Sister Margaret Heimann, 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 the occasion with the Eucharist and a reception with the ASC community.
Sister Margaret was born in Damiansville, IL, to Aloys and Estelle (Jansen) Heimann. She received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from St. Louis University in St. Louis, MO, in 1965. She holds Certificates in Trauma Nursing through the State of Illinois Department of Health and Coronary Care from the University of Illinois in Chicago. She received a diploma in Anesthesiology from Barnes School of Nursing in St. Louis.
Sister Margaret ministered nearly 50 years in the medical field. Her first assignment was at St. Clement (now Red Bud Regional) Hospital in Red Bud, IL, where she was both nurse and Vocational Education teacher. She also served at St. Clement as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. She returned to St. Clement as a nurse for several years before accepting a position at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, where she was the staff nurse for Behavioral Health for 28 years.
She currently resides at Benedictine Living Community at the Shrine where she is Living Mission in Later Life.