- Birth Name: Shirley Ann
- Current Name: Teresita
- Religious Name: Mary Teresita
- Last Name: Schaefbauer
- Mother's Name: Susie (Weisbeck) Schaefbauer
- Father's Name: Frank Schaefbauer
- Hometown: Herreid, SD
- Entry Date: January 1, 1955
- Current Status: Deceased
- Death Date: May 22, 2022
- Additional Info: View Sister Teresita's Obituary
Education:
Herreid School, Herreid, SD
1958 - Presentation Junior College, Aberdeen, SD - Associate Secretarial Degree
1971 - Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD - Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education
1976 - St. Catherine College, St. Paul, MN - Theology
1986 - St. Thomas University, St. Paul, MN - Five Summers of Pastoral Ministry Education
Biography:
After receiving secretarial training at Presentation Junior College, Sister Teresita worked as a bookkeeper in Presentation hospitals and healthcare centers in Mitchell and Aberdeen, SD.
She also worked with children at the Presentation Children's Home, Sioux Falls, SD. Sister then served in the libraries of schools in Dell Rapids, SD, and Miles City, MT.
Sister Teresita earned a bachelor's in education from Northern State College in 1971, and taught at the Aberdeen Catholic schools for the next nine years. In 1980, Sister Teresita began 16 years of parish ministry at St. Joseph Parish, Mobridge, SD and later at St. Thomas Parish and the Dakota State University Newman Center, Madison, SD. Sister currently volunteers at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital and at Presentation Convent.
1958-1960 -St. Joseph Hospital (Avera Queen of Peace), Mitchell, SD - Bookkeeper
1960-1961 - (Avera) St. Luke’s Hospital, Aberdeen, SD - Receptionist and Bookkeeper
1961-1963 - (Avera) Brady Memorial Home, Mitchell, SD - Bookkeeper
1963-1964 - Presentation Children’s Home, Sioux Falls, SD - Child Care
1964-1965 - (Avera) St. Luke’s Hospital, Aberdeen, SD – Receptionist
1965-1966 - St. Mary, Dell Rapids, SD - Library
1967-1969 - Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD
1968-1969 - Sacred Heart, Miles City, MT - Library
1970-1972 - Sacred Heart, Aberdeen, SD - Teacher
1972-1973 - St. Mary, Aberdeen, SD - Teacher
1973-1976 - Scared Heart, Aberdeen, SD - Teacher
1976-1980 - Roncalli Junior High, Aberdeen, SD - Teacher
1980-1996 - St. Joseph, Mobridge, SD - Pastoral Minister
1997-2012 - St. Thomas, Madison, SD - Pastoral Assistant
2012-2017 – Avera St. Luke’s Hospital and Presentation Convent, Aberdeen, SD - Volunteer
2017-Present - Prayer Ministry