Sister Profile

Sister Mary Jo Piccione

Formerly Sister Mary Joel

Biography

Sister Mary Jo is a native of Indianapolis. Currently, she is the Associate Chaplain at Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista, Calif. Prior to that, she ministered as the chaplain of St. Mary’s Medical Center in Apple Valley, California.

Sister Mary Jo, formerly Sister Mary Joel, entered the Congregation on September 12, 1966. She professed final vows on August 15, 1978.

She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She also has an associate of applied science degree in nursing from Indiana Central.

Sister Mary Jo has ministered in Indiana, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and California.

She has worked at a free clinic for Hispanic women and provided for the homeless in the Washington, D.C., area.

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Sister Mary Jo Piccione (center) is joined in celebration after receiving the Saint Damien Molokai award with (from left) Sister Josephine Bryan and Sister Grace Marie Meehan.
Sister Mary Jo Piccione
Smiling during lunch, are from left, Sisters Carolyn Kessler, Doreen Lai and Mary Jo Piccione.
Sister Mary Jeanine Schubert receives a shoulder massage from Sister Mary Jo Piccione during a break in a long stretch of meeting.
Providence Associate Suzie Ray at the Woods for the Providence Associate annual meeting visits with two of her first bosses again after 36 years. Sister Mary Jo Piccione, center, celebrates her golden jubilee and Sister Josephine Bryan.