Golden Jubilarians ‘Come to the Water'

Seventeen golden jubilarians celebrated with family, friends and more than 30 former members of their set at Clarke College this summer. They are:

First row (l. to r.): BVMs Mary Agnes Giblin (Julianne), Mary Ann Lenahan, Cornelia Harrison, Marcelia Maglinte, Jean Meyer (Jeanette); Second row: BVMs Ann Harrington (St. Remi), Nancy Feldman (Dorothy Mary), Margaret McCulloch (St. Henry), Sheila O'Brien (Trea), Dolores Becker; Third row: BVMs Ruth Evermann (Lyle), Mary Lou Caffery (James Mary), Regina Wagner (St. Regina), Dee Myers (Dolore) and Laurene Brady. Not pictured: BVMs Elizabeth Slown (Laetitia) and Elizabeth Steiner (Stephanie).  

Fourteen BVMs Celebrate 75 Years in Religious Life

It's believed to be the largest group of Diamond Jubilarians in BVM history! On Sept. 8, fourteen Sisters who came to Mount Carmel in 1932 marked the milestone with celebrations in Dubuque and at Wright Hall, Chicago .

Gathered before the liturgy at Marian Hall are: (front row, l. to r.) BVMs Jamesine Connell, Joan Rita Timmons, Teresa Mary Murphy (Felicita); (second row) BVMs Ann Patrice Durr, Margaret Swann (Reina), Marian McGonegle (William James), Marguerite (Christine) Neumann, Cleonica Meier, Helen C. Flynn (Alberta), and Monica Cahill (Monita). Not pictured: Marie Lucette Sterk, BVM.

Festivities at Wright Hall honored (l. to r.) BVMs Dorothy Townsell (Mildred Ann), Jeanelle Bergen and Ann Ida Gannon.