Joseph of Carondelet. She is known for attempting to reduce stigma around massage therapy and performing massages for fans at St. Paul Saints minor league baseball games. She grew up speaking only German in her home, and was occasionally punished in school for accidentally slipping into German. Her first time using English as her primary language was when she entered the convent.
Joseph of Carondelet in Saint Paul, Minnesota in at the age of 19, taking the religious name Rosalind the following year. Gefre began to take care of her elderly mother in She stated that afterwards, she had her first good night of sleep in years and her digestive system had improved as well.
She began to study massage therapy and spent more than 1, hours training in both Aberdeen, South Dakota and Saint Paul. During a time when massage parlors were associated with prostitution, Gefre sought to change the perception around the profession and worked to change laws that would distinguish licensed operations from sex trade.
Is this call the kind of thing you want to be judged for? Do you feel good about what you're doing? Gefre has compared her ministry to the story of Jesus cleansing a leper , and stated that she knows Jesus is standing next to her as she performs the massages.
In the context of massage, to some extend you can do both. She is no longer affiliated with the remaining clinics that use her name, which they do with permission. In , Gefre began to offer massages at the baseball games of the newly-formed minor league St.
