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October 12, 2008

Congratulations to our Jubilarians

Men Religious Jubilarians

Women Religious

Sisters of St. Agnes

40 YEARS

SISTER MONIQUE HELLER has been an educator in Ohio and Wisconsin and now works at St. Thomas of Canterbury School.

Sisters of St. Casimir

50 YEARS

SISTER MARILYN KARPOVICH was a teacher, principal and director of young adult ministry and served in the health care field. She worked at Holy Cross; Nativity BVM; Ss. Peter and Paul; Maria High School; St. Norbert, Northbrook; and in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. She now is the local treasurer and coordinator, Villa Joseph Marie, Holland, Pa.

SISTER M. JUNE PUISHYS was a nurse. She managed the obstetric department for more than 28 years and oversaw the operations of the outpatient department and infection control at Holy Cross Hospital. She now is the director of human resources and payroll clerk at the community’s motherhouse in Chicago.

Cenacle Sisters

50 YEARS

SISTER PURIFICACION (PURING) BAUTISTA was a teacher and campus minister in the Philippines and has been a pastoral services director and spiritual and retreat director. She served in two Chicago Cenacle Retreat Houses and in Warrenville, Ill.; California; Louisiana; and New York cenacles. She now is a certified volunteer ESL tutor, is semi-retired, does limited spiritual ministry and lives in Appleton, Wis.

SISTER PATRICIA PAFCO, from St. Columbanus Parish, worked in many ministries: hospitality, prayer office, province infirmary, spiritual retreat and program director in cenacles in Chicago; Warrenville, Ill.; Minnesota; Missouri; and Louisiana. She now lives in the Chicago Cenacle.

Poor Clare Monastery of the Immaculate Conception

25 YEARS

SISTER AMATA ROSE dedicated her religious life to service as a cloistered contemplative nun and to prayer of praise and intercession. She also serves as chapel sacristan and portress—answering the door and phone—and as Mother Vicaress or assistant superior. She entered the community in Roswell, N.M.

Sisters of Christian Charity

50 YEARS

SISTER ISABEL ESOP, a Chicago native, devoted her religious ministry to food service and homemaking. She served at St. Joseph Convent and at the Sisters of Christian Charity Motherhouse, Wilmette, and in Michigan, Minnesota and Louisiana. She lives in retirement at Sacred Heart Convent, Wilmette and does prayerful presence.

Adrian Dominicans

50 YEARS

SISTER SHARON (THERESE MICHELLE) BECKMANN was a teacher, principal and faith formation director. She served at St. Carthage; St. Celestine, Elmwood Park; Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Glenview; St. Peter, Antioch; St. James, Maywood; St. Cyprian, River Grove; in Loves Park, Ill.; and in California and Michigan. She now serves as an adult literacy volunteer for the Literacy Plus Program at the Haywood Public Library, Hayward, Calif.

SISTER RITA EILEEN (SHARON MARIE) DEAN, a Chicago native whose home parishes were St. Bride, Our Lady of Peace and St. Felicitas, worked in teaching, school administration, health care and community leadership and did diocesan work in Oakland. She now serves as vice president of Mission Integration at Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz, Calif.

SISTER MARGARET A. EXWORTHY was a teacher and school administrator. She served at St. Ailbe, St. Kevin and St. Michael, Orland Park. She now works as director of DePorres P.L.A.C.E., an adult literacy center in Riviera Beach, Fla.

SISTER KATHLEEN CLAUSEN, from St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, now teaches at Cathedral Catholic High School, San Diego.

SISTER PHYLLIS M. DUFFIE, from St. Columbanus Parish, has taught for more than 47 years. She served at St. Gerald, Oak Lawn; St. Isidore, Blue Island; St. Gabriel; Queen of Apostles, Riverdale; and St. Laurence. She now works at St. Tarcissus School.

SISTER MAUREEN FENLON taught 10 years in the Chicago archdiocese and spent 40 years doing social work, criminal justice, community organizing and socially responsible investing — national and international. She served at St. Rita; Santa Maria del Popolo, Mundelein; St. Joseph, Homewood; and Queen of Apostles. She now is working with the “Dead Man Walking” school theater project in New Orleans.

SISTER VERONICA (ANNE VERONICA) KELLEY, from St. Ambrose Parish, was a registered nurse. She served at Our Lady of Loretto, Hometown, and Ascension, Harvey. She now serves at Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz, Calif.

SISTER MARY RITA McSWEENEY was a teacher, school administrator and social worker. She served at Queen of Apostles, Riverdale; St. Patrick, St. Charles; Infant Jesus of Prague, Flossmoor; St. Albert the Great, Burbank; St. Clare of Montefalco; and St. Cajetan. She now works as director of senior services, Marillac House.

SISTER MARY ANNE YANZ, from St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, was a director of religious education and served at St. Denis and St. Richard. She now works at St. Irenaeus, Park Forest.

Sinsinawa Dominicans

50 YEARS

SISTER MARILYN (ANTONIETTEA) AIELLO, from St. Angela Parish, was a teacher and is a medical doctor. She served at Resurrection Hospital and in Alabama, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. She now ministers as a medical consultant for the Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation.

SISTER CAROL (AMANDUS) ARTERY, from Our Lady Help of Christians, ministered in teaching, music and school administration. She served at Visitation/Unity Catholic and in Louisiana and Wisconsin. She now is co-director of the Office of Arts and Cultural Heritage for the Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation, Sinsinawa, Wis.

SISTER JORIS BINDER served at St. Philip the Apostle, Northfield; was the co-director of the Hesburgh Sabbatical program at Catholic Theological Union; and worked in Rockford and Peoria, Ill.; and in Wisconsin and Indiana. She now works as a pastoral minister at St. Dominic Villa, Sinsinawa, Wis.

SISTER RUELLA (MARY DES NEIGES) BOUCHONVILLE, from Ascension Parish, Oak Park, was a teacher and school administrator. She served at St. Mary, Evanston; Misericordia Home North; Harper College, Palatine; Rosary College (now Dominican University), River Forest; the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn; and in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Oklahoma. She now is a community assistant at the Motherhouse.

SISTER SHARON (DAVIDICA) CASEY was a teacher and pastoral minister. She served at Epiphany; Immaculate Conception; in Peoria, Ill.; and in Iowa, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Minnesota. She now offers home eldercare in Minneapolis.

SISTER MARION (FRANCISCA) HANGSTERFER, from St. Peter Canisius Parish, was a teacher and school administrator. She served at St. Brendan, in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and California. She now is on sabbatical.

SISTER MONICE KAVANAUGH, from St. Giles Parish, Oak Park, ministered in adult education and pastoral ministry. She served at Queen of Peace, Burbank, where she also was chair of the Christian living department; at St. Fabian, Bridgeview; was director of formation for the diaconate formation program for the Chicago archdiocese; and a pastoral associate at Immaculate Conception and in Wisconsin and New York. She now serves as the executive director of the Learning Center, Chicago.

SISTER DOROTHEA (GUILLAUME) SNAER taught and offered pastoral care. She served at Trinity High School, River Forest; Queen of Peace, Burbank; in Rockford, Ill.; and in Wisconsin and California. She now serves as the coordinator of ministry to the sick at Holy Family Parish, Glendale, Calif.

SISTER MARGARET “PEGGY” RYAN, from St. Luke Parish, River Forest, has worked in campus ministry, social work and social promotion with the Guarani Indians. She served at Rosary College (now Dominican University), River Forest, and in Wisconsin, Texas, Alabama, California, Georgia and Bolivia, where she now is working as a missionary.

Springfield Dominicans

50 YEARS

SISTER ELIZABETH MCAULIFFE, from St. Ita Parish, worked her entire religious life in elementary and religious education. She served at St. Bernadette, Evergreen Park; St. Edward; St. John Bosco; St. Lawrence O’Toole, Matteson; St. Gilbert, Grayslake; and in Springfield, Bradley, Decatur, Farmersville and Bloomington, Ill. She now ministers at St. Cecilia, Mount Prospect.

SISTER MARY TERESINE ZARONES was a teacher, nurse and religious educator. She served at St. Christina; in Springfield and Carlinville, Ill.; and in Minnesota and Mississippi. She now is retired.

25 YEARS

SISTER JEAN PATRICE SCHINGEL served in secondary education and administration and community leadership. She served in Aurora and Springfield, Ill., and now teaches at Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights.

Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate

50 YEARS

SISTER SUZANNE LESNIEWSKI, from Ss. Peter and Paul Parish (Exchange Ave.) was a teacher and religious education coordinator. She now serves as the director of religious education at St. Scholastica, Woodridge.

Felician Sisters

50 YEARS

SISTER MARY BARBARA ANN (MARY ANDRENE) BOSCH, from St. John of God Parish, was a teacher, school administrator and provincial and congregational leader. She served at Holy Innocents; Mundelein College; Our Lady of Ransom, Niles; at the community’s provincialate; in Downers Grove, Salem, Oglesby and La Salle, Ill.; and in Minnesota. She now serves as the minister general in Rome.

SISTER BARBARA MARIE BRYLKA, from St. Bronislava Parish, was a teacher, provincial leader and pastoral care director. She served at St. Stanislaus, Posen; Mundelein College; St. Damian, Oak Forest; Marian Care Center; at the provincialate; in Joliet, Ill.; and in Minnesota and Wisconsin. She now is director of pastoral care services at Villa St. Francis, Milwaukee.

SISTER MARY LOIS GAJEWSKI worked in teaching, nursing and supportive services. She served at St. Turibius; Our Lady of Good Counsel Infirmary; at the provincialate; in Centralia and Joliet, Ill.; and in Wisconsin. She now does supportive services at the St. Clare Center for Spirituality, Custer, Wis.

SISTER MARY URSULA MYSZKA was a teacher, school administrator, formation director and provincial leader. She served at Holy Innocents; Mundelein College; St. Bruno; St. Damian, Oak Forest; at the provincialate; in Salem and LaSalle, Ill.; and in Wisconsin. She now is a local minister at Our Lady of the Angels Convent provincialate.

SISTER MARY CORINNE WROBEL, from Sacred Heart Parish, was a teacher and nurse and provided supportive services. She served at St. Helen; St. Linus, Oak Lawn; St. Turibius; in Salem, Ill.; and in Wisconsin. She now is a clerical assistant at Our Lady of the Angels Convent.

Franciscan Sisters of Chicago

50 YEARS

SISTER LOIS MARIE ROSSI was a teacher, nurse and administrator, and she provided pastoral care and service as an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion. She served at St. Pancratius; Mother Theresa Home, Lemont; St. Joseph Home; Palos Community Hospital, Palos Heights; and in St. Louis, Ill., Indiana and Ohio. She now is at Madonna Convent and serves as vocation director, is a CNA and CPR instructor at St. Joseph Village and teaches at Wright Junior College.

Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

50 YEARS

SISTER ELIGIA PUSTELNIK, from St. Joseph Parish, Chicago Heights, taught at her home parish, St. Gerard Majella, Markham; St. Francis of Assisi; St. Francis of Assisi/Our Lady of the Angels; in West Frankfort, Ill., and in Missouri, where she lives in retirement in St. Louis.

Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart

50 YEARS

SISTER MARGARET ANNE FLOTO worked in health care, nursing, administration and religious community leadership as a councilor. She served at St. Anthony Hospital; in Frankfort, Mokena, Joliet, Elgin and the Joliet and Rockford dioceses in Illinois; and in California. She now works for the Rockford Diocese as a judge advocate at the Marriage Tribunal.

SISTER MARY PETER GARTMEN was a nurse’s aide, housemother and housekeeper, and worked in medical records. She served at St. Anthony Hospital; St. Mary, Mundelein; and in Freeport, Elgin, Joliet and Rockford, Ill. She now does volunteer ministry at St. Francis Convent, Frankfort.

School Sisters of St. Francis

50 YEARS

SISTER ADELLA MILLIGAN ministered in social services, counseling, clinical psychology and administration. She served at the Home for Children, Park Ridge; Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights; and was in private practice in Arlington Heights. She now works at the Sacred Heart Southern Missions in Holly Springs and Hernando, Miss.

SISTER JANET (STEFANO) PETERSEN, a Chicago native, has been a teacher, artist, activities therapist and secretary. She spent most of her time working in Wisconsin. She lives in Milwaukee.

SISTER JOYCE WAGNER, a Chicago native, has been an educator and administrator. She spent most of her religious life working in Wisconsin and now serves as the director of central banking for the U.S. Province of the School Sisters of St. Francis. She lives in Milwaukee.

School Sisters of St. Francis of Christ the King

50 YEARS

SISTER M. CELINE GERSIC taught and worked as an organist, superior/administrator, catechist, extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and sacristan. She served at Holy Trinity; St. George; Sacred Heart; Mount Assisi Convent and Alvernia Manor in Lemont; and in Joliet, Ill., Pennsylvania and Ohio. She now serves as the superior/administrator at Marian Hall, Alvernia Manor and takes care of retired sisters.

SISTER M. SANDRA ZORKO was a high school science teacher, school administrator, pastoral associate, minister of care coordinator, bereavement minister and RCIA director, and she offered adult education and Scripture study. She served at Mount Assisi Academy; St. Alphonsus and Ss. Cyril & Methodius, Lemont; and St. Denis, Lockport. She now serves as general councilor in Rome for the School Sisters of St. Francis of Christ the King.

Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, Iowa

50 YEARS

SISTER JUDITH McKENNA, from St. Francis de Paula Parish, taught music from elementary school through college level and was director of parish worship. She served at St. Gerald, Oak Lawn, and in Iowa. She now is director of worship at St. Nicholas Parish, O’Fallon, Ill.

SISTER DOROTHY MAE STOLMEIER has been a teacher, librarian and office assistant. She served in Iowa, California and St. Gerald School, Oak Lawn, where she has worked for 32 years.

Sisters of St. Francis of Rochester, Minn.

50 YEARS

SISTER MARILYN (M. MASSEO) BLESIUS, from St. Juliana Parish, has served as a teacher, principal, director of schools and travel consultant. She is now the school secretary at St. Jerome, Maplewood, Minn.

Sisters of St. Francis of the Third Order Regular Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes

50 YEARS

SISTER SHIRLEY SCHMITZ has been a teacher and catechist. She served on the faculty of the College of St. Teresa, Winona, Minn., and now is the coordinator of catechists at St. Mary Parish, Mokena, Ill.

Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Family

50 YEARS

SISTER MARILYN FREKING has served in teaching and parish ministry. She served at St. Christopher, Midlothian, and at Corpus Christi Parish, where she now is a pastoral associate and social service coordinator.

SISTER NANCY FROMMELT has ministered in teaching and social justice. She served at St. John Brebeuf, Niles. She now teaches at the Juvenile Detention Center, Dubuque County Jail, Dubuque, Iowa.

SISTER ELAINE GEHLING has taught and done social work. She served at Sacred Heart, Melrose Park. She now does Hispanic Ministry in Napa, Calif.

SISTER CAROL ANN HAUBER teaches at St. John Brebeuf, Niles, where she has been since 1972.

SISTER ELIZABETH HILVERS has been a music teacher and liturgist. She served at St. Mary of the Woods. She now is the liturgist/ choir director at Mount St. Francis Center, Dubuque, Iowa.

SISTER MARY COLLEEN HOVERSTEN taught at St. Christopher, Midlothian, and St. John Brebeuf, Niles. She now oversees maintenance at Mount St. Francis Center, Dubuque, Iowa.

SISTER DOROTHY SCHWENDINGER taught and served her congregation. She served at Sacred Heart, Melrose Park and St. John Brebeuf, Niles and now is a program coordinator in downtown Dubuque, Iowa, and the Holy Family School System. Sister Janet Taphorn was a teacher and did social work. She served at Pax Christi and now is apartment manager at Visitation House, San Antonio.

Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis

50 YEARS

SISTER EYMARD CHRUSCIEL, from St. Salomea Parish, worked in dietary service for many years at Immaculata Congregational Home, Bartlett, followed by work in Indiana. She returned to Immaculata Congregational Home (now Clare Oaks), where she is the dietician for the sisters in the convent and infirmary and children attending Clare Woods Academy, Bartlett.

SISTER ANN MARY WUNDRACH, from St. Turibius Parish, was a teacher and administrator. She served at St. Barbara, St. Salomea, Transfiguration, Lourdes High School and in Indiana. She now is the assistant to the dean of students at De La Salle Institute.

Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

50 YEARS

SISTER M. VIRGINETTE RYPNIEWSKI was an elementary school teacher and administrator. She served at St. Patricia, Hickory Hills; Immaculate Heart of Mary; St. Hedwig; St. Adalbert; St. Ann; St. Ladislaus; St. Emily, Mount Prospect; and St. Andrew the Apostle, Calumet City. She now serves with the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth’s general administration in Rome.

Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters

50 YEARS

SISTER MARTHA FASS has been a geriatric and surgical nurse, pastoral minister, home visitor and home health worker. She served at St. Ann’s Home, Techny, and in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Germany. She now works in the surgical unit at Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest.

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

50 YEARS

SISTER MARY HELEN (ANNE FANCHEA) KANE has served as a teacher, parish min ister and religious education director. She served at Nativity of Our Lord, St. Bede the Venerable and in Missouri, Indiana and Texas. She now teaches and prays with Scriptures at St. Joseph Motherhouse and Nazareth Living Center and does religious education at Sts. Teresa and Bridget Parish, St. Louis.

SISTER RITA (MARIE WILLIAM) Mc- CORMICK, from Nativity of Our Lord Parish, taught and offered pastoral care. She served at St. Bede the Venerable; in other Illinois towns; and in Missouri, Georgia, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania and Minnesota. She now is a chaplain at St. Alexius Hospital, St. Louis.

Sisters of the Living Word

75 YEARS

SISTER MARY AMBROSE WACK taught at St. Theresa, Palatine, and was social care coordinator at St. Gregory. She now volunteers at St. James Parish in Arlington Heights, Lutheran Home for the Aged and the Living Word Center.

70 YEARS

SISTER MARIATA HARTMANN, from St. Gregory the Great Parish, was an educator. She was a teacher in Clarendon Hills, Ill., and aide at the Northwest Montessori School in Arlington Heights. She is now retired at the Resurrection Life Center.

SISTER PHOEBE MARSHALL was an educator and administrator. She was principal of St. Gregory High School and new membership assistant for the community at the Living Word Center in Arlington Heights. She is now retired.

SISTER JOSE MOOS, a Chicago native, worked as an elementary and high school teacher, licensed practical nurse and chaplain. She served at St. Gregory, Holy Trinity, Josephinum High School and Regency Home Nursing. She is retired and lives at the Resurrection Life Center.

SISTER GENEVIEVE SHEA has been a teacher and principal, as well as a local superior and postulant director for her congregation. She served at St. Theresa; Maria Immaculata Academy, Wilmette; and St. Alphonsus Liguori, Prospect Heights. She also served as her community’s archivist in Arlington Heights. She is now retired.

60 YEARS

SISTER JOHN BOEGEMAN taught at St. Raphael and was the librarian at St. Martha, Morton Grove, She now works as a wood crafter in Marrero, La.

SISTER JOANNE FEDEWA served as her community’s novice directress at Maria Imamculata Convent, Wilmette, and as the coordinator of spiritual life at the St. Juliana Center. She is now a pastoral coordinator in Flint, Mich.

SISTER VIRGINIA THOENNES, from Church of the Holy Spirit, Schaumburg, worked as an elementary teacher and as a principal, as well as serving in congregational leadership and doing pastoral work. She served at St. Aloysius, St. Gregory High School; St. Francis Xavier (Francisco Ave.); St. Mary of the Annunciation, Riverdale; St. Raymond of Penafort, Mount Prospect; and St. Edna, Arlington Heights. She lives in retirement in Des Plaines and serves as a volunteer in social ministries and RCIA.

50 YEARS

SISTER VIRGINIA KING was an educator. She was principal at Josephinum High School and business manager at St. Basil/Visitation Parish. She is now retired.

SISTER JEANNINE RANDOLPH, from St. James Parish, Arlington Heights, worked as an elementary and high school teacher, pastoral associate, massage therapist and spiritual director. She now serves at Rainbow Hospice and still works as a massage therapist and spiritual and retreat director. She lives in Arlington Heights.

SISTER ELAINE TWOREK was principal of St. Thecla and Resurrection High School. She also served as coordinator of ministry for the Sisters of the Living Word. She is now a pastoral minister in Lower Brule, S.D.

Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary

50 YEARS

SISTER ANNE HYZY, from Ss. Peter and Paul Parish, served in education at St. Adrian; St. John Vianney, Northlake; the Chicago Skills Center; St. John of the Cross, Western Springs; and Loretto Early Childhood Center; Wheaton. She now serves in adult formation at St. Raphael Parish, Naperville.

SISTER JEAN OKROI, from St. Adrian Parish, worked in education and as director of religious education. She served at St. John Vianney, Northlake; St. Bernard; St. John of the Cross, Western Springs; St. Bride; St. Cletus; St. Catherine of Alexandria, Oak Lawn; St. Christopher, Midlothian; and Our Lady of the Woods. She now is the executive director of Intercommunity Retirement Network, Westmont.

Sisters of Charity BVM

50 YEARS

SISTER BETTY BOWEN was a nurse at St. Francis Hospital for 20 years, and in Iowa and Minnesota. She now works as a parish minister at St. Mary, Evanston.

SISTER LETITIA MARIE (ST. NOEL), from Our Lady of Lourdes. She devoted her religious life to addictions education and counseling. She served in Iowa and Minnesota and now is the executive director, Education & Intervention Inc. (ICAP), River Forest.

SISTER JOAN M. (ROSARIA CONDON (ROSARIA) was an elementary school teacher and offered home health care. She served at Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Gertrude and in California, where she lives in retirement in Glendale.

SISTER ANN (THOMAS) DENICOLO, from Our Lady of the Angels Parish, worked as a junior high teacher, youth minister, in social service ministry and was coordinator of initial membership for the BVM congregation. She served at Our Lady Help of Christians; Carmel High School, Mundelein; and in New York, Louisiana and Florida where she now works as program director, DeSoto County, Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice, Arcadia (Florida).

SISTER JANET DESMOND was a high school teacher and did fund development. She served at Carmel High School, Mundelein, and in Iowa, Colorado and Wisconsin where she now lives in retirement in Milwaukee.

SISTER HELEN E. (FRANCES HELEN) GOURLAY worked in high school, adult and religious education and as an advocate for social justice. She served at Immaculata High School and Alvernia High School and in Iowa, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. She now is a volunteer at 8th Day Center for Justice.

SISTER KATHERINE E. HEFFERMAN ministered in social services and administration. She worked as the director of social services, Fox River Hospital and London Memorial Hospital; was clinical services director, Barclay Hospital; and a social worker at the Chicago Board of Education. She is retired and lives in Chicago.

SISTER ANGELE LUTGEN is a Chicago native who worked in elementary and adult education. She served at St. Eugene; in Rock Island, Ill; and in Iowa, Mississippi and Alabama. She is retired and lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

SISTER DIANE (MALIA) RAPOZO dedicated her religious life to elementary and religious education and pastoral care. She served at St. Dorothy and St. Pius and in Wisconsin and Dubuque, Iowa, where she now does pastoral care for the Franciscan Sisters of Dubuque.

SISTER MONICA M. (ALVIN) SEELMAN was an elementary and special education teacher. She served at St. Dorothy, St. James, St. Gregory the Great, in Chicago public schools and in Montana. She is retired and lives in Chicago.

SISTER ELIZABETH M. (TIMOTHY MARY) SULLIVAN, from St. Celestine Parish, was an elementary and high school teacher and administrator. She served in Iowa, Tennessee, New York, California, Montana, Nevada and in Arizona, where she now is the office manager at Xavier College Prep, Phoenix.

Sisters of Mercy

50 YEARS

SISTER SHEILA BREEN, from St. Columbanus Parish, worked in elementary education and social services. She served at Little Flower, St. Mary of the Lake, Christ the King and Mother McAuley High School. She now is the coordinator of volunteer services at Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn.

SISTER SUSAN BUTTERS worked in housing management and health care. She served as assistant director of housing at Mercy Residence, Olympia Fields, was the coordinator of the radiology department at Mercy Hospital and now works as a patient advocate there.

SISTER KATHLEEN McCLELLAND, from St. Angela Parish, was an educator, food service manager and administrator. She worked at Mercy Convent, Christ the King and St. Joseph the Worker schools and now is the vocation minister and Mercy Volunteer Corps coordinator.

SISTER JUDITH NIEMET, from St. Pascal Parish, was an educator, art therapist and administrator. She served at St. Benedict Home, Mother McAuley High School, Siena High School, Resurrection and St. Catherine- St. Lucy. She now is the assistant administrator, Provena McAuley Manor, Aurora.

SISTER VIRGINIA PEACOCK, of Our Lady of the Angels Parish, worked in elementary education. She served at St. Catherine-St. Lucy, Oak Park; St. James, Resurrection and Mary Seat of Wisdom. She now teaches at St. Malachy School.

Congregation of Notre Dame

50 YEARS

SISTER BERNADETTE DESROCHERS was a teacher. She now is the bursar at Notre Dame Academy, Staten Island, N.Y. educator at Notre Dame de Chicago, in the Office of Catholic Schools for the Chicago Archdiocese for more than 30 years and in New York, Vermont and Connecticut. She serves as director of school personnel, Archdiocese of Chicago.

SISTER JULIA LYDON worked in elementary education, adult religious education and as a director of religious education. She served at St. Jude the Apostle, South Holland, and Seton Academy. She now does inter-parish ministry in Kankakee, Ill.

SISTER MARILYN MEDINGER, from St. Margaret of Scotland Parish, was a teacher, director of religious education, pastoral associate and volunteer coordinator. She served at Notre Dame de Chicago, St. Hubert, Hoffman Estates; Most Holy Redeemer, Evergreen Park; and St. Jude the Apostle, South Holland. She now is the volunteer coordinator for “Gimme-A-Break” and “Alive,” college and post-college programs in Chicago.

Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ

75 YEARS

SISTER MARY CYRIL COESENS served in education, health care and work as a companion. She served at Angel Guardian Orphanage and in Indiana and Minnesota. She lives in retirement at the Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson, Ind.

SISTER JEANETTE CYR ministered in education, clerical work, nursing and ministry to the elderly. She served at St. Matthias Convent, Angel Guardian Orphanage, St. Anne Hospital, St. Cornelius Convent, St. Elizabeth Convent, St. Henry Convent and in Indiana, where she now lives at the Catherine Kasper Home in Donaldson.

SISTER LONGINIA POBIEDZINSKI worked in education and as a local leader and sacristan. She served at Angel Guardian Orphanage, St. Henry; in Carlyle, Ill.; and in Indiana where she now lives in retirement at the Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson, Ind.

70 YEARS

SISTER VIVIAN BRAND worked in education. She served at St. Augustine High School; in Edwardsville, Ill.; and in Indiana where she now lives in retirement at the Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson.

SISTER JEANNE KOEHLER, a Chicago native, ministered in education, pastoral care, and clerical duties and worked as a coordinator of sister residents and as a spiritual director. She served at Angel Guardian Orphanage; in Breese and Edwardsville, Ill.; and in Indiana where she now serves as a spiritual director at the Convent Ancilla Domini, Donaldson.

60 YEARS

SISTER LAURA BANET worked in education, clerical duties, volunteer service and as a chaplain. She served at Angel Guardian Orphanage, St. Henry, St. Augustine and in Indiana and Minnesota. She now is at Marian Convent, Fort Wayne, Ind.

SISTER TERESA SCHLEPER was a homemaker, dietary worker and volunteer. She served at St. Elizabeth Hospital and St. Anne Hospital and in Indiana and Minnesota. She is retired and lives at the Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson, Ind.

50 YEARS

SISTER MARY BAIRD worked in education, communications, groundskeeping and soil conservation. She also performed clerical duties and worked as an artist and naturalist. She now is a PHJC naturalist at the Moontree Lodge, Donaldson, Ind.

SISTER MICHELLE DERMODY was a teacher, religious education director, retreat director, liturgist, minister to the deaf, parish minister, facilitator, spiritual director and consultant. She served at St. Henry; Misericordia; St. Valentine, Cicero; St. Ansgar, Hanover Park; St. Rosalie, Harwood Heights; Ss. Faith, Hope & Charity, Winnetka; and in Indiana, Ohio and England. She now serves as a retreat director/spiritual director and lives at St. Henry Convent.

SISTER MARJALEEN KELLEY was a teacher, organist and volunteer. She served at St. Augustine; in Carlyle and Hecker, Ill.; and in Indiana. She now is at St. James the Great Convent, Hobart, Ind.

SISTER MARY JOSEF SHINGLER was an educator, provincial treasurer, investment coordinator, provincial councilor and development director, the position she now holds at Convent Ancilla Domini, Donaldson, Ind.

SISTER CARLEEN WRASMAN was a teacher, organist, sacristan and provincial councilor who also worked in mission integration. She served at St. Henry; in Belleville and Edwardsville, Ill.; and in Indiana, where she now is the director of the division of education and religious instruction chair and Ancilla College mission integration coordinator/early childhood education, Donaldson.

Daughters of St. Mary of Providence

25 YEARS

SISTER BETH ANN DILLON worked in youth ministry and school and community administration. She now serves as a youth minister at St. John Brebeuf, Niles.

Sisters of Providence

50 YEARS

SISTER BRIGID ANN BONNER taught and did social work. She served at St. Mark and in Indiana and Kansas. She now works as a social worker at Britthaven of South Louisville, Louisville, Ky.

SISTER PATRICIA (JOSEPH MONICA) FILLENWARTH was a teacher, principal, provincial councilor and counselor. She served at Maternity BVM, St. Joseph Province, Maternity BVM Center and in Indiana, Washington, D.C. and Peru. She now ministers as a guidance counselor at Providence Family Services.

SISTER LINDA (MARIE THEODORE) KALIKER was a teacher and archdiocesan administrator and did social service work. She served at St. Genevieve; Maternity BVM; Archdiocese Office for Family Ministries as coordinator of parent events; and Center for Human Services, Forest Park. She now ministers as a health care services volunteer at St. Mary-of-theWoods.

SISTER KATHERINE (CATHERINE THERESE) MANLEY taught at St. Leo, in Indiana and California and now serves as a teacher at Guerin College Preparatory High School, River Grove.

SISTER ROSEMARY (SEBASTIAN) WARD, from St. Ita Parish, was a teacher, chemist, computer programmer/analyst, business manager and administrator. She served at Providence-St. Mel; St. Joseph High School; Putnam Publishing Co.; Guerin College Preparatory High School, River Grove; Silliker Laboratories, Chicago Heights; Household Finance Corp., Prospect Heights; St. Francis Xavier Parish; Providence High School, New Lenox; and in Indiana. She now serves as systems/services manager, Christian Brothers Services, Romeoville.

40 YEARS

SISTER JANET CRAVEN taught at Guerin College Preparatory High School, River Grove and worked in California and Indiana. She now ministers as director of postulancy in Palos Heights.

SISTER MARIANNE RIDGELL was a teacher and administrator. She served at Guerin College Preparatory High School, River Grove, and in Massachusetts; Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Indiana, Michigan and Florida. She now teachers at Walsingham Academy, Williamsburg, Va. 25 years

SISTER JENEED HOWARD taught at Providence- St. Mel and in Indiana. She now serves as vocation director at St. Mary-ofthe- Woods.

Society of the Sacred Heart

25 YEARS

SISTER MARY CHARLOTTE CHANDLER has been an educator. She now serves as director of the Center for the Study of Religious Life.

Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo

25 YEARS

SISTER DELCIA XAVIER, from St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Melrose Park, worked as a nurse’s aid. She now is a receptionist in Villa Scalabrini, Northlake.

School Sisters of Notre Dame

70 YEARS

SISTER ARLENE LEVITZKI, from St. Josaphat Parish, served as an educator and director of religious education. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she served at St. John de la Salle, St. Benedict, St. Stanislaus Kostka and St. Alphonsus. She now does a ministry of prayer and presence in Des Plaines.

SISTER MARY AGNES ZIERKIEWICZ was an educator who ministered at St. Michael and St. Stanislaus Kostka in Chicago. She now does a ministry of prayer and presence in Chicago.

60 YEARS

SISTER PHYLLIS BENDTKE, from St. Alphonsus Parish, taught there and at Cardinal Stritch, St. Michael, St. Constance, Academy of Our Lady and St. Benedict. She is now retired in Homer Glen.

SISTER MARGARET ANN CURTIN, from St. Sabina Parish, was been an educator at Academy of Our Lady and now serves as a volunteer in the development office at Misericordia Heart of Mercy.

50 YEARS

SISTER CLAIRE MARIE CZERWIEC, from St. Casimir Parish, has been an educator and pastoral minister. She served at St. Margaret of Scotland, St. Michael, St. Constance and St. Alexander in Palos Heights, where she now is a counselor and spiritual director.

SISTER CARITAS WEHRMAN, from St. Mary of the Lake Parish, has been an educator and a director of religious education. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she served at Holy Rosary, St. Helena of the Cross, Santa Lucia, St. Martin de Porres, St. Kevin, St. Columbanus and St. Andrew, where she now ministers as a pastoral associate and director of religious education.

SISTER ANNA MARIE ZEITNER, from St. Michael Parish, served in education and pastoral ministry. She served at Holy Rosary Parish and Academy of Our Lady.

Servite Sisters

50 YEARS

SISTER ROSANNE FOGARTY, from St. Domitilla Parish, Hillside, worked in teaching, pastoral ministry, religious education and liturgical music. She served in Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Jersey and West Virginia. She is retired and lives in Sun City Center, Florida.