
of the youngest women in her religious order. This, she sees as an opportunity,
not a burden. But then her life has been about opportunity and growth — in faith
and in relationship with God.
Sister Janis Yaekel, a Belleville native, did not, at first, easily accept her vocation to religious life. A graduate of the Academy of Notre Dame in Belleville, she said the caption under her senior picture could have read: “Person least likely to be a nun.”
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