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For years of service — thanks
By Father Robert M. O'Grady
Posted: 12/10/2004
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
