Leaps of Faith

Sister Marva J. Hoeckelman, OSB, wrote her first poem at the age ten and this first book of poems sixty years later. Between the two she received a degree in English from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a degree in elementary education from Mount Marty College, attended Iowa Summer Writing Festivals, and worked in several jobs in Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Recently her prioress at Mother of God Benedictine Monastery in Watertown, South Dakota, released her from her day job so she could spend full time on her writing""when she is not sitting in her favorite chair, as pictured above, that is.