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Twenty-Five Years
(L-R
Back) Srs. Susan Armbruster, Mary Persico, IHM President, Judy
O'Brien
(L-R Front) Srs. Nancy Hawkins and Claire Kulp
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Mary Persico, IHM
July 30, 2006
This is our final welcome this weekend and a fitting ending
to prayerful, holy days of friendship and sisterhood. With hearts
filled with many emotions we congratulate you, our honorees, our
35 jubilarians. We surround you with a circle of prayer, a promise
of support, and no end to gratitude for your having lived and
walked with us for 75, 70, 60, 50, and 25 years. Enjoy this day
for it is yours.
We greet and welcome Msgrs. Feldcamp and Conlan and extend our
warm welcome and thanks to you, our brothers.
As we begin this Eucharistic Liturgy, we bring into our hearts
the lives of two Sisters who today celebrate jubilee in its truest
(Continued below)
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Fifty Years
(L-R Back) Srs. Thomas Mary Dougherty, Ann Eulaine McHale, Rita
Mary Mayan, Regina Burns, Daniel Mary Heisey, Elizabeth Wallace, Ann
Marie Lynott, Mary Ellen Malloy and Mary Persico.
( L-R Front) Srs. Francis Mary Rundell, Mary Francis Gallagher, Robert
Mary Murphy, Angela Mary Parker, Raymond Mary McIntyre and Anne Mary
Boslett.
Sixty Years
(L-R Back) Srs. M. Charlene Templeton, M. Jeanne Gallagher, M. Cecilian White,
M. Barbara DuMont,
M. Immaculata Norton, Margaret Loftus and Mary Persico.
(L-R Front) Srs. Rosela McFadden, M. de Sales Williams, Eileen Miller,
M. Else Eckenrode
and Mildred McCloskey.
Missing Jubilarian: Sr. M. Robertus Mullen
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Seventy Years
Sr. Marilyn Harding and Sr. Mary Persico. Missing: Sr. M. Thelma
Gutt
Sr. Regina Barrett (sixty years) and Sr. Mary Persico.
Seventy-Five Years
Missing: Srs. M. Ina Kenney and M. Canice Riordan |
sense…Sisters Josine Shannon and Mary
Shelb. The memory of their presence among us fills us with
peace and we are blessed.
They heard the call of God 75 and 70 years ago, our Sisters
Ina, Canice, Thelma, and Marylyn, and God’s dream became
their own. In a world between wars, immigrants from Europe
poured into a country reeling from depression. The challenges
our Sisters faced were many and their resources few. From
these Sisters whose lives of service we celebrate today, we
have learned the lessons of trusting in Divine Providence
and of serving people wherever there is a need. We marvel
at your courage and perseverance; we are inspired still by
your faithfulness. And we pray… Refrain: May the
Road Rise to Meet You
They heard the call of God 60 years ago, our Sisters Regina,
Barbara, Elsa, Jeanne, Margaret, Mildred, Rosela, Eileen,
Robertus, Immaculata, Charlene, Cecilian, and de Sales,
and God’s song became their own. New parishes were
flourishing and the call for the opening of catechetical
centers and new schools was common. The demands upon our
Sisters to move beyond the areas where we were already serving
were great but with enthusiasm and a strong sense of mission,
they responded wholeheartedly to the pastoral challenges
of their day. We marvel at your daring; we are inspired
still by your spirit of adventure. And we pray…
Refrain: May the Road Rise to Meet You
They heard the call of God 50 years ago, (these Mary’s
and a few others) our Sisters Anne Mary, Regina, Thomas
Mary, Margaret Frances, Daniel Mary, Anne Marie, Mary Ellen,
Ritamary, Ann Eulaine, Raymond Mary, Robert Mary, Angela
Mary, Frances Mary, and Elizabeth Mary, and God’s
heart became their own. The Church was brooding at a time
when the laity was calling for renewal. Unrest and the desire
for individuality set the mood around the country. Faithful
to their vocational call, these Sisters served wherever
the Spirit would take them. They opened their lives to the
potential for new ministries and today their loving labors
speak to us of diversity. We marvel at your creativity;
we are inspired still by your joyful service.
Refrain: May the Road Rise to Meet You
They heard the call of God 25 years ago, our Sisters Suzie,
Nancy, Claire, and Judy, and God’s hope became their
own. Stretched by the turmoil of a post-Vatican Church,
these Sisters were strengthened in their desire to bring
the redeeming mission of Jesus to a multi-cultural world.
Undaunted by the trials of pluralism, they stand firm ready
to lead us into the future. We marvel at your single-mindedness
and are inspired still by your youthful zeal.
Let us now sing this blessing for these and all our jubilarians.
Refrain: May the Road Rise to Meet You
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