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BVM Ellen Therese Barrett was one of 28 women honored for “Putting Their Stamp on Metro Milwaukee” by the U.S. Postal Service. She has ministered in the city for more than 40 years as an educator and parish minister, most recently with persons hospitalized and homebound. She recently retired.

Anne Carr, BVM (Anne David) has been honored by the Catholic Theological Society of America with the Ann O'Hara Graff award for feminist studies. Anne is Professor Emerita of Theology at the University of Chicago and author of several books and numerous articles.

Gwen Farry, BVM (Leontia) has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility. Gwen is the BVM representative on the staff of the 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago.

Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM and the Chicago Loyola men's basketball team were featured in a cover photo and article in the spring issue of Loyola Magazine. It profiles her work as chaplain to the squad and avid basketball fan.

Three BVMs are speaking at the triennial Conference on the History of Women Religious this summer. Mary Christine Athans, BVM will chair “Catholic Women in the Antebellum and Civil War Era South,”; Ann Harrington, BVM (St. Remi) will chair “Catholic Sisters at the United Nations…a Collaborative Cross-Cultural Global Ministry”; and Mary Ann Hoope, BVM will give a paper on “The Call to Ministry in Ghana.” Ann Harrington is also on the program committee. Theme of the Conference is “Local Cultures/Global Church: Challenge and Mission in the History of Women Religious.”

BVM Associate Oweene Stone has been honored by her alma mater, Xavier College in Phoenix, with the Dynamic Woman of Tradition award. The award is based on service to family, community and Xavier, faith, leadership and a distinguished career. She has taught the poorest of the poor, is involved in outreach to the sick in her parish, and reads and grades essays from Xavier.

Chicago Diocese Honors BVMs

The BVM congregation was among those honored by Francis Cardinal George of Chicago as one of the communities who have been in the Archdiocese for more than 100 years, and “whose long historical presence has helped to build up the Church.” BVM President Joellen McCarthy accepted the recognition for the congregation; the Vespers Service honoring all religious was held at Holy Name Cathedral.