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
70 years
Brother Arnold McMullen
60 years
Brother William Clarey
Brother Michael Lee Anderson
Sisters of St. Agnes
Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin
75 years
Sister Loretta Meidl
Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception
North American delegation, St. Paul
25 years
Father Antony Skaria (25 years of priesthood)
Father Benny Mekkatt (25 years of religious profession)
Dominican Fathers and Brothers
Province of St. Albert the Great, Chicago
60 years
Father James Barnett
Father Paul Johnson
Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls
Little Falls, Minnesota
75 years
Sister Therese Furnstahl
Sister Theodora Higgins
Sister Therese Lenz
60 years
Sister Julien Dirkes
Sister Joanne Heim
Sister Pat Imdieke
Sister Susan Knutson
Sister Jeanne Lieser
Sister Callista Robinson
Sister Siena Wald
50 years
Sister Ange Mayers
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
LaCrosse, Wisconsin
60 years
Sister Delmarie Gibney
Little Sisters of the Poor
Province of Chicago, Palatine, Illinois
50 Years
Sister Mary Elizabeth Anderson
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
Central administration, Maryknoll, New York
50 years
Father Kenneth Thesing
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
U.S. province, Washington, D.C.
75 years
Father Aloysius Svobodny
65 years
Father Carl Kabat
60 years
Father James Allen
50 years
Father Robert Morin
25 years
Father Stanislaw Zowada
School Sisters of Notre Dame
Central Pacific Province, St. Louis
75 years
Sister Beth Haltiner
Sister Thelma Vetsch
70 years
Sister M. Claudette Hudalla
Sister Mary Dominic Klaseus
Sister Rose Emilia Schwab
Sister Alice Zachmann
60 years
Sister Annette Fernholz
Sister M. Lynette Friesen
Sister Francette Malecha
Sister Josetta Marie Spencer
Sister Shirley Steines
Sister Rita Wollschlager
50 years
Sister Rita Anne Kipka
25 years
Sister Stephanie Spandl
Servants of Mary
Ladysmith, Wisconsin
70 years
Sister Doris Ann Samens
(formerly Sister Mary Norbert)
60 years
Sister Cecilia Fandel
(formerly Sister Mary Martin)
Sinsinawa Dominicans
Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
75 years
Sister Ellen Shannon
65 Years
Sister Clara (Mary Ona) Blozis
Sister Catherine Thomas Dwyer
Sister Anna Maria Knothe
Sister Marilyn (Marie Emilie) Schlosser
Sister Martha (Dominic Savio) Wiegand
60 years
Sister Mary Katherine Connell (died March 29)
Sister Barbara Hubeny
Sister Joyce Leibly
Sister Jeremiah Farrell (died May 8)
Sisters of Mercy
West Midwest Community, Omaha, Nebraska
60 years
Sister Emily Devine
50 years
Sister Delores Hannon
Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict
St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota
60 years
Sister Jean Juenemann
Sister Lucy Miller
50 years
Sister Kerry O’Reilly
Sisters of St. Benedict at St. Paul’s Monastery
St. Paul
70 years
Sister Anne Boeckers
Sister Andriette Schommer
Sister Andrine Schommer
Sister Eleanor Wartman
60 years
Sister Lucia Schwickerath
Sister Joan Utecht
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
St. Paul Province, St. Paul
75 years
Sister Betty Ann Gits
Sister Marie Grossman
Sister Dorothy Jorgenson
Sister Mary Charlene O’Keeffe
70 years
Sister Brigida Cassady
Sister St. Luke Copeland
Sister Joan Groschen
Sister Mary Elizabeth Harroun
65 years
Sister Marie Theresa Belanger
Sister Anna Marie DeVos
Sister Mary Hasbrouck
Sister Ansgar Holmberg
Sister Lucy Knoll
Sister Bernadette Newton
Sister Carol Podlasek
Sister Marian Walstrom
Sister Virginia Webb
60 years
Sister Mary Lamski
Sister Colleen O’Malley
Sister Angela Schreiber
Sister Joanne Wieland
55 Years
Sister Mary Fran Allen
Sister Margaret Brown
Sister Ann Diehl
Sister Connie Gleason
Sister Karen Hilgers
Sylvania Sisters of St. Francis
Sylvania, Ohio
75 years
Sister M. Ricarda Witt
60 years
Sister M. Francis Jerome Serewa
Sister Gretchen Faerber
Sister M. Helen Frances Spears
Sister M. Lois Anne Palkert
Sister M. Lorena Dulas
Sister Maria Pacelli Spino
50 years
Sister Sharon White
USA Midwest Province Jesuits
Wisconsin province, Milwaukee
70 years
Father Philip Dreckman
50 years
Father Douglas Leonhardt
Father Cletus Pfab
Father David Schultenover
Father John Schwantes
25 years
Father Peter Etzel
10 years
Father R. Benjamin Osborne