The Catholic Spirit is honored to highlight the members of men’s and women’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.
In addition, the Catholic Spirit interviewed two members of religious communities who are marking significant anniversaries this year, Sister Rose Maura Okongwu and Father Francisco Pérez Colunga.
DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SINSINAWA
Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
50 years
Sister Judith Jewison
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY MOTHER OF CHRIST, NIGERIA
Champlin
25 years
Sister Rose Maura Okongwu
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
St. Paul
50 years
Sister Amy Kristine Kaiser
Sister Joseph Marie Cruz
REDEMPTORISTS
Brooklyn Center
50 years
Father Francisco (Paco) Pérez Colunga
25 years
Father Tuan Pham
SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME
Shakopee
75 years
Sister Alice Zachmann
70 years
Sister Anne Becker
Sister Patricia Frost
Sister Anita Kolles
Sister Edna Lanners
Sister Mary Gen Olin
Sister Doris Welter
60 years
Sister Pauline Eischens
Sister Joanne O’Connor
Sister Helen Robeck
Sister Rita Schwalbe
50 years
Sister Therese Collison
SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS OF OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS
St. Paul
60 years
Sister Mary Antonice DeLury
SYLVANIA SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
Sylvania, Ohio
60 Years
Sister Nora Klewicki
SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF CARONDELET
St. Paul Province, St. Paul
80 years
Sister Mary Charlene O’Keeffe
75 years
Sister Brigida Cassady
Sister Joan Groschen
Sister Mary Elizabeth Harroun
70 years
Sister Anna Marie DeVos
Sister Ansgar Holmberg *
Sister Bernadette Newton
Sister Carol Podlasek
Sister Marian Walstrom
65 years
Sister Mary Lamski
Sister Angela Schreiber
Sister Joanne Weiland
Sister Colleen O’Malley
60 years
Sister Mary Frances Allen
Sister Margaret Brown
Sister Ann Diehl
Sister Karen Hilgers
50 years
Sister Althea Johns
45 years
Sister Lillian Long
Sister Irene O’Neill
25 years
Sister Jill Underdahl
SISTERS OF THE LIVING WORD
Des Plaines, Illinois
70 years
Sister Mary Nicholas Eiden
SISTERS OF THE ORDER OF ST. BENEDICT, ST. PAUL’S MONASTERY
Maplewood
70 years
Sister Susan Bourauel
* Deceased June 28
