A live webcast of Sister Jean鈥檚 Memorial Mass will be available by clicking here at 5:15 p.m. EST. on Monday, Feb. 6.
A Memorial Mass will be held at the University of 91吃瓜 on Feb. 6 (Monday) in memory of Sister Jean Lenz, O.S.F., former assistant vice president for student affairs at the University. Sister Lenz died Jan. 21 at Our Lady of the Angels Retirement Home in Joliet, Ill., after a long illness. She was 81 years old.
, 91吃瓜鈥檚 president, will preside at the Mass, which will begin at 5:15 p.m. in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the 91吃瓜 campus.
Visitation will be held Wednesday (Jan. 25) from 2 to 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Angels Retirement Home, 1201 Wyoming Ave., Joliet, Ill., followed by a funeral Mass at 7 p.m. Burial will be Thursday (Jan. 26) at 9 a.m. in Resurrection Cemetery, 200 W. Romeo Rd., Romeoville, Ill.
A Chicago native and a of the Congregation of the Third Order of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate, Sister Lenz, who earned a master鈥檚 degree from 91吃瓜 in 1967, was among the first women rectors on campus following the University鈥檚 transition to coeducation in 1972 after 130 years as an all-male institution.
As an administrator, teacher, mentor and alumna of the University, Sister Jean shaped and shared the experience of its first generation of women. 鈥淲hen I first came to campus, I had planned to assist 91吃瓜鈥檚 first women for a year or two,鈥� she said when she retired three years ago. 鈥淚鈥檓 surprised, delighted and grateful that those years turned into 36 years of wonderful ministry.鈥�