Benedictine Sister Dorothy Jean Beyer coordinates the pastoral care of the sick and homebound as well as the prayer shawl ministry, since 2012. She assists the pastor with this important ministry of care.
Sister Dorothy Jean has been an elementary and secondary teacher/principal in parochial schools in the archdiocese for twenty-two years. She served her community as prioress for 16 years and director of Shalom Prayer Center for 4 years. She is a spiritual director and a supervisor of spiritual directors.
She is related to all the Beyers and Ebners in the Mount Angel area and beyond. She loves to read, walk in nature, crochet, and bake desserts.