Sister Eileen (Kevin Maureen) Hussey was a teacher, principal and a pastoral associate and administrator. She served at St. Edmund, Oak Park; St. Laurence, Chicago; and Our Lady of Knock, Calumet City. enedictine

50 years

Sister Margaret Ann Holtz devoted her religious life to teaching and business and finance. She served at Queen of All Saints, St. Hilary, St. George and St. Scholastica Academy, where she now is director of finance.

50 years

Sister Ruth Ambrose is a Cicero native whose home parish was St. Anthony, Cicero. She devoted her religious life to teaching. She served at Immaculate Conception; St. Anthony, Cicero; All Saints; St. George and St. Paul-Our Lady of Vilna. She now lives at the Sisters of St. Casimir Motherhouse.

Sister Therese Banach is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Nicholas of Tolentine. She devoted her ministry to teaching and work as a librarian. She served at St. Anthony, Cicero; Immaculate Conception; Providence of God; and St. Norbert. She now is at Villa Joseph Marie High School, Holland, Penn.

Sister Lucille Ann Bandyk devoted her religious life to teaching and administration. She served at Maria High School and other Chicago-area schools and in New Mexico, Minnesota and Michigan. She now is an administrative assistant at Maria High School.

Sister Janine Mejeris’ home parish was All Saints in Roseland. She devoted her ministry to dietary services. She served at Maria High School Convent, Holy Family Villa in Lemont and in Pennsylvania. She now is director of dietary services at the Sisters of St. Casimir Motherhouse.

Sister Johanna Marie Shainauskas devoted her religious life to teaching. She served at Providence of God; Nativity BVM; Immaculate Conception; St. Norbert; St. Bartholomew, Waukegan; All Saints; and in Volo and Plano, Ill. She now is assigned to Maria High School.

Sister Elizabeth Ann Yocius is a Chicago native whose home parish was Nativity BVM. She devoted her religious life to teaching and vocation ministry for her congregation. She served at St. Anthony, Cicero and in Plano, Ill., and Pennsylvania. She now is assigned to Maria High School.

50 Years

Sister Christine Biskupski lived in Chicago and entered religious life from her home parish, St. Clement. She devoted her ministry to retreat services and served at the Longwood Cenacle and Fullerton Parkway Cenacle, where she now lives in retirement.

Sister Dolores Brand devoted her ministry to prayer enrollment, retreat and administrative work. She served at the Longwood Cenacle and now lives at the Resurrection Life Center.

Sister Helen Donahoe lived in Chicago and entered religious life from St. Clement, her home parish. She devoted her ministry to retreats, spiritual direction, formation work and administration. She served as a resident councilor on the Provincial Council of the North American Province from the Cenacle on Fullerton Parkway, where she still is assigned.

Sister Mary Jennings devoted her religious life to retreat work and religious education. She served at the Cenacle on Fullerton Parkway and now lives at the Cenacle Retreat House, Warrenville, Ill.

Sister Catherine Trainor devoted her ministry to retreat work and faith formation. She served at the Cenacle on Fullerton Parkway and now lives at the Cenacle Retreat House, Warrenville, Ill.

Sister Mary Wehner devoted her religious life to retreat work and prayer enrollment. She served at the Cenacle Retreat Houses on Fullerton Parkway and Longwood Avenue, and in Missouri, where she now lives at Naomi House in Bridgeton.

50 years

Sister Mary Albert Gensterblum devoted her religious life to child care. She served at St. Vincent Home and in Missouri. She now serves as the treasurer and driver at the Sacred Heart Convent, Wilmette.

Sister Jean Held devoted her religious life to education and administration. She served at St. Theresa, St. Aloysius and St. Martha. She now works as an assistant principal in New Orleans.

25 years

Sister Monica Cormier devoted her religious life to education, vocation/formation and community leadership. She served at Josephinum High School and as provincial councilor and vocation director for her community. She now lives in Pensacola, Fla.

50 years

Sister Rita Polchin devoted her religious life to teaching and administration. She served at St. Simon and in Pennsylvania and South Carolina. She is assigned to St. Catherine Laboure, Harrisburg, Penn.

50 years

Sister Dorothy (Rose Alphonsus) Booms dedicated her religious life to teaching, administration and secretarial work. She served at St. Kevin, St. Carthage and St. Columbanus. She now is a secretary at the SEAC Chapter Office, Farmington Hills, Mich.

Sister Kathleen (Marie Aquin) Buechele is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Carthage. She devoted her ministry to teaching, administration and work as a pastoral associate. She served at St. Mary of Celle; Divine Providence; Holy Ghost, South Holland; in the Chicago Archdiocese offices; and in Downers Grove, Ill.

Sister Cora Marie Campbell devoted her religious life to teaching and work as a religious education coordinator. She served at Queen of Angels, St. Clare of Montefalco and Our Lady of the Westside. She now is teaching at Good Shepherd School, Orlando, Fla.

Sister Anne (Rose Imelda) Cenci devoted her ministry to teaching and work as a religious education coordinator. She served at St. Mary of Mt. Carmel. She now is religious education coordinator at St. Andrew Parish, Saginaw, Mich.

Sister Norma (Mary Leander) Dell devoted her religious life to teaching, administration and affordable housing work. She served at St. Rita and now is project coordinator of the Ministry Trust, Adrian, Mich.

Sister Maureen Fay is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Mary, Star of the Sea. She devoted her religious life to teaching and higher education administration. She served at Xavier University, De Paul University and St. Xavier College and now serves as president of the University of Detroit/Mercy in Detroit, Mich.

Sister Margaret (Patrick Clare) Foley is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Sabina. She ministered as a teacher, library assistant and school secretary. She served at St. Nicholas of Tolentine and Regina Dominican High School. She now is a secretary at St. Christopher School, Rock River, Ohio.

Sister Mary (Dominic Joseph) Giacopelli dedicated her religious life to work as a teacher and nursing assistant. She served at St. Matthew and now works at Dominican Life Center, Adrian, Mich.

Sister Kathleen (Michael Ellen) Hartnett is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Ita. She devoted her religious life to teaching and administration. She served at Queen of Apostles, St. Rita, St. Columbanus, St. Mary, Star of the Sea, and St. Ailbe, where she now is the administrator.

Sister Claudia (James Claudia) Hinds ministered as a teacher, religious education coordinator and adult education administrator. She served at St. Denis, Regina Dominican High School, St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Mercy Boys Home, Good Counsel, and Aquinas Literacy Center. She ministers in prayer/presence in Adrian, Mich.

Sister Maureen (Anne Irene) Keeler devoted her ministry to education and administration. She served at Our Lady of Good Counsel; St. James, Maywood; St. Columbanus; and Holy Family. She now does outreach services at Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital, Santa Cruz, Calif.

Sister Ann (Neal Joseph) Kelly is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Columbanus. She devoted her ministry to teaching and served at St. Mary, Star of the Sea; Mary of Mt. Carmel, Blessed Agnes of Bohemia, St. Casimir, Epiphany, St. Benedict, and St. Ailbe, where she now teaches.

Sister Arlene (Ann Marita) Kosmatka dedicated her religious life to teaching and bilingual training for directors of religious education. She served at Maternity BVM. She now serves as a retreat/spiritual director in Plymouth, Mich.

Janet (Christine Thomas) Kubiak devoted her religious life to teaching and counseling for educational financial aid. She served at St. Matthew, St. Denis and Queen of Apostles. She now does prayer and presence in Avoca, Mich.

Sister Frances (Frances Dernine) Madigan is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Laurence. She ministered in teaching, administration and parish ministry, which she now is doing at St. Jude Parish, Boca Raton, Fla.

Sister Carolyn (angelita) Nelson is a Chicago native. She dedicated her ministry to work as a teacher, principal, director of religious education, pastoral associate and provincial administration. She served at St. Mary, Star of the Sea; St. Dominic Provincial House, St. Patrick, and St. Charles. She now serves as pastoral associate, St. Owen Parish, Birmingham, Mich.

Sister Mary (clare patrick) Nugent is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Theodore. She devoted her religious life to work as a teacher, principal, academic dean and high school and parish secretary. She served at Fenwick High School; Regina Dominican High School; St. Mary, Riverside; and in Hinsdale, Ill. She now serves as parish secretary at St. Mary Parish in Riverside.

Sister Diane (Helen George) Odette devoted her religious life to work as a teacher, principal and administrator. She served at Our Lady of Loretto and in Detroit, where she now is principal of St. Matthew School.

Sister Ursula (James Peter) Ording devoted her religious life to work as a teacher and director of a retreat center. She served at St. James, Maywood, and now is director of Springbank Retreat Center, Kingstree, S.C.

Sister Lorraine (Joneda) Pepin devoted her ministry to teaching, pastoral work and religious education. She served at Our Lady of Good Counsel, St. Columbanus and St. Carthage. She now serves as director of religious education and parish minister at St. Jude Parish in Tequesta, Fla.

Sister Marie (Madonna Joseph) Quennerville devoted her religious life to teaching. She served at Ascension in Harvey and St. Denis. She now is associate director of annual giving at the Congregation Development Office, Detroit, Mich.

Sister Lorraine (Madonna Joseph) Sinn worked as a teacher and guidance counselor. She served at Ascension in Harvey and now works as a guidance counselor at St. Andrew School, Coral Springs, Fla.

Sister Joann (Kathleen Michael) Weigang devoted her ministry to teaching. She served at St. Kilian and Bishop Quarter Junior Military Academy in Oak Park. She now lives in St. Clair Shores.

50 years

Sister Mary Dolorita Brown is a Chicago native whose home parish was Our Lady of Grace. She dedicated her religious life to teaching, day care and pastoral care. She now is at Sacred Heart Convent in Springfield, Ill.

Sister Mary Carmen Cesario is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. John Bosco. She devoted her religious life to work as a dietician. She served at St. Edward, St. Christina, the Viatorian Novitiate in Arlington Heights, and Marian Catholic High School Convent. She now is at Sacred Heart Convent in Springfield, Ill.

Sister Mary Michaela Collins is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Brendan. She devoted her ministry to teaching and tutoring. She served at St. Edward and Marian Catholic High School. She now is at Sacred Heart Convent, Springfield, Ill.

Sister Mary Bernice Curtin devoted her ministry to working in education, day care and as a dietician. She served at St. Edward, St. Christina and at the Viatorian Novitiate in Arlington Heights. She now is at St. Mary Hospital Convent, Rogers, Ark.

Sister Mary Gael Daley devoted her ministry to work as a teacher and vocation director. She served at Marian Catholic High School; and St. Bernadette, Evergreen Park. She now is assigned to the Dominican Sisters, Marion, Wis.

Sister Mary Antonette Feldhake dedicated her religious life to working as a teacher, principal, counselor, administrative secretary and in pastoral care. She served at Our Lady of Grace and Marian Catholic High School.

Sister Mary Laurentia Fenlon is a Chicago native whose home parish was Our Lady of the Angels. She served her ministry as a teacher, principal and pastoral associate. She worked at St. John Bosco, Our Lady of Grace, St. Bernadette; Evergreen Park; and St. James, Sauk Village.

Sister Joan Flannigan is an Aurora native who devoted her religious life to teaching. She served at St. Christina, Our Lady of Grace, St. Edward and Marian Catholic High School. She now is at Marian Convent in Chicago Heights.

Sister Mary Blaise Galloway devoted her religious life to teaching. She served at St. Christina and Marian Catholic High School. She now is at Marian Convent in Chicago Heights.

Sister Margaret Mary Jenot devoted her religious life to clerical work, teaching and pastoral care. She served at Our Lady of Grace; and St. Bernadette, Evergreen Park. She now is at Sacred Heart Convent in Springfield, Ill.

Sister Mary Claudia Loader devoted her ministry to teaching. She served at Our Lady of Grace, St. Edward, St. Christina and St. Lawrence O’Toole, Matteson. She now is at Sacred Heart Convent, Springfield, Ill.

Sister Margaret McCormick dedicated her ministry to education, associate program director and religion teacher at Confraternity Center. She served at St. John Bosco; and St. Bernadette, Evergreen Park. She now is assigned to Sophia House, Springfield, Ill.

Sister Mary Roselle Orso devoted her religious life to pastoral care, teaching and administration. She served at St. John Bosco and Marian Catholic High School. She now is at Sacred Heart Convent, Springfield, Ill.

Sister Mary Noel Plummer devoted her religious life to pastoral ministry and work as a teacher, principal and prioress. She served at St. John Bosco. She now is at Sacred Heart Convent, Springfield, Ill.

Sister Mary Sharon Wiertz devoted her religious life to work as a teacher, parish visitor, receptionist and dietician. She served at Our Lady of Grace, St. John Bosco and St. Lawrence O’Toole, Matteson. She now is at St. Rose Convent, Springfield, Ill.

Sister Margaret Joanne Grueter devoted her religious life to work as a teacher and principal. She served at Marian Catholic High School. She now is at Sacred Heart Griffin High School, St. Rose Convent, Springfield, Ill.

50 Years

Sister Joan McVeigh grew up in St. Gertrude Parish. She devoted her ministry to teaching and counseling and served at Holy Angels. She now is teaching at Harold Washington College, Chicago.

70 Years

Sister Mary Agna Barth dedicated her religious life to teaching. She served at Epiphany and St. Luke, River Forest. She also worked in Rockford and now lives at Sinsinawa Mound, Wis., and sings in the choir.

Sister Dorice Suchowski is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Genevieve. She served as a teacher, sacristan and pastoral minister. She worked at Trinity High School, River Forest, and in Wisconsin and Texas. She now lives at the Sinsinawa motherhouse and works in alumni resources for Bishop Lynch High School.

60 Years

Sister Leona Haggerty ministered as a teacher, administrator, pastoral counselor and social worker, including time as a counselor at the archdiocese’s Pastoral Center. She also worked in Ottawa, Bloomington and Peoria, Ill., and in Wisconsin, South Dakota and Nebraska. She now lives at Sinsinawa Mound, Wis.

Sister Mary (Lucas) McLemore devoted her religious life to teaching and religious education. She served at St. Philip Benizi, St. Brendan, St. Barnabas, St. Sabina and Immaculate Conception and in Texas and New Jersey. She lives at St. Dominic Villa, Sinsinawa, Wis.

Sister Mary Elizabeth (Caelan) O’Hara is a Chicago native whose home parish is Visitation. She taught at St. Giles, Oak Park, and in Wyoming and Wisconsin. She is sewing room director at the motherhouse in Sinsinawa, Wis.

50 years

Sister Joan Mary (Marinus) Baldridge is a Chicago-area native whose home parish was Immaculate Conception, Waukegan. She ministered in teaching and administration and served at Immaculate Conception and Sts. Faith, Hope and Charity; Winnetka. She also worked in New Jersey and New York.

Sister Anne Marie (Innocentia) Friedrich dedicated her ministry to health care, education and administration. She served at St. Basil and Visitation and Sts. Faith, Hope and Charity; Winnetka. She was co-founder and business manager of DePorres Health Center and now is a fiscal assistant at the University of Mississippi in West Jackson Family Medical Center, Jackson, Miss.

Sister Catherine (Jules) Meyering is a native of River Forest whose home parish was St. Catherine of Siena. She dedicated her ministry to teaching and served at Trinity High School.

Sister Jean C. Murray is a native of Oak Park whose home parish was St. Luke, River Forest. She devoted her ministry to teaching and served as president of Rosary College, now known as Dominican University, and was an associate professor of French.

Sister Mary Jo (Mary Bernardus) Schofield is a native of Oak Lawn who dedicated her ministry to teaching. She served at St. Basil, St. Richard, St. Cajetan, St. Gerald, and St. Catherine of Alexandria where she now serves as a member of the professional staff.

Sister Barbara (Adelia) Tilkens dedicated her religious life to parish ministry, chaplaincy, teaching and administration. She served at Chicago’s Visitation and in Peoria, Ill., Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Jersey, Montana, Alabama and Iowa. She now serves as a chaplain at Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, Wis.

50 years

Sister Marcelyn Adams devoted her religious life to education and administration. She served at St. Procopius and now is an administrative aide at Guardian Angel Home, Joliet.

Sister Christian Gilgen is a Chicago native who devoted her ministry to nursing and administration. She served at St. Francis de Sales, Ewing Avenue, and now works at Our Lady of Angels, Joliet, where she handles the medical records of the sister residents.

Sister Pauline Schutz is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Pascal. She devoted her religious life to pastoral work and now is a pastoral associate at St. Pius X, Lombard.

40 years

Sister Mary Lou Marchetti devoted her ministry to pastoral work. She served at St. Clement; St. Ann, Lansing; Ford City Catholic Center; Sarah’s Circle; and Immaculate Conception (North Park). She now is a chaplain at Vista Care Hospice, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Sister Alice Emile Schacht is a Lemont native whose home parish was St. Patrick. She devoted her religious life to nursing and served at St. Francis de Sales on Ewing Avenue and St. Procopius Convent. She now is at Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home, Joliet.

Sister Yvonne Weidner is a Palatine native whose home parish was St. Mary, Des Plaines. She dedicated her ministry to education and administration and served at St. Ann, Lansing; St. Pascal, and St. Procopius Convent. She now is administrator of Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home, Joliet.

75 years

Sister Stella Marie Benben is a Chicago native whose home parish was SS. Peter & Paul. She devoted her religious life to administrative duties and work as a teacher and principal. She served at St. James, Holy Rosary, St. Joseph High School, Good Counsel High School, Our Lady of Good Counsel Infirmary, Marian Care Center and Our Lady of the Angels, where she now lives and does clerical assistance and prayer ministry. She also worked in Wisconsin.

Sister Miriam Kontny devoted her religious life to teaching and work as an organist. She served at Holy Innocents; St. Wenceslaus; St. Turibius; St. Isidore, Blue Island; Sacred Heart; and in Wisconsin and France. She now lives at Our Lady of the Angels and serves in prayer ministry.

60 years

Sister Mary Anisia Ciemiega is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Helen. She dedicated her religious life to work as a teacher, principal and library aide. She served at Holy Innocents, St. Bronislava, SS. Peter & Paul, St. Wenceslaus, St. Joseph, St. James, St. Damian, St. John of God, Sacred Heart, Our Lady of Ransom and Good Counsel High School, where she now serves as a library aide. She also worked in Lombard and Joliet, Ill.

Sister Mary Sebastia Dzwierzynski is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. John of God. She dedicated her religious life to education and health care. She served at SS. Peter & Paul; Sacred Heart; St. Bruno; St. Bronislava; St. Andrew Home, Niles; Holy Name of Mary; as an aide at the cardinal’s residence; Marian Care Center and Our Lady of the Angels, where she cares for the aged. She also worked in Peoria and Rockford, Ill., and in Wisconsin.

Sister Mary Joseph Kroll is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Mary Magdalene. She devoted her religious life to work as a teacher and librarian. She served at Holy Innocents; St. Joseph; SS. Peter & Paul; St. Turibius; St. James; Our Lady of the Gardens; St. Helen; St. Bronislava; St. Mary Magdalene; Good Counsel High School; St. Isidore, Blue Island; Incarnation; in Rockford and LaSalle, Ill., and in Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Alabama. She now works as an aide at Our Lady of the Angels Convent, Chicago.

Sister Mary Lourdine Lachowski devoted her religious life to education. She served at St. Helen; St. Joseph; St. Bruno; St. Wenceslaus; Ascension, Evanston; Holy Innocents; St. Linus; and Our Lady of Ransom, where she now is teaching. She also worked in LaSalle, Ill.

Sister Mary Madeleine Nowak dedicated her religious life to education. She served at St. Bronislava; St. James; Psycho-Educational Center; St. Hubert; St. Joseph; St. John of God; St. Turibius; Holy Innocents; St. Andrew Convent, Niles; in Joliet and Peoria, Ill., and in Wisconsin and Minnesota. She now is a patient visitor at Our Lady of the Angels, Chicago.

Sister Paul Marie Pietroczynski is a Chicago native whose home parish was Holy Innocents. She devoted her ministry to work as a teacher, principal and supervisor of schools. She served at St. Bruno, St. Turibius, St. Bronislava, St. Mary Magdalene, St. Hedwig Orphanage, Our Lady of the Gardens, Sacred Heart, St. Wenceslaus, St. Joseph and Our Lady of Ransom, where she works as a tutor. She also served in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

50 years

Sister Mary Virginia Sztorc is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Wenceslaus. She devoted her religious life to work as a teacher, librarian, activity director and in child care. She served at St. Helen, St. Joseph on Paulina St., St. Joseph High School, St. John of God, Our Lady of Ransom, Mother of Good Counsel, at the community’s provincialate; in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and in Rome. She now serves as a chauffeur and takes care of car maintenance and the “Garden of Memories” at the Mother of Good Counsel Provincialate, Blessed Virgin Convent.

50 years

Sister Mary Clare Brunkala is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr. She minstered as a teacher, nurse, sacristan and driver. She served at Mother Theresa Home and Our Lady of Victory, Lemont, and St. Joseph Home. She now lives at Our Lady of Victory Convent, Lemont.

Sister Mary Francine Labus is a Chicago native. She devoted her ministry to teaching, administration and serving as general councilor, mission effectiveness director and general vicar of her congregation. She served at St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr, St. Pancratius, Five Holy Martyrs and was a member of the archdiocese’s principal interview team. She now lives at Our Lady of Victory Convent, Lemont.

Sister Mary Monica Sendlosky devoted her ministry to teaching, community administration and work as a librarian. She served at Five Holy Martyrs and Madonna High School. She now lives at Madonna Convent, Chicago.

50 years

Sister Madonna Jadlowski devoted her ministry to teaching and administration. She served at St. Francis of Assisi and now is a tutor at Prince of Peace, Olathe, Kansas.

Sister Francesca Klawinski dedicated her religious life to teaching and administration. She served at Our Lady of the Ridge, Chicago Ridge. She now is a medical clerk and works in St. Louis, Mo.

25 years

Sister Patricia Paczosa dedicated her religious life to teaching and served at St. Joseph, Chicago Heights. She now teaches at St. Blaise, Maryland Heights, Mo.

50 years

Sister Joann Kaiser devoted her religious life to management of food services. She served at Alvernia Center and in Wisconsin. She now is cafeteria manager at St. Rose Convent, La Crosse, Wis.

50 years

Sister Dativa (Vincent de Paul) Belleweg devoted part of her religious life to teaching at St. James School, Arlington Heights.

Sister Mary Agnes (Roynelle) Fleckenstein dedicated her ministry to teaching and served at St. Joseph, Waukegan. She now tutors at Montini Elementary School, McHenry.

Sister Ruth (Corda) Hoerig dedicated part of her religious life to teaching at Our Lady of Victory.

Sister Mary Ann Schmidt dedicated her ministry to music education and library science. She served at St. Alphonsus, Lemont; St. Peter, Skokie; and St. Joseph, Summit. She now is a librarian at Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wis.

Sister Maria Terese Patterson devoted her religious life to teaching and music. She served at St. Bernardine, and St. Benedict High School.

Sister Mary Ann Schmidt devoted her ministry to teaching. She served at St. Peter, Skokie, and St. Joseph, Summit.

Sister Joan (Ernest) Schumacher dedicated her religious life to teaching art. She served at Our Lady of Victory; St. Anne, Barrington; and Our Lady of Charity. She has taught at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, since 1968.

Sister Kathleen (Lawrence Ann) Braun devoted her ministry to serving as a bilingual housing counselor, a medical technologist and pastoral minister. She served in Texas and now is a hospice chaplain at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital.

Sister Joneen Keuler devoted her religious life to work as a nutrition counselor with focus on the needs of clients with diabetes, cancer and heart disease. She served at Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge.

Sister Laurie Michalowski is a Chicago native who devoted part of her religious life to serving at Chicago’s 8th Day center for Justice, Franciscans International and SRI Associates, where she currently works.

25 Years

Sister Barbara Forster dedicated her religious life to education, administration and working with young people in challenging situations. She served at St. William and Alvernia High School. She worked with young women under the guardianship of the Department of Children and Families in Cook County; as an educational liaison at Maryville Academy, and as director of Maryville’s Stepping Stones independent living program. She now is a clinical supervisor for the Teen Parent Service Network, Uhlich Children’s Home.

Sister Deborah Fumagalli devoted her ministry to education. She served at Aquinas Dominican High School and now teaches at Regina Dominican High School, where she chairs the school’s theology department. She also serves with the 8th Day Center for Justice and Call to Action.

50 years

Sister Mary Julianne Ficzko devoted her ministry to teaching. She served at Sacred Heart; St. George, Holy Trinity, St. Stephen, and Mount Assisi Academy and Alvernia Manor, Lemont. She now lives at St. Joseph’s Infirmary, Alvernia Manor, Lemont.

Sister M. Georgine Hroma is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. George. She dedicated her religious life to teaching and administration. She served at St. Stephen and St. George and in Joliet, Ill., Wisconsin, Ohio and Kansas. She now works with the elderly and is administrator of Alvernia Manor Sheltered Care, Lemont.

Sister M. Catherine Jaksa devoted her religious life to teaching. She now serves at St. Mary Nativity, Joliet, Ill.

Sister Louisa Dwyer devoted her religious life to teaching and music and served at St. Gerald and in other cities in Illinois, Iowa and Kentucky. She also worked in administrative capacities with her congregation. She now is a congregational archivist and lives at the Canticle, Clinton, Iowa.

Sister Phyllis Morris devoted her religious life to work as a math and science teacher at St. Gerald and other cities in Illinois, Iowa and California. She now is a missionary in Peru, where she has been working for the past 33 years and serves as pastoral coordinator and director of catechetics.

Sister Luke Sondgeroth devoted her ministry to teaching. She served at St. Francis de Paula where she also worked as a pastoral minister to the sick and elderly. She also served with the AIDS Ministry of Illinois in Joliet. She now is at the Canticle, Clinton, Iowa.

50 years

Sister Clairvaux McFarland is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Juliana. She devoted her religious life to work as a graphic designer and iconographer. She now works at Assisi Heights, Rochester, Minn.

Sister Bernadette Svatos devoted her ministry to teaching, administration, catechetics and pastoral theology. She served at St. Priscilla and in North Carolina. She now is the Northern Area Faith Formation Coordinator, Diocesan Office of Charlotte, N. C.

Sister Renata Walch devoted her religious life to teaching and pastoral ministry. She served at St. Priscilla and is assigned to Assisi Heights, Rochester, Minn.

Sister Michon Welsh lived in Chicago before entering the religious life. Her home parish was St. Juliana. She devoted her ministry to teaching, parish work and liturgist. She now is the pastoral associate of liturgy and sacramental preparation at St. John Neuman, Burnsville, Minn.

50 years

Sister Leona Augustyn devoted her religious life to education, administration and pastoral ministry. She served at Immaculate Conception, St. Mary of Czestochowa, Transfiguration, St. Roman, St. Simeon and in Nebraska, where she now serves as pastoral minister at St. Leo, Grand Island.

Sister Colette Wilczynski is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Fidelis. She devoted her ministry to work as a teacher, librarian, director of religious education, massage therapist and on-site building project coordinator. She served at Immaculate Conception, St. Simeon, St. Barbara, Queen of the Universe, St. John the Evangelist, St. Peter Damien, Bartlett Learning Center and Bartlett Retirement Campus, where she now serves as on-site project coordinator. She also worked in Indiana.

25 years

Sister Joanna Thy Le devoted her religious life to teaching and missionary and vocation work. She served at House of the Good Shepherd and in Korea and Vietnam. She now works as a vocation director and lives in Chicago.

50 years

Sister M. Helen Niemczyk is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. John Cantius. She devoted her religious life to domestic responsibilities within her congregation. She served at St. Michael; St. Hedwig; St. Blase; St. Susanna, Harvey; Nazarethville, Des Plaines; and at the Provincialate. She now lives at Nazarethville, Des Plaines.

Sister Rose Marie Obarski is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Mary Magdalene. She dedicated her religious life to education, administration and serving as provincial superior and secretary. She served at St. Camillus, St. John the Baptist, St. Adalbert, Assumption B.V.M., St. Michael, St. Gilbert, St. Maria Goretti and Mary of Nazareth, Harvey, where she now teaches.

25 years

Sister Cathy Wright served her religious life as a contemplative (non-cloistered) presence in neighborhoods and work places—as a factory worker, housekeeper and telephone operator. She served on Chicago’s West Side, in Maryland, Rwanda and in Italy. She now works in Chicago.

70 years

Sister Mary Ambrose Wack devoted her religious life to education, library and social work. She served at St. Teresa of Avila, St. Gregory, St. Raphael and St. Theresa, Palatine. She now serves at St. James, Arlington Heights, where she ministers as a visitor to the sick at Luther Village and coordinates volunteers at the Living Word Center for mailings.

60 years

Sister Bonita (Edwardis) Brand devoted her religious life to teaching. She served at St. Gregory and Josephinum High Schools. She now ministers to the sick and elderly sisters and with various community needs.

50 years

Sister Joanne Grib is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Gall. She dedicated her religious life to teaching, administration and work as a chemist for an international industrial company. She served at Lourdes High School. She now is a freelance computer specialist and works with Coldwell Banker in Arlington Heights.

25 years

Sister Eileen Lowe is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Lawrence O’Toole. She devoted her religious life to administration and counseling. She served at Josephinum and Maria high schools and currently is administrator and dean of students at Holy Trinity High School.

50 years

Sister Eleanor Keaney dedicated her religious life to teaching, religious education, counseling, therapy and pastoral ministry. She now is a provincial leader and lives in Oak Lawn.

50 years

Sister Kay (Katherine) Heidkamp is a Chicago native who was a member of St. Hilary parish. She served in primary health care, as a radiological technician instructor, pastoral associate and community property manager. She was an instructor at Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, and worked in Missouri, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Colorado, Pakistan and Venezuela. She now lives in San Diego, Calif., and advocates for the poor.

50 Years

Sister Corita M. Bussanmas devoted her religious life to teaching and administration. She served at Annunciation and Our Lady of the Angels. She currently is director of Breakthrough, a child-care agency in Kansas City, Mo.

Sister Alice (Alissio) Caulfield is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Dorothy. She dedicated her ministry to teaching, administration and pastoral work and served at Immaculata High School and Holy Family Parish. She now is administrator of the Wright Hall BVM retirement residence in Chicago.

Sister Mary Therese (Kenneth Michael) Cusack is a Chicago native whose home parish was Presentation. She devoted her ministry to teaching, administration, nursing and pastoral work. She served at St. Ferdinand; St. Joseph, Round Lake; St. Bartholomew; St. Cornelius; St. Callistus; St. Eulalia; Holy Family Parish and St. Joseph Hospital. She now is a parish and hospice volunteer and lives in Chicago.

Sister Catherine Dunn is a Chicago native who devoted her ministry to teaching and administration. She served at St. Vincent and now is president of Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa.

Sister M. Patricia (Chrysostom) Fitzgerald devoted her religious life to teaching, administration and health care. She served at Our Lady of Angels, St. Mary Center for Learning, St. Callistus, St. Joseph, Et. Eulalia, Austin Career Educational Center and Education and Intervention, Inc. She now ministers as an artist, educator and massage therapist.

Sister Therese (Rita Maurice) Fox is a Chicago native whose home parish was Our Lady of Angels. She served as a teacher and counselor at St. Mary; St. Gilbert, Immaculata High School, Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Angels, St. Ita, St. Bartholomew, St. Mary of the Lake and St. Constance. She volunteered at Transfiguration, Wauconda and St. Clare of Montefalco. She now volunteers at Mount Carmel in Dubuque, Iowa.

Sister Genevieve (Leonine) Freund devoted her ministry to teaching and pastoral work. She served at Blessed Sacrament and now is a pastoral associate at St. Paul the Apostle.

Sister Mary Therese (Marcina) Freymann dedicated her religious life to teaching. She served at St. Gilbert, St. Eulalia, and Holy Family/Children of Peace. She now is technology coordinator at Children of Peace and St. James schools.

Sister Clarenita Froehlich is a Chicago native who devoted her ministry to teaching and administration. She served at St. Vincent and currently is on sabbatical.

Sister Helen (Robert Joseph) Garvey dedicated her religious life to teaching, administration and pastoral work. She taught at St. Ferdinand and St. Peter, Antioch. She served as president and vice-president of the BVM congregation and now is director of pastoral services for the Diocese of Lexington, Ky.

Sister M. Patricia (St. Thomas) Haley devoted her ministry to teaching and administration. She served at Mary, Queen of Heaven, and St. Tarcissus; and was a faculty member and administrator at Mundelein College. She now is a professor of communications at Loyola University.

Sister Eileen (Patrick Ellen) Healy served her religious life as a teacher and administrator. She served at St. Agatha and currently is associate administrator at the Mount Carmel Motherhouse.

Sister Marjorie (Herberdette) Heidkamp is a Chicago native whose home parish was Queen of Angels. She dedicated her ministry to teaching, administration, health care and chaplaincy. She served at St. Jerome; St. Peter, Antioch; St. Bernadette; St. James; and Lutheran General Hospital. She now is health care coordinator for the Great Lakes region of her BVM community.

Sister Bernadette (Lucinus) McManigal is a Chicago native whose home parish was Our Lady of the Angels. She dedicated her ministry to teaching and administration. She served at St. Callistus and St. Jerome and held several administrator positions for the BVM congregation. She currently is superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Lexington, Ky.

Sister Catherine (Roselani) Ornellas devoted her ministry to teaching and served at St. Joseph, Round Lake. She now works at St. Theresa School in Phoenix.

Sister Edissa Szczepanski is a Chicago native whose home parish was Our Lady of Angels. She dedicated her religious life to teaching, administration and library science. She served at St. Agatha, St. Tarcissus, Blessed Sacrament, Our Lady of Angels, St. Anthony Hospital, Immaculata High School, St. Eulalia, and Immaculate Heart of Mary. She recently was administrative assistant at Wright Hall and now lives at Holy Name Convent, Chicago.

Sister Barbara Jean (Jean Vincent) Tascher is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Bede, Fox Lake. She devoted her religious life to teaching and health care and served at St. Vincent.

Sister Johanna Trisoliere is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Callistus. She devoted her ministry to teaching and administration and served at St. Tarcissus, St. Agatha, and Mary, Queen of Heaven,. She now serves at St. Odilo.

Sister Mary Voss devoted her religious life to teaching and administration. She served at Holy Name and Mundelein College. She now is the coordinator of associates for the BVM congregation.

Sister Mary Elizabeth (Antoinette) Wirtz dedicated her ministry to teaching. She served at St. Ferdinand and now teaches at St. Robert Bellarmine.

Sister Luca Yankovich is a Chicago native whose home parish was Our Lady of the Angels. She devoted her religious life to teaching and administration. She served at St. Pius; St. Peter, Antioch; Mundelein College; and Catholic Charities, where she was an immigration consultant. She now resides at Holy Name Convent.

50 years

Sister Joan (M. Leanne) LeBeau is a Chicago native whose home parish was Our Lady of Sorrows. She ministered in food service and now is assistant CHM coordinator at the Bishop Drumm Retirement Center, Johnson, Iowa.

50 years

Sister Sheila Brosman lived in the Chicago area and entered the convent from her home parish of St. Bernadette. She devoted her ministry to health, hospice and pastoral care and administration. She served at Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park and Little Company of Mary Home Based Services, Oak Lawn. She also worked in Indiana and California. She now is a chaplain in hospice services at Little Company of Mary.

Sister Deborah A. Conley is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Sabina. She devoted her religious life to administration, spiritual direction and retreat ministry and addictions counseling. She served at the Institute for Spiritual Leadership and Alexian Brothers Bonaventure House and in Massachusetts. She now does spiritual direction and retreat ministry at Little Company of Mary Hospital and for the St. Sabina faith community.

50 years

Sister Mary Gloriana Bednarski is a Chicago native who devoted her ministry to education, pastoral ministry and missionary work. She served at St. Patrick Academy, St. Joan of Arc, St. Ita, Uptown Ministry and now is in Honduras.

Sister Mary Ann Bergfeld is a Chicago native who devoted her religious life to education. She served at St. Monica, St. Gabriel and St. Xavier College. She now lives in Oak Lawn.

Sister Mary Evelyn Derezinski is a Chicago native who ministered in education and as a pastoral associate. She served at St. Xavier College, St. Patrick Academy and at Mercy Center in Aurora, Ill., where she now is assigned.

Sister Mary Conleth Foley is a Chicago native who devoted her religious life to education and housing administration. She served at St. Patrick Academy, St. Raymond, St. Mary of the Lake and Mercy Residence, Olympia Fields, where she now is assigned.

Sister Mary Anntelle Fuczyla devoted her religious life to nursing. She served at Mercy Hospital and in Iowa. She now lives in Chicago.

Sister Mary Corinne Kabara devoted her religious life to education and work as a pastoral associate. She served at St. Monica, St. Ethelred, St. Irenaeus, St. Justin Martyr, Unity High School and in Wisconsin. She now lives in Milwaukee.

Sister Mary Emily Kemppi is a Waukegan native who devoted her religious life to education and occupational therapy. She served at Mercy and Unity High School; Mercy Hospital and in Aurora, where she now lives.

Sister Mary Jo Kenny is a Chicago native who devoted her ministry to education. She served at Precious Blood, St. Joachim and St. Patrick, and in Aurora, Ill where she now lives.

Sister Mary Campion Maguire is a Chicago native who devoted her ministry to education. She served at St. Stephen and Mother McAuley and St. Rita high schools. She now lives in Oak Lawn.

Sister Mary Timothy Matthews devoted her religious life to education and accounting. She served at Mercy and Mother McAuley High Schools and Alexian Brothers Hospital. She now lives in Elburn, Ill.

Sister Patricia Murphy is a Chicago native who dedicated her ministry to education and nursing. She served at Queen of Martyrs, St. Catherine of Genoa, Lower West Side Clinic and Mercy Hospital. She now lives in Chicago.

Sister Julie Neal is a Waukegan native who devoted her religious life to education and physical therapy. She served at Mother McAuley High School, Little Flower Parish, St. Catherine Residence and in Wisconsin. She now lives in Greendale, Wis.

Sister Joann Marilyn Persch devoted her ministry to education and social work. She served at St. Catherine of Genoa, St. Paul of the Cross, Our Lady of the Brook, St. James, Austin Career Center, Su Casa and Casa Notre Dame. She now lives in Chicago.

Sister Mary Barbara Shields is a Chicago native who devoted her ministry to education. She served at St. Barbara, St. Emeric and Mother McAuley High School. She now lives in Matteson.

Sister Mary Elizabeth Smith is a Chicago native who devoted her religious life to education and administration. She served at Mother McAuley High School and Weston Jesuit School. She also was regional president and now lives in Waltham, Mass.

Sister Mary Therese Windham is an Oak Park native who devoted her ministry to education. She served at Mother McAuley High School, Moraine Valley Community College and in Joliet, Ill. She now lives in Oak Lawn.

50 years

Sister Pauline M. Lerch devoted her religious life to teaching, administration and office work. She served at Notre Dame Elementary School; St. Martin de Porres; St. John de La Salle; the Chicago Archdiocese Office of Catholic Education; and in Kankakee, Ill.; Rhode Island, Connecticut and England. She now serves at the Hesburgh Center, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago.

75 years

Sister Rose Anna Vonder Haar devoted her religious life to teaching and administration. She served at St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Victor, Notre Dame High School for Girls, in Rome as treasurer for her community and in Ohio. She now lives at Mount Notre Dame, Cincinnati.

70 years

Sister Marie (James Marie) Hoelle devoted her ministry to education, music and administration and served as a church organist. She served for many years at St. Peter Canisius and in Ohio and Arizona. She now lives at Mount Notre Dame, Cincinnati.

Sister Caroline Humphreys dedicated her religious life to teaching and pastoral ministry. She served at St. Robert Bellarmine and in several Ohio cities.

Sister Louise (Mary Thomas) Stuhlmueller devoted her ministry to music education and pastoral ministry. She served at St. Victor; Notre Dame High School for Girls; in Villa Park, Ill.; and in Ohio and Arizona. She now provides private music lessons and lives at Mount Notre Dame, Cincinnati.

60 years

Sister Mary Dorothy (Florence Cecilia) LeDiard dedicated her ministry to teaching. She served at St. Peter Canisius; St. Robert Bellarmine; in Villa Park, Ill.; and in Ohio. She now lives at Mount Notre Dame, Cincinnati.

Sister Mary Christine Mitchell devoted her religious life to teaching and business. She served at St. Robert Bellarmine and Notre Dame High School for Girls. She now lives at Mount Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Ohio.

50 years

Sister Agnes Frances Jung is a Chicago native who devoted her religious life to teaching. She served at St. Peter Canisius; St. Constance; St. James; St. Hyacinth and the Academy of Our Lady of the Roses; in Villa Park, Hinsdale and South Beloit, Ill.; and in several cities in Ohio. She now serves as director of the resource center at St. Beatrice School.

Sister Maureen Sauer is a Chicago native who dedicated her religious life to education, administration and music ministry. She served at Notre Dame High School for Girls, St. Catherine of Siena/St. Lucy and in Ohio. She now serves as music director at St. Luke Parish.

Sister Marjorie (Ruth Ann) Suttmiller devoted most of her religious life to business and administrative duties. She served at Notre Dame High School for Girls and in Ohio. She now does community service at Mount Notre Dame Cincinnati.

50 years

Sister Mary Kevin Ryan dedicated her religious life to education and health care. She served at St. Henry; Angel Guardian Orphanage; St. Francis Hospital, Evanston; and Loretto Hospital. She now teaches music at St. Bartholomew and Our Lady of Victory schools.

Sister Judian Breitenbach dedicated her religious life to health care. She served at St. Anne Hospital and in Indiana. She now is a consultant/coordinator for complementary health and healing, LaPorte Hospital Health Services, LaPorte, Ind.

25 years

Sister Bonnie Boilini devoted her ministry to education and health care. She taught in Indiana and now is a medical records completion specialist at St. Elizabeth Hospital.

50 years

Sister Audrey Hall is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Simeon. She dedicated her religious life to working with developmentally handicapped women. She served at St. Mary of Providence and Mount St. Joseph and now lives at Queen of Peace Retirement Center, Lake Zurich.

Sister Antoinette Palmisano is a Chicago native whose home parish was Santa Maria Incoronata. She devoted her ministry to work as a sacristan and treasurer. She served at St. Mary of Providence and St. Rose Center. She now is at St. Mary of Providence.

Sister Ann Schaffer is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Augustine. She dedicated her religious life to dietary work. She served at St. Mary of Providence and coordinated the St. Stanislaus soup kitchen. She now is at St. Mary of Providence.

80 years

Sister Carmelita Brady devoted her religious life to education, community service and library work. She served at Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Mercy, St. Mel and in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Indiana and Maryland. She now ministers on the residential services staff at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Mary Carina Connors devoted her ministry to education, administration and library work. She served at St. Columbkille; Our Lady of Sorrows; Immaculate Conception, Norwood Park; St. Angela; St. Leo; St. Mel; in Galesburg, Ill.; and in Washington, DC; Maryland; Indiana; and Massachusetts. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Mary Evangelista Herber devoted her religious life to education, library work and pastoral miistry. She served at St. Leo, Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Genevieve, St. Agnes and in Indiana and California. She now ministers as a member of the health care services staff.

Sister Marie Bernardine Swygman devoted her ministry to education and administration. She served at St. Leo; St. Angela; St. Mel-Holy Ghost; Marywood High School, Evanston; in Lockport, Ill.; and in Indiana and California.

75 years

Sister Gertrude Marian Bauer devoted her religious life to education, administration and counseling. She served at St. Mel, St. Leo, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Mercy, St. Genevieve, Maternity BVM, St. Mel-Holy Ghost and in Indiana and Massachusetts. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Angela Garlat is a Rockford native whose home parish was Our Lady of Sorrows. She dedicated her ministry to education and administrative services. She served at St. Andrew, Marywood High School and St. Athanasius, Evanston; St. Alexander, in Galesburg, Ill.; and in Indiana. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Mary Hickey (Ephrem) devoted her ministry to education, administration and community service. She served at St. Columbkille, St. Sylvester, St. Mel, St. Leo, St. Mark and in Indiana, Maryland and Washington D.C. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Francis Pierre Pagels dedicated her religious life to education and community service. She served at Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Mel, in Downers Grove, Ill., and in Indiana. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

70 years

Sister Frances Joan Baker dedicated her ministry to education and administration. She served at St. Agnes and St. Athanasius, and in Indiana, Massachusetts and North Carolina. She now ministers as a member of the residential services staff at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Margaret Gallagher is a Chicago native whose home parish was Resurrection. She devoted her ministry to education and administration. She served at Marywood High School, and in Washington D.C., California, Indiana, Taiwan and Hong Kong. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Marie Consolata Gallagher devoted her religious life to education and counseling. She served at St. Mel, Our Lady of Mercy, St. Angela, Mother Theodore Guerin High School, in Joliet, Ill.; and in Indiana; Washington D.C.; and Maryland.

Sister Jean Karier is an Evanston native whose home parish was St. Mel. She devoted her religious life to education and administration. She served at Our Lady of Mercy, St. Sylvester, St. Agnes and in Indiana. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Mary Ellen Kilday lived in Chicago and attended St. Clara before entering the religious life. She devoted her ministry to education and administration. She served at Providence High School, Mother Theodore Guerin High School, in Joliet and Galesburg, Ill. and in North Carolina, Indiana, Washington D.C., Massachusetts and Florida. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Mary Esther Larkin devoted her religious life to education, library and administrative duties. She served at St. Agnes; Immaculate Conception, Norwood Park; in Aurora, Ill; and Indiana. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Helen (Alma Francis) McCarthy is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Agnes. She devoted her ministry to education and served at St. Angela; St. Mel; Immaculate Conception; Our Lady of Mercy; St. Athanasius, Evanston; St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette; St. Genevieve; in Galesburg, Ill.; and in Indiana and Washington D.C.

Sister Mary Pius Regnier is an Aurora native whose home parish was St. Mary. She devoted her ministry to education, administration and health care. She served at Providence High School, St. Athanasius, in Lockport and Joliet, Ill., and in Indiana. She was the congregation’s general superior and now ministers as a member of the health care services staff at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Anne Pauline Schilf is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Mel. She devoted her religious life to education, administration and community service. She served at Providence High School, Immaculate Conception, Marywood High School, Mother Theodore Guerin High School, in Galesburg, Ill.; and in Indiana and California. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Patricia Marie Woods devoted her religious life to education, library work and pastoral ministry. She served at Our Lady of Sorrows; Immaculate Conception, Norwood Park; and in Washington D.C. and Massachusetts. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Ann Miriam Zell devoted her ministry to education. She served at St. Leo, Marywood High School and St. Athanasius, in Aurora, Ill.; and California. She now ministers in prayer in Alhambra, Calif.

65 years

Sister Jane Bodine devoted her religious life to education, administration and consulting work. She served at St. Genevieve, St. Leo, Marywood High School, Mother Theodore Guerin High School, in New Lenox, Ill.; and in Indiana, Missouri and New York. She now ministers for the Ladywood School Alumnae at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Ann Kathleen Brawley is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Mel. She dedicated her religious life to education and administration. She served at Our Lady of Sorrows and in Indiana and Texas. She now ministers as a consultant to the archives staff at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Suzanne Brezette dedicated her ministry to education, administration and senior citizen-related activities. She served at Providence High School and in Indiana, Florida and Massachusetts. She now ministers as a volunteer in the Office of Congregational Advancement at St. Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Ann Clinic and St. Ann Parish in Terre Haute, Ind.

Sister Charlotte Bruck devoted her ministry to education, administration and counseling. She served at St. Mel, Maternity BVM and St. Andrew. She also served in Florida and in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, where she wrote the first series of elementary guidance books in the United States. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Mary Anselm Coppersmith dedicated her religious life to education and administrative duties. She served at St. Leo, St. Genevieve, Mother Theodore Guerin High School, and in Indiana, Maryland, New Hampshire and Missouri. She currently ministers in residential services at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Dorothy (Damien) Deal devoted her ministry to education, administration and community service. She served at St. Leo and St. Angela and in Indiana, Washington D.C., Massachusetts and Brazil. She now ministers as a member of the residential services staff at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Rose Marie Garvey is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Matthew. She dedicated her religious life to education, counseling, pastoral work and work as an art curator. She served at Marywood High School, St. Columbkille High School, Providence High School and Good Samaritan Hospital. She also worked in Indiana and Massachusetts. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Brendan Harvey devoted her religious life to teaching, special education, social services and work as a writer and author. She served at Our Lady of Mercy and St. Athanasius, and worked for the New World, the predecessor of The Catholic New World. She co-authored a reading workbook and “The Story of Anne Therese,” a child’s book, tape and coloring book about the early life of Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods. She also served in Indiana and Missouri. She now ministers as director of Providence Food Pantry, West Terre Haute, Ind.

Sister Agnes Veronica Hester dedicated her ministry to education. She served at Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Mark and in Galesburg, Ill., Indiana and Peru. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Beatrice (Mary Canice) Hoberg is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Frances of Rome. She devoted her religious life to education, administration, music composition and work as an author. She served at St. Angela, St. Athanasius, Mother Theodore Guerin High School, Providence High School; in Aurora and New Lenox, Ill., and in California and Indiana. She co-authored “The Story of Anne Therese,” a child’s book, tape and a coloring book about the early life of Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin, the congregation’s foundress. She also co-authored the “To God Through Music” series, along with a reading workbook. She now is a staff member in residential services at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Helen Marie Kelly dedicated her ministry to music education and convent services. She served at St. Agnes and in Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington D.C., Texas, and New Hampshire. She now ministers as a staff member in residential services at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Catherine (Agatha) Livers dedicated her religious life to education, administration and pastoral ministry. She served at Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Mel, in Joliet and Peoria, Ill; and in Kentucky, New York, Indiana, Maryland and North Carolina. She now ministers as a volunteer at St. Ann Clinic, Terre Haute, Ind., and with the ministry of care program at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Alma Louise Mescher has devoted her religious life to education and pastoral ministry. She served at Marywood High School, in Galesburg and Charleston, Ill.; and in California and Indiana. She now works as a professor of biology at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

60 years

Sister Agnes Eugene Cordak is a Chicago native whose home parish was Maternity BVM. She devoted her religious life to education and administration. She served at St. Angela; St. Leo; St. Andrew; Cathedral High School; St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette; Mother Theodore Guerin High School, in Galesburg and Lockport, Ill.; and in Indiana; Washington D.C.; and Massachusetts. She served the Sisters of Providence in various capacities and now is a resource center staff member at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Alma Marie Earus dedicated her ministry to education. She served at St. Angela, Marywood High School, St. Athansius, in Downers Grove, Ill.; and in Massachusetts, Indiana, Maryland, New Hampshire and Washington D.C.. She served the Sisters of Providence in various capacities and now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Thomasine Griffin dedicated her religious life to education, administration and pastoral work. She served at Our Lady of Sorrows; Immaculate Conception, Norwood Park; and in Massachusetts, Indiana and Texas. She also served the Sisters of Providence in various capacities and now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Dorothy Evelyn Laughlin devoted her ministry to education and administration. She served at Marywood High School, in New Lenox and Joliet, Ill.; and in Indiana, California and Washington D.C.. She now ministers as a member of the residential services staff at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Eleanor (Reparata Marie) Pierce dedicated her ministry to education and administration. She served at St. Mark and in Indiana, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire and Washington, DC. She now ministers in convent and school services for St. Rose, Chelsea, Mass.

Sister Mary Ellen Quinn is a Chicago native whose home parish was Presentation. She devoted her religious life to education and administration and served at St. Andrew; Maternity BVM; Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove; in California, where she was curriculum director for the Archdiocese of San Francisco; and in Washington D.C., Texas, Indiana, and Taiwan.

Sister Margaret Ringe devoted her religious life to education, administration and pastoral ministry. She served at St. Genevieve, St. Andrew, Our Lady of Sorrows and in Downers Grove, Ill., and worked in Massachusetts; Maryland; Washington D.C., Oklahoma, Texas, North Carolina, France and England. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Mary Magdalen Schwartz is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Richard. She devoted her ministry to education, administration and health care. She served at St. Mel, Providence High School, Providence-St. Mel, Marywood High School, Providence Family Services and in several other capacities for her congregation in the Chicago area. She also worked in Joliet and Lockport, Ill. and in Indiana, Massachusetts and Missouri. She now ministers in prayer at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Mary Slattery devoted her religious life to music, education, administration and pastoral work. She served at St. Mel, St. Athanasius, in Aurora, Ill.; and in Indiana, Maryland and Oklahoma. She now ministers in companion services in Indianapolis, Ind.

Sister Marie Kevin Tighe devoted her religious life to education and administration. She served at St. Sylvester and St. Angela and in Indiana, Missouri and Massachusetts. She now ministers as promoter of Mother Theodore Guerin’s cause for sainthood at St. Mary-of-the-Lake.

50 Years

Sister Patricia Geis is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Mark. She dedicated her ministry to teaching and administration. She served at Immaculate Conception; St. Agnes; St. Cornelius; St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette; Our Lady of Hope, St. Zachary, Santa Maria Del Popolo, Mount St. Joseph, and as director of St. Columbkille Day Nursery. She also served in Lockport and Joliet, Ill., and in Indiana, California and North Dakota.

Sister Cecilia (Mary Cecilia) Carter dedicated her religious life to teaching and administration. She served at St. Andrew and St. Mel-Holy Ghost and in Indiana, Maryland and California. She also served as a provincial councilor at St. Michael Province House and now ministers in community service at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Rose Virgina Eichman devoted her religious life to teaching, administration and health care. She served at St. Andrew, St. Angela and St. Mel. She also served in Galesburg and New Albany, Ill., and in Indiana and Texas.

Sister Elizabeth (Ellen Ann) Grannan devoted her ministry to teaching, social services and pastoral care. She served at St. David and St. Mel-Holy Ghost and worked in Indiana and Maryland. She now ministers as a chaplain at St. Paul’s Retirement Community, South Bend, Ind.

Sister Mary Ann McCauley dedicated her ministry to nursing and teaching. She served at St. Sylvester, St. Genevieve, St. Thaddeus and Mother Theodore Guerin High School. She also worked in Indiana and North Carolina and now serves as a registered nurse on the oncology staff at Community Hospital South, Indianapolis.

Sister Marie Esther Sivertsen devoted her religious life to teaching and administration. She served at Our Lady of Mercy, Our Lady of Sorrows and Maternity BVM and in Indiana, North Carolina and Massachusetts. She currently ministers as archives assistant at St. Mary-of-the Woods.

40 years

Sister Jane Marie Osterholt dedicated her ministry to education and pastoral work. She served at MacNeal Memorial Hospital, Berwyn; St. Cyprian, and St. Luke. She also served as a leadership formation consultant in the religious education office for the Diocese of Joliet and was a writer, consultant and speaker for Harcourt Religion Publishers. She now is associate director of religious education at St. John Parish, Loogootee, Ind.

Sister Therese Whitsett devoted her religious life to education. She served at Maternity BVM and in Indiana, North Dakota and Peru. She now is an instructor at the Hispanic Education Center, Indianapolis.

Sister Mary Alice (Joseph Gertrude) Zander is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Andrew. She devoted her ministry to teaching and administration. She served at Our Lady of Mercy, St. Andrew, St. Domitilla, St. Bernadette, St. Fabian, and was the religious education consultant for the Office of Catholic Education for the Archdiocese of Chicago. She also was the formation director for the Sisters of Providence.

25 years

Sister Nancy Bartasavich devoted her religious life to teaching, youth ministry and counseling. She taught at Maternity BVM School, was a counselor at Maternity BVM Community Center and also served in California.

Sister Judith Birgen ministered in parish work, social care and youth ministry at Maternity BVM. She also served as a social worker, supervisor and program director for the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Catholic Charities and was director of community relations for Interfaith Center for the Homeless.

Sister Maureen Fallon is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Eugene. She dedicated her religious life to teaching and served at Maternity BVM, Mother Theodore Guerin High School, and Notre Dame High School for Girls. She also served in California.

Sister Cynthia Lynge dedicated her ministry to teaching, administration and health care. She served at Maternity BVM and worked in Indiana and Massachusetts.

70 years

St. Regina Filipovic devoted her ministry to teaching and administration. She served at Assumption and St. Jerome schools and in Indiana. She now is living mission in later life at St. Anne, Columbia, Pennsylvania.

50 years

Sister Agatha Marie Groft devoted her ministry to teaching and administration. She served at Assumption, St. Jerome and St. Theodore schools and in Indiana. She now is a member of the novitiate community in Belleville, Ill.

Sister Margaret Mary Smith devoted her ministry to teaching. She served at St. Jerome and in Indiana. She now is living mission in later life in Columbia Center, Columbia, Pa.

Sister Margaret Washington devoted her ministry to teaching, administration and pastoral work. She served at St. Jerome and in Indiana and Pennsylvania.

Sister Carmelita Marie Shukausky devoted her ministry to teaching and bookkeeping. She served at St. Jerome and now is a part-time bookkeeper at St. Anne’s Home, Columbia, Pa.Sisters of the Resurrection

50 years

Sister Maria Schultz devoted her religious life to teaching. She served at St. Casimir, St. Thecla and Queen of the Rosary. Her present assignment is at the Provincial Home.

Sister Mary Florence Schultz devoted her religious life to nursing. She served in several capacities at Resurrection Medical Center, where she is now Resurrection Health Care Regional Director for Senior Services.

50 years

Sister Miriam Patrick Cummings is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Barnabas. She devoted her ministry to teaching and administration. She worked at St. Benedict and Lake Shore Catholic Academy in Waukegan, where she now serves as principal.

Sister Lori Keen is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Alphonsus. She devoted her religious life to education, administration and work as a pastoral associate at St. Odilo. She now serves as a teacher and the director of the Adult Education Center and the Ministry of Care coordinator at Presentation Parish.

Sister Dorothy Kunze is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Alphonsus. She dedicated her religious life to teaching, administration and work as a provincial secretary. She served at St. John de La Salle, St. Benedict and at the Provincial House in Berwyn. She now serves as provincial secretary and bookkeeper and lives in Des Plaines.

Sister Donita Mathis is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Alphonsus. She devoted her ministry to nursing. She served at Cuneo Hospital, Villa St. Cyril in Highland Park and at the School Sisters of Notre Dame Convent/Retirement Center. She now is doing community service at the Resurrection Life Center/Provincial House and lives in Des Plaines.

Sister Brigid Mattingly dedicated her religious life to homemaking services. She served at the Academy of Our Lady and at Sacred Heart in Hubbard Woods. She now lives at the Resurrection Life Center, Chicago.

Sister Joan McGovern is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Dorothy. She devoted her ministry to work as a librarian and teacher. She served at the Academy of Our Lady, Trinity High School and Mother McAuley High School. She now works as a receptionist at the Provincial House in Chicago.

Sister Mary Margaret Murphy is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Anthony. She devoted her ministry to teaching. She served at St. Columba, Santa Maria Incoronata/Santa Lucia and St. Alphonsus. She now teaches at St. Florian.

Sister Mary John Zielinski is a Chicago native whose home parish was St. Stanislaus Kostka. She served as a maintenance supervisor/engineer and consultant at Academy of Our Lady and a Chicago charter school.

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Sister Anne Patrice McEntegart is a Chicago native whose home parish was Our Lady of Sorrows. She devoted her ministry to teaching and administration and has served for more than 30 years at St. Domitilla, where she now is assistant principal. She also served in West Virginia and New Jersey and as her community’s councilor and secretary.

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