In 1967, Pam returned to Lake Forest, to the newly built Woodlands Academy. In 1969, a call came for another foundation, a school the Society was opening on part of the campus of Gilmour Academy in Gates Mills, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The school, Glen Oak, was founded as an experiment in the “open classroom.” There were no walls between classrooms, and the class scheduling was fluid. Sister Bonnie Kearney, one of the most significant persons throughout Pam’s life, accompanied her to Glen Oak. However, the tensions involved in operating an experimental school were high, and Pam and Bonnie stayed only until 1971.
In the 1970s, Pam had the opportunity to go to Japan to teach in the International School of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo. At this time, influenced by the calls of the Second Vatican Council, several RSCJ in the country had embarked on ministries focusing on the underserved. Pam was one of them. (From her obituary.) To read more about Pam's ministries to the underserved, click on the links under her picture.
