Jubilarians

BVM Sisters Celebrate Jubilees

Twenty-one Sisters of Charity, BVM will celebrate jubilee anniversaries this year:

• Five sisters celebrate 75 years in religious life on Sunday, Sep. 13, at a liturgy at Mount Carmel. They entered the BVM congregation on Sep. 8, 1934. All are now retired at Mount Carmel.
• Thirteen sisters celebrate 50 years in religious life on August 2, at a liturgy at Mt. Carmel. They entered the BVM congregation on Aug. 2, 1959.
• Three sisters celebrate 25 years in religious life on July 16, at a liturgy at Mt. Carmel. They entered the congregation on July 16, 1984.

 

75 Years: Sister Carol Bartlett, a native of Cuba City, Wis., taught English, Latin and Spanish in Fort Dodge, Sioux City and Waterloo, Iowa; Chicago, Ill.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Santa Barbara, Calif.; and Wichita, Kan. She was a school principal in Waterloo and Iowa City, Iowa; and Burbank and Los Angeles, Calif. She was also a parish minister in Phoenix.

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75 Years: Sister Grace Andrea Carolan taught music in Glendale and Burbank, Calif.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Burlington, Iowa; Wichita, Kan.; and Chicago, Ill. She also taught French for several years in Mundelein, Ill. She is from Cresco, Iowa.

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75 Years: Sister Cordelle Coté, a native of Chicago, was an educator there and in Wichita, Kan.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Kansas City, Mo.; and Mountlake Terrace, Wash. She was a school principal in Rock Island, Ill. and Phoenix. She also was a librarian, assistant director of senior adult living and pastoral minister in Phoenix.

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75 Years: Sister Virginia M. Healy (Richardette) was an educator in Chicago and Rock Island, Ill.; Davenport and Clinton, Iowa; and Portland, Ore. She was a school principal and administrator in Clinton and St. Paul, Minn. She is from Chicago.

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75 Years: Sister Mary Ann Shea (Agnes Corneille), a native of San Francisco, was a music teacher in Des Moines, Iowa; Butte and Missoula, Mont.; San Francisco, Petaluma, Fremont and Union City, Calif.; and Boulder, Colo. She was a school principal and music teacher in Emmetsburg, Iowa.

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50 Years: Sister Ann Buckley (St. Edwin) is a current supervisor at Wright Hall, Chicago. She was formally an educator in Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo.; West Hempstead, N.Y.; and Chicago. She was also a school principal in Tujunga, Calif. She is a Chicago native.

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50 Years: Sister Deanna Marie Carr (Bernita), a native of Portland, Ore., is currently a lay ecclesial pastoral coordinator in Port Orchard, Wash. She is a former director of the National Sisters Vocation Conference. She also served as administrative assistant to the president of the congregation from 1980-84. For the past several years, she has been active in pastoral work in Montana and the state of Washington.

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50 Years: Sister Sheila Doherty (Paula Mary) was an educator and principal in Seattle, Wash. as well as a teacher in Boulder and Denver, Colo. She currently lives in Denver, her home town, where she is a self-employed tutor.

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50 Years: Sister Mary Elizabeth Galt (Andrew), a native of Los Angeles, Calif., works for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. She was an educator and administrator in California for many years, in Tujunga, Pasadena and Burbank. She also worked for the Department of Catholic Schools as the elementary supervisor and associate superintendent, Los Angeles.

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50 Years: Sister Barbara Gaul (Charles Mary) was an educator in California for 38 years, primarily in San Francisco and Los Angeles. She worked with students with special needs for many of those years. She is currently a regional representative for the congregation. She is a native of Oak Park, Ill.

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50 Years: Sister Mary Jo Keane (Martin Mary), a Chicago native, was an educator in Los Gatos and Burbank, Calif.; St. Louis, Mo.; and Chicago. She was also a social worker for the Chicago Public Schools before her retirement in 2002.

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50 Years: Sister Anne Kendall (Robertine) was an educator in West Hempstead, N.Y.; Sioux City, Iowa; San Francisco, Calif.; and Phoenix, Ariz. She was a principal in Boulder and Denver, Colo.; and San Francisco. She is a native of Miami, Ariz.

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50 Years: Sister Theresa Kramps (Amelia), a native of Kansas City, Mo., has worked in various capacities during her years as a BVM ranging from housekeeper to sacristan, teacher aide, cook, secretary, and teacher. She has been a computer operator at St. Vincent Child Care Center, Kansas City, Mo. since 1992.

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50 Years: Sister M. Lynn Lester (Ann Joseph), a native of Butte, Mont., has been a lifelong educator. She began teaching in Portland, Ore. and San Francisco, Calif., and is currently an associate professor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa.

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50 Years: Sister Rose Marie Lorentzen (St. Carol) was an educator in Chicago and Park Ridge, Ill.; Cascade, Iowa; Memphis, Tenn.; and Milwaukee, Wis. She was the executive director of Hesed House, Aurora, Ill. for many years. Currently, she is an ESL/GED instructor in Aurora. She is a native of Walsh County, N.D.

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50 Years: Sister Rose Mary Meyer (Sebastian), a native of Maryville, Mo., was an educator in Chicago, Ill. and St. Paul, Minn. She has been active in promoting social justice issues in Chicago for many years, and is currently the director of Project IRENE.

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50 Years: Sister Thea O’Meara is a native of Dubuque, Iowa. She was an educator and administrator in Chicago and Rock Island, Ill.; Santa Ana and Los Angeles, Calif.; and Phoenix and Glendale, Ariz. She also worked for the Diocese of Joliet, Ill. and Quigley Prep Seminary, Chicago. She is currently assistant to the secretary of the congregation.

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50 Years: Sister Mary Ann Zollmann (Clement Mary) is the current president of the congregation. She was formally an educator in Santa Barbara and San Francisco, Calif.; St. Louis, Mo.; and Dubuque, Iowa. She is a native of St. Louis.

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25 Years: Sister Patricia Bombard is current director of the De Paul Leadership Project, De Paul University, Chicago, Ill. She is the former executive director of the Institute for Spiritual Leadership, Chicago. She is a native of Holyoke, Mass.

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25 Years: Sister LaDonna Manternach (LaDonna Mary), a native of Dubuque, Iowa, is assistant professor of music at Clarke College, Dubuque. She also taught music in San Francisco, Calif. and Des Moines, Iowa.

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25 Years: Sister Paulette Skiba is a professor of religious studies at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa. She also taught in Chicago at Holy Family. She is a native of Evanston, Ill.

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Greetings may be sent to these Sisters at 1050 Carmel Dr., Dubuque, IA 52003.

For more information, contact:
Jodi Iler 
Communications Specialist
Sisters of Charity, BVM
1100 Carmel Dr.
Dubuque, IA 52003
563-588-2351
www.bvmcong.org