40th First Profession

Sister Leandra Margaret Schaller

Birthplace: St. Louis

Entrance: 1977

First profession: 1980

Final profession: 1983

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Fontbonne University, 1970

Certificate in secondary education, Fontbonne, 1970

Master’s degree, Northern Arizona University, 1972

Doctorate in botany, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1977

Master’s in guidance and counseling for agency and secondary education, Adams State University, Colorado, 1991

Certificate in spiritual direction, The Vincentian Studies Institute, 1998

Service outside the archdiocese: Teacher, Regis Jesuit High School Denver, Colorado, 1982-90

Teacher, Mullen Christian Brothers’ High School, Denver Colorado, 1990-94

Instructor Front Range Community College, 1993-98, Denver, Colorado

Teacher and counselor, Holy Family High School, Denver, Colorado, 1998-2013

Provincial counselor, Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, Denver, Colorado, 2015-present

About Sister Leandra Margaret Schaller: A native of St. Louis, she is the daughter of the late Leona Lankau Schaller and Charles H. Schaller. "My favorite part of religious life is the support of prayer, private and communal, the sisters with whom I have had the privilege to journey. Hobbies include, hiking, camping, reading, piano. When I was writing my dissertation at the University of Missouri, one of our sisters was campus minister. I had thought of being a sister ever since sixth grade at Corpus Christi Elementary School. As the years passed I continued my education and it was not until meeting this sister that I began to pursue the idea of religious life in earnest. Upon completion of my doctorate I entered our community. God loves us extravagantly and God’s time is not always ours.