The Catholic Spirit is honored to highlight the members of women’s and men’s religious communities who are celebrating milestone jubilees this year and who are serving or who have served in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The following information was provided by the religious communities.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS OF THE MIDWEST

Burr Ridge, Illinois

60 years
Brother Robert Walsh

CONGREGATION OF ST. JOSEPH

Cleveland

60 years
Sister Mary Ellen Proulx (formerly Sister Monica Noel)

DOMINICAN FRIARS — PROVINCE OF ST. ALBERT THE GREAT

Chicago

60 years
Father Thomas Poulsen

50 years
Father Herb Hayek

10 years
Father Vincent Davill
Father Cassian Sama
Father James Peter Trares

DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST. CECILIA

Nashville, Tennessee

25 years

Sister Mary Seton Cebrowski
Sister Mary Veronica Keller
Sister Maria Frassati Kieckhefer
Sister Mary Emily Knapp
Sister Martha Ann Titus

FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF LITTLE FALLS

Little Falls

60 years

Sister Betty Ann Berger
Sister M. Jeremy Hein
Sister Mary Cassilda Obowa
Sister LaVonne Schackmann

FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF PERPETUAL ADORATION

La Crosse, Wisconsin

60 years
Sister Marlou Ricke

SISTERS OF THE ORDER OF ST. BENEDICT, ST. BENEDICT’S MONASTERY

St. Joseph

60 years
Sister Anita O’Keefe
Sister Marlene Schwinghammer
Sister Moira Wild

50 years
Sister Shirley Nohner
Sister Jeanne Marie Vanderlinde

SISTERS OF THE ORDER OF ST. BENEDICT, ST. PAUL’S MONASTERY
Maplewood

70 YEARS
Sister Benita Gerold
Sister Agnes Trombley

SISTERS OF THE ORDER OF ST. BENEDICT, ST. SCHOLASTICA MONASTERY
Duluth

60 years
Sister Claudia Cherro
Sister Theresa Spinler

SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME

St. Louis

75 years

Sister Noel Ewald
Sister Berenice Hartke
Sister Judith Marie Jung
Sister Mary Alene Kuhn
Sister Mary Niva Langreck
Sister Sharon Rempe
Sister Luella Zollar

70 Years

Sister Ruth Cowie
Sister M. Charles Ann Crowder
Sister LaVerne Kleinheider
Sister Lorraine Landry
Sister Mary Louise McKenna
Sister Lisette Menke
Sister Theresa Palbicki
Sister Marjorie J. Rosenau
Sister Martha Ann Schaefer
Sister Margaret Ann Schulte
Sister Mary Owen Steverner
Sister Rochelle Trembley
Sister Mary Damian Tucker
Sister Dorothy Venhaus
Sister Patricia Wamse
Sister Rose Miriam Wegman
Sister Jean Ann Weyer
+Sister M. Johnalyn Witkowski (deceased in 2021)

60 years

Sister Marilyn J. Ancer
Sister Loretta Bauer
Sister Luanne Boland
Sister Marlene Buese
Sister Gloria Cain
Sister Leah Marie Couvillion
Sister Rose Ann Ficker
Sister Josephe Marie Flynn
Sister Joan Gmeinder
Sister Doris Jean Grewe
Sister Christine Hata Chieko
Sister Mary Bernard Iwai
Sister Linda Jansen
Sister M. Regina Kabayama
Sister M. Cecilia Kawamura
Sister Mary Ann Kuttner
Sister Mary Leona Matsushima
Sister Rosanne Mock
Sister Suzanne Moynihan
Sister Janice Munier
Sister Rosemarie Nassif
Sister Mary Anne Oshiyama
Sister Margaret Lynn Pietsch
Sister Helen Plum
Sister Mary Beth Reissen
Sister Mary Genevieve Sato
Sister Carol Schnitzler
Sister Suzanne Rene Sobczynski
Sister Mary Francis Tagita
Sister Beatrice Tanaka Noriko
Sister Denay Ulrich
Sister Bernadette Welter

50 years

Sister Judy Bourg
Sister Barbara Brunsmann
Sister Jean Dietrich
Sister Katherine DuVal
Sister Patricia Murphy
Sister Betty Myers
Sister Carol Ann Prenger
Sister Mary Ellen Theriot
Sister Charlene Zeisset

SERVANTS OF MARY (SERVITE SISTERS)

Ladysmith, Wisconsin

75 years
Sister Loretta Lonsdorf

SISSINAWA DOMINICANS
Sinsinawa, Wisconsin

70 years

Sister Barbara Sheehy
Sister Richelle Schmitz

60 years
Sister Laura Goedken
Sister LouAnne Willette

SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
Rochester, Minnesota

60 years

Sister Nancy Kinsley
Sister Briana McCarthy
Sister Dolore Rockers
Sister Kay Rundquist

SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF CARONDELET

St. Paul Province, St. Paul

80 years
Sister Grace Saumur

75 years

Sister Agatha Grossman
Sister Jane Hurley
Sister Ann William Leach
Sister Rita McDonald

65 years
Sister Jan Dalsin
Sister Agnes Foley
Sister Mary Clare Korb
Sister Judith Madigan
Sister Ann O’Neill
Sister Marie Herbert Seiter

60 years
Sister Shirley Deutsch
Sister Meg Gillespie
Sister Mary Kraft
Sister Susan Oeffling
Sister Carolyn Puccio
Sister Catherine Mary Rosengren
Sister Kathleen Ryan

SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIANISTS)

St. Louis, King of France
St. Paul, Minnesota

50 years
Father John Sajdak

SYLVANIA SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS

Sylvania, Ohio

60 years
Sister Julitta Campbell
Sister Ellen Cmie

50 years
Sister Karen Daniewicz
Sister Ritamary Pyzick
Sister Barbara Stallman

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