They served in classrooms, kitchens, colleges, hospitals and nursing facilities. They lived and prayed; laughed and cried; celebrated and grieved; and many times were just there when someone needed them.

The sisters who are celebrating jubilees of religious life gathered with Archbishop O’Malley for Mass at St. Theresa of Avila Church in West Roxbury to recall the years and to give thanks for their service.

The archdiocese celebrates these jubilees with each and all the jubilarians with gratitude for the years — diamond, golden or silver — that each sister has given.

As they so often pray for us, we pray for them — in great gratitude to God for lives of faithful service, here in the archdiocese and in many places beyond.

Diamond Jubilarians

Bernadine Sisters

Sister Mercita Glowacki, OSF

Sister Mary Theresine Jablonski, OSF

Sister Mary Benita Tirpak, OSF

Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm

Sister Daniel Marie Fahey, O. Carm

Contemplative Sisters of the Good Shepherd

Sister Florence Lucas, CGS

Sister Paula Agnes Norton, CGS

Sister Grace Piracci, CGS

Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul

Sister Frances Michael Plantamura, DC

Dominicans of St. Catharine, Kentucky

Sister Imelda Murrin, OP

Sister Ellen Cecile Roach, OP

Sister Margaret Vincent, OP

Franciscan Sisters of Allegany

Sister Immaculene Fook-Kong, OSF

Sister Anne Clare Gallagher, OSF

Holy Union Sisters

Sister Cecilia Charpentier, SUSC

Sister Pauline Marie Dufour, SUSC

Sister Claire Laroche, SUSC

Sister Paula Marquis, SUSC

Marist Missionary Sisters

Sister Marie Therese Douillard, SMSM

Sister Emilene Dugay, SMSM



Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception

Sister M. Teresa Hurley, MFIC

Sister M. Rosita Lespasio, MFIC

Religious of Christian Education

Sister Marguerite Aucoin, RCE

School Sisters of Notre Dame

Sister Clare E. Fitzgerald, SSND

Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament

Sister Mary Andreas, SBS

Sisters of Charity Halifax

Sister Catherine Therese Barrett, SC

Sister Frances Boyle, SC

Sister Agnes Catherine Coyle, SC

Sister Joan Therese Dawson, SC

Sister Ann Eugene Dolan, SC

Sister Margaret Joseph Gilligan, SC

Sister Mary Harrington, SC

Sister Mary Frances Manning, SC

Sister Maurita McMahon, SC

Sisters of Charity - Montreal

Sister Bertha Asselin, SGM

Sister Merilda Labonte, SGM

Sister Cecile St. Amand, SGM

Sisters of Charity - Nazareth

Sister Agnes Ann Fuhs, SCN

Sister Marie Hill, SCN

Sister Evelyn Hurley, SCN

Sister Helen McNulty, SCN

Sister Emily Pugh, SCN

Sister Mary Lucina Sheehan, SCN

Sister Alice Wills, SCN

Sisters of Charity - Ottawa

Sister Claire Aubry, SCO

Sister Anita Boucher, SCO

Sister Irene Blazon, SCO

Sister Doris Brouillette, SCO

Sister Leona Laroche, SCO

Sister Jeannine Paquette, SCO

Sister Alice Tellier, SCO

Sisters of Divine Providence

Sister Emma Jean Middendorf, CDP

Sisters of the Good Shepherd

Sister Dorothy Moore, RGS

Sister Regina Sullivan, RGS

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur - Boston Province

Sister Theresa Cunningham, SND

Sister Margaret Elliot, SND

Sister Mary Persico, SND

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur - Ipswich Province

Sister Phyllis Bishop, SND

Sister Margaret Dorothea Connell, SND

Sister Mary C. Connelly, SND

Sister Rosina Gallahue, SND

Sister Alice Roberta Kelleher, SND

Sister Therese Gerard Kleh, SND

Sister Marguerite Ledwell, SND

Sister Germaine Loiselle, SND

Sister Marie Patricia Lucey, SND

Sister Claire Elizabeth Lyons, SND

Sister Mary Ellen McAndrews, SND

Sister Marian McCarten, SND

Sister Mary Martina McDonough, SND

Sister Bernadette Mary McGrath, SND

Sister Frances Josepha McMahon, SND

Sister Cecilia McNeil, SND

Sister Caroline Julie Megevich, SND

Sister Claire Frances Murray, SND

Sister Helen Thomasina Sheehan, SND

Sister Mary-Elizabeth Sheehan, SND

Sisters of the Presentation of Mary

Sister Germaine Beaupre, PM

Sister Therese Benoit, PM

Sister Anita Dagesse, PM

Sister Jeanne-Elisabeth, PM

Sister Jacqueline Gagnon, PM

Sister Aline Lefebvre, PM

Sister Jeanne Page, PM

Sister Cecile Parent, PM

Sister Laurette Poulin, PM

Sister Marguerite Provencher, PM

Sister Yolanda St. Laurent, PM

Sister Madeleine-Therese, PM

Sisters of Saint Anne

Sister Therese Dion, SSA

Sister Doris R. Dumas, SSA

Sister Mary Viola Gautreau, SSA

Sister Eva Genereux, SSA

Sister M. Veronica of Jesus, SSA

Sister Mary Isaac Jogues, SSA

Sister Irene Leblanc, SSA

Sister Claire Levesque, SSA

Sister Yvonne Papineau, SSA

Sisters of Saint Chretienne

Sister Pearl Gallant, SSCh

Sisters of Saint Joseph

Sister Florence Barton, CSJ

Sister Mary Julia Breheny, CSJ

Sister Ivan Cadigan, CSJ

Sister Vincent Ferrer Collins, CSJ

Sister Mary Delaney, CSJ

Sister Marilyn Harrigan, CSJ

Sister Loretto Hegarty, CSJ

Sister Anna Mary Kelly, CSJ

Sister Marilyn MacGregor, CSJ

Sister Mildred Malone, CSJ

Sister Lillian McDonald, CSJ

Sister Margaret McGarry, CSJ

Sister Rosalie McKenzie, CSJ

Sister Patricia McLaughlin, CSJ

Sister Mary Mills, CSJ

Sister Catherine E. Murphy, CSJ

Sister Marinus O’Brien, CSJ

Sister Anicetus Santosca, CSJ

Sister Therezon Sheerin, CSJ

Sister Nannita Shea, CSJ

Sister Patricia Smith, CSJ

Sister Ednata Sullivan, CSJ

Sister John Sullivan, CSJ

Sister Rose deLourdes Wall, CSJ

Sister Janet Walsh, CSJ

Sister Leontine Walsh, CSJ

Sister Mary K. Walsh, CSJ

Golden Jubilarians



Bernadine Sisters

Sister Joanne Helen Grejdus, OSF

Carmelite Sisters of the Aged and Infirm

Sister M. Denis Catherine of St. Joseph Griffin, O. Carm

Dominicans of St. Catharine, Kentucky

Sister Ann Daylor, OP

Sister Joan Dropski, OP

Sister Lois Laronde, OP

Sister Rita Imelda Sullivan, OP

Holy Union Sisters

Sister Veronica Benoit, SUSC

Marist Missionary Sisters

Sister Catherine Keogh, SMSM

Sister Mary John Patrick, SMSM

Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception

Sister Margaret Therese Yennock, MFIC

Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Sister Mary Esther Cockburn, MHSH

Monastery of Saint Clare

Sister Mary Magdalen Fitz-Gerald, OSC

Sister Clare Frances McAvoy, OSC

Order Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Sister Hazel Meskell, OCSO

Order of Saint Clare

Sister Mary Malloy, OSC

Religious of Christian Education

Sister Geraldine De Filippo, RCE

Sister Doris Lambert, RCE

Religious of the Sacred Heart

Sister Hilda Carey, RSCJ

Sister Maryellen Harmon, RSCJ

Sisters of the Assumption

Sister Estelle Grenier, SASV

Sister Fernande Richard, SASV

Sisters of Charity - Halifax

Sister James Margaret Burge, SC

Sister Kathleen Thérèse Casey, SC

Sister Marie Gill, SC

Sister Margaret McKeon, SC

Sister Barbara Monahan, SC

Sisters of Charity - Montreal

Sister Louise Bourgeois, SGM

Sister Janet Gallup, SGM

Sister Mary Sears, SGM

Sisters of Charity - Nazareth

Sister Joan Robishaw, SCN

Sisters of Charity - Ottawa

Sister Jeannine Bernier, SCO

Sisters of Divine Providence

Sister Julia Hillary, CDP

Sister Lorraine Zappala, CDP

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

Sister Thomasita Delaney, RSM

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur - Boston Province

Sister Barbara Beauchamp, SND

Sister Anne Marie Chermesino, SND

Sister Mary T. Coffey, SND

Sister Mary Fitzpatrick, SND

Sister Maureen K. Griffin, SND

Sister Joan Marie Lacasse, SND

Sister Mary Jean Verbicky, SND

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur - Ipswich Province

Sister Margaret Middleton, SND

Sister Edith Murphy, SND

Sister Helen Donald Seager, SND

Sister James Madeline Whalen, SND

Sisters of Saint Anne

Sister Mary Rose Ursula, SSA

Sisters of Saint Chretienne

Sister Jeanne Arsenault, SSCh

Sister Pauline Fortin, SSCh

Sisters of Saint Joseph

Sister Nancy Braceland, CSJ

Sister Thomas Joseph Bradley, CSJ

Sister Donata Marie Cardarelli, CSJ

Sister Lois Connors, CSJ

Sister Catherine Decker, CSJ

Sister Mary Rita Grady, CSJ

Sister Barbara Hallisey, CSJ

Sister Katherine Higgins, CSJ

Sister Lorraine Hinrichsen, CSJ

Sister Jeanne Leahy, CSJ

Sister Catherine Loughran, CSJ

Sister Patricia Malley, CSJ

Sister Dionetta McCarthy, CSJ

Sister Ann McNeil, CSJ

Sister Marie Nelson, CSJ

Sister Ann Marie O’Malley, CSJ

Ursuline Sisters

Sister Marie Goretti Bernier, OSU