The Catholic Spirit is honored to highlight and celebrate milestone jubilees of women’s and men’s religious communities who are serving or have served in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. In addition to the jubilarians, Father Richard Sudlik and Sister Jill Laszewski, featured separately, the following are observing significant anniversaries. The information was provided by the religious communities.

Benedictine Monks, St. John’s Abbey
Collegeville

50 years

Father Cyprian Weaver

25 years

Father Gregory Miller

Congregation of the Mother of the Redeemer
Carthage, Missouri

10 years

Father Alphonse Vu
Father Thomas Vu

Christian Brothers of the Midwest
Burr Ridge, Illinois

70 years
Brother Paul Grass
Brother James Roszak

Jesuits
Midwest Province

50 years
Father James Radde

Pro Ecclesia Sancta

St. Paul, Minneapolis

10 years

Father David Hottinger

Father Joe Barron

Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict, St. Benedict’s Monastery
St. Joseph

 60 years

Sister Lucy Revering

Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict, St. Paul’s Monastery
Maplewood

70 years

Sister Catherine Schoenecker

Congregation of St. Joseph
Cleveland

70 years
Sister Janice Miller

60 years
Sister Rose Marie Brouillard
Sister Geraldine Riendeau
Sister Ruthann Scherer

Sinsinawa Dominicans
Sinsinawa, Wisconsin

75 years
Sister Vivian Gorman
Sister Alban Hermes

70 years
Sister Mariann Franzgrote
Sister Constance Lennartz

60 years
Sister Erica Jordan
Sister Judith Seiberlich
Sister Anita Smisek

50 years
Sister Priscilla Wood

Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls
Little Falls

75 years
Sister Adella Gross
Sister Audrey Jean Loher
Sister Olga Neft

60 years

Sister Gertrude Brixius

School Sisters of Notre Dame
St. Louis

75 years
Sister Mary Lauren Spence

70 years
Sister Cerella Baumgartner
Sister Marguerite Churilla
Sister Joan Fink
Sister Beverly Ann Fries
Sister Germaine Mulcahey
Sister Cathryn O’Donnell
Sister Mary Myles Schwahn
Sister M. Maris Simon
Sister Rita von Holtum

60 years
Sister Judith Bakula
Sister M. Rosae Brown
Sister Gloria Degele
Sister Deanna Donahue
Sister Carolyn Fasnacht
Sister Jovann Irrgang
Sister Kathleen Mary Kiemen
Sister Darlene Lenzmeier
Sister Margaret Roozen
Sister Loretta Marie Strobel
Sister Janet Wermerskirchen

50 years
Sister Carol Marie Hemish
Sister Helen Jane Jaeb
Sister Joyce Kolbet
Sister Lavonne Krebs
Sister Mary Ann Kuhn
Sister Ann Marie Merth
Sister Faith Wanner

Servants of Mary (Servite Sisters)
Ladysmith, Wisconsin

70 Years
Sister Noreen McGinley
Sister Mary De Lourdes Plourde

60 years

Sister Lois Reichert
Sister Mary Alice Willems

Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ
Nigeria

25 Years
Sister Maria Chinweze Enujiofor

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
St. Paul Province, St. Paul

80 years
Sister Mary Ann Hanley
Sister Maria June Wilson

75 years

Sister Mary Madonna Ashton
Sister Helen Thomas Bronk
Sister Michele Murphy
Sister Annabelle Raiche
Sister Miriam Shea
Sister Ann Clare Smith
Sister Serena Zilka

70 years

Sisters Margaret Belanger
Sister Nancy Davis
Sister Katherine Egan
Sister Karen Kennelly
Sister Elizabeth Kerwin
Sister Sylvia Krawfcyk
Sister Kate McDonald

Sister Justina Overhultz
Sister Mary Sarto Revier
Sister Donna Vosika

+Sister Anne Elise Tschida (deceased in 2021)

65 years
Sister Kevin Bopp
Sister Mary Fran Carter
Sister Maureen Lamey
Sister Katherine McLaughlin
Sister Joyce Peck
Sister Polly Preston
Sister Mary Schabert

60 years
Sister Linda Napier
Sister Mary Ellen Ward

50 years
Sister Kathleen Niska

40 years
Sister Mary Vincent

Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver
St. Paul

60 years

Sister Susan Wal

Sylvania Sisters of St. Francis
Sylvania, Ohio

60 years
Sister Kathleen Casey