Sister Elizabeth Ann Weiler, ASC, celebrated 65 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ on July 1, 2025, in the chapel of Benedictine Living Community at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, IL. She made her first profession on July 1, 1960, and her final vows on July 1, 1965. She marked her anniversary with the Eucharist and a reception with the ASC community.
Sister Elizabeth Ann was born in Olney, IL, to Sylvester and Coletta (Kocher) Weiler. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL, in 1970, her RN in Nursing from DePaul School of Nursing in St. Louis, MO, in 1976, and her master’s in Pastoral Ministry from St. Joseph College in West Hartford, CT, in 1989.
Her first 12 years in ministry were spent as an elementary school teacher and parish organist. She served at St. Augustine in Kelso, MO, and at the following schools in Illinois: Sacred Heart in Dupo, St. Elizabeth in East St. Louis, St. Albert the Great in Fairview Heights, St. Rose in Metropolis, St. Andrew in Murphysboro, St. Lawrence in Lawrenceville, and St. Mary in Mt. Carmel.
Following her training as an RN, Sister Elizabeth Ann served at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO, Clementine Residence and St. Clement Hospital, both in Red Bud, IL, and at St. John Hospital in Springfield, MO. Her ministry in Springfield included parish Work, both at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Holy Trinity.
For several years, she worked with Friendship Community in Pennsylvania, a group home for Mennonites. She served as residential nurse at St. Anne Retirement Community in Columbia, PA, and at AseraCare Hospice in Lancaster and Lebanon County in PA.
In terms of community service, Sister Elizabeth Ann served as Vocation Director on the ASC Vocation/Formation Team in the former Ruma Province. She was also the Health Care Assistant, then Coordinator of Health Care at the Ruma Center.
Sister Elizabeth Ann returned to Springfield, MO, where she served as Coordinator of the Ministry of Care for St. Agnes Cathedral, while also working part-time for Oxford Home Care and Hospice.
She recently moved to Benedictine Living Community where she is Living Mission in Later Life while volunteering at the Belleville Conference of St. Vincent de Paul in East St. Louis, and also at Our Brothers’ Keepers, which assists parolees as they embark on a new beginning. She also reads for the visually impaired at The Mind’s Eye, a service located at the Shrine.