Sister Jane Gegg, ASC, celebrated 55 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ on May 31, 2025, at Benedictine Living Community at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, IL. She made her first profession on Oct. 11, 1970, and her final vows on Aug. 15, 1976. She marked the occasion with the Eucharist and a reception.
Sister Jane was born in New Offenburg, MO, to Edgar and Lorena (Flieg) Gegg. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 1972 from St. Louis University and her master’s in Early Childhood/Special Education in 1984 from the University of Missouri in St. Louis.
Sister Jane’s ministry in education ranges from preschool to kindergarten, primary grades, special education, and as an early childhood director. She taught for almost ten years in Missouri at St. Augustine in Kelso and St. Joseph in Zell. Most of her classroom teaching has been in Illinois at St. Joseph in Prairie du Rocher, St. Cecilia in Bartelso, Sts. Peter and Paul in Waterloo, Sister Thea Bowman in East St. Louis, St. Bruno in Pinckneyville, and Holy Rosary in Fairmont City.
In response to the need for immigrant children to learn English, Sr. Jane began working with the English Language Learner (ELL) Project in St. Louis, MO, in 2010. She now lives in Belleville and continues volunteering at Sister Thea Bowman. She also volunteers at Benedictine Living Community, the home of many retired ASCs.