Sisters of the Holy Cross mark jubilees

Notre Dame, Ind. — Thirty-five Sisters of the Holy Cross will celebrate their jubilee years in Holy Cross on July 17, 2011, in the Church of Our Lady of Loretto at Saint Mary’s. Two sisters are celebrating 75 years since their first profession; 20 are celebrating 60 years; 12 are marking 50 years; and one is celebrating 25 years — a collective 1,975 years of vowed life in the congregation.

Diamond
First Profession 1936 (75 Years)

Sister M. Carmelita Morales
Sister Mary Romanus Smith

Diamond
First Profession 1951 (60 Years)
Sister Michael Marie Williamson
Sister M. Helen Anthony Kieszkowski
Sister Marilyn Reiser (Sister M. Demetria)
Sister M. Timothea Kingston
Sister M. Jane Frances Reus
Sister Virginia Marie MacNeil (Sister M. Jean Pierre)
Sister Anna Louise Neuland (Sister Richard Marie)
Sister Vivian Mary Mastromatteo (Sister Michael Anthony)
Sister Kathryn Callahan (Sister M. Blanche)
Sister M. Emily Demuth
Sister Joseph Mary Hoess
Sister M. Edward Ann Wetzel
Sister Loretta Marie Valdes
Sister M. Albertine Kramer
Sister Patricia Mulvaney (Sister M. Peter James)
Sister Mary Jean Klene (Sister Zita Marie)
Sister Amalia Marie Rios
Sister Colette Marie Lang
Sister Martha Ann Norwood
Sister M. Cecilia Ann Kelly

Golden
First Profession 1961 (50 Years)
Sister M. Adria Connors
Sister Nora Gurnett (Sister M. Vincetta)
Sister Marjorie Ann Manning (Sister Gertrude Marie)
Sister Louise Marie Andree (Sister M. Noemi)
Sister Mary Louise Wahler (Sister Gertrude Mary)
Sister Mary Elizabeth Bednarek (Sister M. Benjamin)
Sister Rachel Anne Callahan (Sister M. Marie Paschal)
Sister Jeanette Fettig (Sister Miriam Robert)
Sister Rita Bray (Sister M. Celestyn)
Sister Bernadette Mulick (Sister M. Francetta)
Sister M. Patrice McGee
Sister Judith Ann Murphy (Sister Miriam Elaine)

Silver
First Profession 1986 (25 Years)
Sister Dipali Helena D'Costa