Priest Profile

MEET SISTER EILEEN MCNERNEY, CSJ

SISTERS OF SAINT JOSEPH OF ORANGE, SANTA ANA

By STAFF     4/19/2016

YEARS AS A RELIGIOUS: 58

HER ROLE: Assistant General Superior

FIRST JOB: Selling men’s underwear at Newberry’s Department Store

HOW SHE WAS CALLED: “Due to the influence of Sisters of St. Joseph when I was young.”

HER MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE: “Working with young people at Taller San Jose.”

HER GREATEST CHALLENGE: “Tending to the sheep that God sends my way.”

ANY JOB IN THE WORLD: “To be a lifeguard at Seal Beach.”