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60 YEARSBROTHER WILLIAM J. FOSTER (BILL)Birthplace: OmahaNon-archdiocesan assignments: Gar-dener, engineer and carpenter in Oshkosh, Wis.; gardener in St. Bonifacius, Minn.; in charge of communal meals in Milwaukee; plumber, electri-cian, carpenter, superintendent of grounds, and maintenance worker in Pine Ridge, S.D.; praying for the church and the Society of Jesus in Milwaukee.

50 YEARSBROTHER JEROME KMIECIKBirthplace: OmahaArchdiocese assign-ments: Prior, sub-prior, freshman dean, director of summer camp, art instructor, formation director, director of Mount Michael Guest House, all at Mount Michael Benedictine School and Ab-bey near Elkhorn, 1966-present.

60 YEARSSISTER CLARICE GENTRUPBirthplace: BeemerArchdiocese assignments: Pharmacy intern at the former St. Joseph Hos-pital, 1962-63, chief pharmacist at St. Mary Hospital in Columbus, 1963-64.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Pharmacist in Denver; hospital chaplain in Grand Island, Neb.; parish ministry in Sidney, Neb.; local and international leadership positions in the religious order; minister to financially vulnerable women and children and fundraising coordinator for community counseling, both in Colorado Springs, Colo. SISTER MARILYN UHINGBirthplace: West PointArchdiocese assignment: Director and counselor for Catholic Family Services in Columbus and Norfolk, 1979-87.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Administrator, educator, social worker and counselor in South Dakota, New Mexico and Colorado; member of leadership team for the order; minis-ter to financially vulnerable women and children and coordinator of a spirituality program for women, both in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Contemplation and action. That combination – part of the charism of the Sisters of Mercy – has highlighted 50 years of religious life for Sister of Mercy Pa-tricia McDermott, president of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. And not just her own service – but by virtue of her leadership position, the service and prayer she has witnessed throughout the order’s ministries in health care, education, social services and spirituality, she said. “I’ve had a unique window in how each sister, and our sisters collectively, try to re-flect that rhythm,” said Sister McDermott, an Omaha native serving in Silver Spring, Md. Sister McDermott is among 60 religious sisters and brothers with ties to the Arch-diocese of Omaha who are being honored in this edition of the Catholic Voice as they cel-

ebrate milestone anniversaries of 50, 60, 70 or more years of service to the church. Each either were born in the archdiocese, served here or both. School Sister of St. Francis Janet Guenther, a Crofton native whose 50 years of service has included teaching children in archdiocesan schools, pastoral work in parishes and work-ing as a chaplain in hospitals, said a highlight for her was a pilgrimage to the Holy Land she might not have made without a generous gift from a woman she ministered to in the hospi-tal until her death from cancer. The trip was filled with experiences she could share in the classroom as she helped prepare children and adults to enter the church in the Rite of Christian Initiation, said Sister Guenther, now living at New Cas-sel Retirement Center in Omaha. Both sisters said they are grateful for op-portunities to serve and pray for others. And

they have advice for people who might con-sider the religious life. “Entering a religious community is the living out of one’s baptismal promises,” Sis-ter Guenther said. “Living with other sisters in community has its challenges and re-wards. Check out different communities and get involved with their mission activities. If possible, living and working with sisters is a good way to experience their lifestyle.” Sister McDermott said “it’s a great life. And it holds great promise for those who have a call. It is about a call – God’s move-ment in someone’s life.” For her, Sister McDermott said, “It’s been total gift. It’s been nothing but gift and opportunity and a deep, deep privilege.” Religious sisters and brothers and their anniversaries are listed on this page and PAGES 7 AND 8. Unless otherwise stated, all assignment locations are in Omaha.

Celebrating milestone anniversaries

BROTHER JEROME KMIECIK

BROTHER WILLIAM FOSTER

BENEDICTINES OF MOUNT MICHAEL ABBEY

JESUITS

75 YEARSSISTER DOROTHY KOENIGBirthplace: EwingArchdiocese assignments: Dietician at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Nor-folk, 1961-76; housekeeper at convent in Wayne, 1995-99; housekeeper in Columbus, 1999-2003.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Housekeeper in Graceville, Minn.; teacher, parish ministry in Osaka, Japan; parish ministry in Jackson, Ky.

70 YEARSSISTER BERNARDINE BECKMANBirthplace: ElginArchdiocese assignments: Nurse at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Norfolk, 1956-68, 1970-73, 1975-76; nurse at hospital in Lynch, 1954-56, 1973-75; housekeeper and sacristan at St. Augustine Indian Mission in Win-nebago, 2003-11. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Junior directress in Tacloban, Philip-pines; general councilor for Mis-sionary Benedictine Sisters in Rome; parish ministry in Namibia.

60 YEARS SISTER FRANCES BETZArchdiocese assignments: School librarian at then-Assump-tion Academy in Norfolk, 1963-74; teacher at St. Augustine Indian Mission in Winnebago, 1974-82 and elder visits 2001-16. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Pastoral ministry in Jackson, Ky.; teacher in Inkamana, South Africa.SISTER MARITA SCHWEIGERArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at then-Assumption Academy in Norfolk, 1962-65; teacher at St. Leonard School in Madison, 1959-62; teacher at St. Augustine Indian Mission in Winnebago, 1965-69; elder visits, 2001-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Inkamana, South Af-rica; translator in Rome. SISTER RITA HESSArchdiocese assignments: Nurse at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Norfolk, 1956-61; administrator of St. Joseph Nursing Home in Norfolk, 1978-92; accountant at St. Augustine Indian Mission in Winnebago, 1995-2003.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Nurse at a hospital in Graceville, Minn.; nurse and pastoral work in Namibia, 1992-95.

50 YEARSSISTER MICHAEL MARIE ROTTING-HAUSArchdiocesan assignment: X-ray technologist at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Norfolk, 1963-73.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Nurse in Graceville, Minn.; honorary director of hospital in Jilin, China; prioress of Missionary Benedictine Sisters in Nairobi, Kenya.

SISTER DOROTHY KOENIG

SISTER FRANCES BETZ

SISTER BERNARDINE BECKMAN

SISTER MARITA SCHWEIGER

SISTER RITA HESS

SISTER MICHAEL MARIE ROTTINGHAUS

MISSIONARY BENEDICTINE SISTERS

60 YEARSSISTER ALMA JANOUSEKArchdiocese assignments: Teacher and principal at former Assumption School, 1957-61, teacher at former St. Adalbert School, 1960-61, and St. John Neumann School in Clarkson, 1961-64; cook and housekeeper at St. Philip Neri Parish, 1981-83; chaplain and director of chaplains at Valley Hope Chemical Dependency Unit in O’Neill, 1985-2011.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher, principal in Porcupine, S.D., and Dwight, Weston and Wahoo, Neb.

50 YEARSSISTER JANICE LUDVIKArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at former St. Therese School, 1966-68; adult education coordinator at St. Patrick Parish in Fremont, 1984-85; adjunct theology professor at College of Saint Mary, 1986; family ministry graduate coordinator at archdiocese’s Family Life Office (now Center for

Family Life Formation), 1995-97; mem-ber of Notre Dame Sisters’ leadership team, 1995-2005 and 2009-13.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Cedar Rapids and Harlan, Iowa, director of religious education in Cedar Rapids; associate director of Christian Formation and Ministry in Tucson, Ariz.; adult education coordinator for Diocese of Phoenix in Arizona; pastoral associate in Kansas City, Mo., parish minister in Loup City, Neb., hospital chaplain in Lincoln, pastoral minister in Kearney, Neb.

SISTER ALMA JANOUSEK

SISTER JANICE LUDVIK

NOTRE DAME SISTERS

SISTER CLARICE GENTRUP

SISTER MARILYN UHING

75 YEARSSISTER MARIE KEVIN CLAYBAUGHArchdiocese assignment: Teacher at St. Cecilia School, 1957-58.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Oshkosh, Wis., teacher, secretary, transporta-tion and other ministry in Illi-nois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

60 YEARSSISTER PATRICIA DILLONArchdiocese assignment: Teacher at St. Cecilia School, 1962-69.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Milwaukee, Faribault, Minn., Chicago, River Forest and Oak Park in Illinois; librarian, parish and school business administrator in Chicago.

SISTER PATRICIA GALLAGHERBirthplace: OmahaNon-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher, parish director of music and liturgy, university campus ministry in River Forest, Ill.; director of parish music and liturgy in Chicago; teacher and director of children’s choir in Appleton, Wis., teacher and other music ministry in Rockford, Ill., Min-nesota, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Florence, Italy, and motherhouse in Sinsinawa, Wis.

SISTER LAURETANA GORMANArchdiocese assignment: Teacher at St. Michael School, South Sioux City, 1961-66.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Milwaukee, Shorewood, Wauwatosa and Madison, Wis., Chi-cago and Bloomington, Ill.; pastoral minister in Janesville, Wis.

50 YEARSSISTER KATHRYN KOMAREKBirthplace: OmahaArchdiocese assignment: Vicaress provincial for congregation’s southern province in Omaha, 1995-98.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in River Forest, Ill., Minne-apolis and Sioux Falls, S.D.; pastoral associate in Kenosha and Appleton, Wis.; vocation minister for the order in Sinsinawa, Wis.; social worker and

pastoral minister in Indiantown, Fla.; vicaress provincial for the congrega-tion’s southern province in Memphis and Nashville, Tenn., and Tunica, Miss.; hospital chaplain in Chicago and Atlanta; urban neighborhood sustain-ability project, Denver; director of novitiate for the congregation in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

SISTER COLLEEN NOLANBirthplace: OmahaNon-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Chicago, Rockford, Ill., Bal-timore, Kingfisher, Okla., Lake Worth, Fla.; co-director and director of apostolic volunteers for the congre-gation in in River Forest, Ill.,; mission educator for Missionary Society of St. Columban, Forest Park, Ill.; director of parish religious education, River Forest, Ill.; director of parish children’s ministry in Tulsa, Okla.

SINSINAWA DOMINICANS

SISTER MARIE KEVIN CLAYBAUGH

SISTER PATRICIA GALLAGHER

SISTER PATRICIA DILLON

SISTER LAURETANA GORMAN

SISTER KATHRYN KOMAREK

SISTER COLLEEN NOLAN

SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS OF PERPETUAL ADORATION

50 YEARSSISTER BONNIE KEARNEYArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, 1968-69 and 1981-82.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Chicago; teacher and department head in Houston; college campus ministry, principal and assis-tant principal in Chicago and Houston.SISTER JOELLEN SUMPTERBirthplace: OmahaArchdiocese assignments: Direc-tor of services and fine arts, 1993-97, registrar, 1997-2007, and calligrapher, 1993-2016, at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher, assistant principal, assistant to curriculum director, teacher and fine arts department chair in Houston.

SOCIETY OF THE SACRED HEART

SISTER BONNIE KEARNEY

SISTER JOELLEN SUMPTER

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75 YEARSSISTER MARIONITA GERGENArchdiocesan assignments: Teacher and principal at the former St. Frances School in Randolph, 1961-62, teacher at Archbishop Bergan High School in Fremont, 1962-66, the former School Sisters of St. Francis Our Lady of the Angels Provincial House, 1966-67, and the former Ryan High School, 1967-83; parish minister, 1983-99, and parish minister emerita, 1999-2000, at St. Stanislaus Parish. Non-archdiocesan assignments: High school teacher and ministry in convent in Campbellsport, Wis.; convent ministry in Milwaukee.SISTER JOSEPHINE SEIER (LEONIE)Birthplace: PetersburgArchdiocese assignments: Home-maker at former Sacred Heart Convent in Olean, 1963-67, and former Our Lady of Grace Convent in Omaha, 1973-76; driver coordinator at former Sacred Heart Convent in Norfolk, 1976-78, and Mercy Fon-tenelle Retirement Center, 1978-80; inter-parish programs serving seniors in Schuyler, 1980-89, and residential family services at New Cassel Retire-ment Center, 1989-90. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Served with Catholic Social Services in Lincoln, Neb.; homemaker in con-vent in New Prague, Minn., hospital in Santa Fe, N.M.; caregiver for seniors in Tucson, Ariz.; parish minister in Laguna Niguel, Calif.; caregiver in retirement center in Rockford, Ill.; receptionist, homemaker, personal service and prayer and presence at convents, learning and retirement centers in Milwaukee, Waupun and Greenfield, Wis.SISTER MARY ALICE SIMANEK (LEONINA)Archdiocese assignment: Teacher at the former St. Andrew School in Bloomfield, 1952-61.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Fort Atkinson, Iowa, and Milwaukee, Dane, Lancaster, Charles-town, Kenosha and Menomonee Falls, Wis.; prayer and presence at a convent in Milwaukee.SISTER GERMAINE WERTH (FELIX)Archdiocese assignments: Home-maker at former St. Ludger Convent in Creighton, 1949-53, former St. Patrick Convent in Fremont, 1953-58 and 1961-63, and former Our Lady of the Angels Provincial House in Omaha, 1968-69.Non-archdiocese assignments: Homemaker at convents in Chicago and Davenport, Iowa, Reserve, Wis., Hays, Mont., and Milwaukee; prayer and presence and made rose petal rosaries in convents in Campbellsport and Milwaukee.

70 YEARSSISTER MARY DINGMAN (ANGELYN)Archdiocese assignments: Provincial coordinator, 1970-76, and forma-tion director, 1976-78, at the former School Sisters of St Francis Our Lady of the Angels Provincial House in Omaha. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Novice and postulant assistant mis-tress and novitiate mistress in convent in Milwaukee; retreat and spiritual director for Emmaus community and self-employed spiritual director in Des Moines, teacher in Fort Madison, spiritual director for retreats in St. Paul, all in Iowa. SISTER MARGARET MARY RYAN (FINTAN)Archdiocese assignments: Teacher at the former Ryan High School, 1958-62, 1964-69, 1975-79; parish minister at St. Stanislaus Parish, 1980-2002; and in prayer and presence at a local convent, 2002-03. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in St. Paul, Protivin and

Earling, Iowa, Ashland, Mont., Winsted, Minn., and West Allis, Wis.; volunteer at convents in Milwaukee and Campbellsport, Wis.

60 YEARSSISTER CLARE MAUREEN CONNOLLY Archdiocese assignments: Parish minister at St. Ludger Parish in Creighton, 1975-76, and St. Frances de Chantal Parish in Randolph, 1977-80; religion teacher at former Ryan High School, 1980-83; self-employed education consultant, 1984-94; area manager of encyclopedia and child craft books company, 1992-93; education consultant, 1994-96, and program coordina-tor, 1996-present, for the New Covenant Center.SISTER ELIZABETH HEESE (PIERRE MARIE)Archdiocese assignments: Teacher, 1963-67, and principal, 1980-83, at former Ryan High School; principal at Pope John XXIII High School in Elgin, 1967-73; provincial executive of the former School Sisters of St. Francis’ Our Lady of the Angels Provincial House, 1973-80, and consultant director for an effort to determine characteristics of successful religious education leaders, 1984-89; assistant principal, 1989-90, and principal, 1990-96, at Our Lady of Lourdes School. Non-archdiocesan assignments: School principal in Harlan, Iowa; provincial for U.S. province and direc-tor of province’s managed health and housing, Milwaukee.SISTER JO ANN MILLER (ANDRINA) Archdiocese assignments: Senior vice president of education services, 2003-06, educational consultant and seminar leader 2006-12, and senior education consultant, 2012-15, all for the Gallup Organization.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: High school teacher, college in-structor supervisor, and director of Midwest organization of urban teacher professionals, all in Chicago; executive positions with the Gallup Organization in Lincoln; independent strengths development consultant in Milwaukee.SISTER AGATHA MARIE SADLERArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at St. Mary School in Osmond, 1961-81, pastoral minister at physical, occupa-tional and speech therapy center in St. Edward, 1982-present.Non-archdiocesan assignment: Teacher in Martinsville, Wis.

50 YEARSSISTER JANET GUENTHER (JANET LYNN)Birthplace: CroftonArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at St. Robert Bellarmine School, 1970-72, then-St. Pius X School, 1972-74,

then-St. Patrick School in Fremont, 1974-75, former St. John the Baptist School in Petersburg, 1975-81; ministry director, 2013-15, and pastoral care/regional contact, 2015, for the order’s U.S. province.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Milwaukee; teacher, pasto-ral care and chaplain in school, parish and medical centers in Chandler, Tempe and Mesa, Ariz.

SISTER MARLENE NEISES (MARLENE MARIE)Archdiocese assignments: Teacher at Sacred Heart School, 1970-74, then-St. Patrick School, Fremont, 1974-76; and principal of Archbishop Bergan Junior/Senior High School, also in Fremont, 1976-78.

Non-archdiocese assignments: Director of instructional services, administrative staff member, director, executive director and associate vice president of academic services at a college in Milwaukee.

75 YEARSSISTER MARY ANGELO LOBATOArchdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former St. Peter School, 1944-47; associate professor and chairman of art department at College of Saint Mary, 1962-71; ministry of prayer, Mercy Villa, 2016. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Kansas City, Mo., Lincoln, Raton N.M., teacher and principal in Grass Valley, Calif.; parish and social ministry, city council member in Ala-mosa, Colo.; assistant, archdiocesan housing in Denver; spiritual director at college in Santa Clara, Calif.; resident manager of services for ill and home-less women and children and volun-teer in AIDS ministry in San Francisco; volunteer in Albuquerque, N.M.SISTER ROSE ELIZABETH STECArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at former Holy Family School, 1946-47; administrator, former St. James Children’s Home, 1965-68; ministry of prayer, Mercy Villa Omaha, 1989-pres-ent.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Kansas City, Mo., Durango, Colo., Lincoln and Chadron, Neb.; principal in Marshall, Mo.; principal and teacher in Grass Valley, Calif.; principal in Raton, N.M., and Joplin, Mo.; administrator in convent in Sacramento, Calif.; administrator, religious education teacher, par-ish religious education coordinator, receptionist and pastoral associate in Carmichael, North Highlands, Pacifica and Sacramento, Calif.

70 YEARSSISTER MARY DEL REY EKLERArchdiocese assignments: Nursing supervisor at then-St. Catherine’s Hospital, 1955-61; ministry of prayer, Mercy Villa, 2001-present. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Hospital nursing supervisor, instructor and director of school of nursing in Council Bluffs and Des Moines, Iowa,

and Denver; assistant director of nursing services, pastoral care direc-tor and pastoral care and hospice in Joplin, Mo.; vice president of hospital sponsorship in Williston, N.D.; hospi-tal pastoral care director, retirement director and director of pastoral care in Bend, Ore; chaplain and direc-tor of pastoral care at health center in Wheat Ridge, Colo.; volunteer chaplain of hospice and healthcare in Lakewood, Colo.

60 YEARSSISTER MAURA CLARKArchdiocese assignments: Instructor of nursing at former St. Catherine’s School of Nursing, 1951-56, and at Col-lege of Saint Mary, 1961-64; member of Sisters of Mercy provincial team, 1973-81; established and directed home healthcare at Bergan Mercy Hospital, 1976-81; director of home health services at Burt Washington Home Health Care, Blair, Neb., 1981-84. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Director of school of nursing in Coun-cil Bluffs, Iowa, and Denver; director of hospital sponsorship and public relations in Centerville, Iowa; direc-tor of the order’s retirement center and student of pastoral education and chaplain intern in Portland, Ore.; director of pastoral care at medical center in Medford, Ore., and director of pastoral care at a medical center in Nampa, Idaho.

SISTER M. GEORGITA CUNNINGHAMArchdiocese assignment: Teacher, St. Margaret Mary School, 1958-62. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Des Moines and Council Bluffs, Iowa; teacher and councilor in Kansas City, Mo.; hospital release program and religious education coordinator, Pocatello, Idaho; parish adult education coordinator, seminary faculty and seminary administrative

assistant in St. Benedict, Ore.; leader-ship team, mission effectiveness coordinator in Catholic community service, member of Sisters of Mercy extended leadership team, parish associate, acting pastoral administra-tor and director of parish religious education, and director of deacon candidate program, all in Salt Lake City; pastoral care, chaplain for hos-pice in Murray, Utah; parish associate in Las Vegas, Nev.; chaplain, volunteer ministry for the order’s community in Portland, Ore.SISTER THERESE RANDOLPHBirthplace: OmahaArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at St. Bernard School, 1961-64, former St. John School, 1964-66, and St. Mar-garet Mary School, 1968-69; served on new membership-vocations team, 1992-96, incorporation minister, 1996-99, for Sisters of Mercy Omaha Regional Community. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Devils Lake, N.D., faculty residence in Kansas City, Mo.; parish ministry, chaplain, part-time leader-ship team for the order in Kansas City; ministerial formation supervisor at university in Maryland; ministry co-director in Seattle; part-time lead-ership team member, Sisters of Mercy Omaha regional community, chaplain in Kansas City, Mo.; novice minister in St. Louis and Laredo, Texas; resource for parish lay ministry and spiritual-ity in San Luis Obispo, volunteer at a medical center and a clinic, coordina-tor of coalition against human traf-ficking in San Francisco, spiritual direc-tor, facilitator, Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community in Burlingame, chaplain and volunteer in county jail in Redwood City, all in California.SISTER MONICA MARIE REICHMUTHBirthplace: LeighArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at St. Margaret Mary School, 1961-63, resource room teacher at Holy Cross, St. Thomas More and St. Bernard schools 1972-81; school psychologist

and special education instructor at College of Saint Mary, 1977-78 and 1983-90, serving many area Catholic schools. Leadership team for Sisters of Mercy Omaha regional community, 2002-07; community coordinator, Mercy Villa, 2007-12. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Council Bluffs, Iowa; principal in Potomac, Md.; associate director at center for people in need of housing, health and other services, education liaison at center for home-less youth and visitor at a medical center, all in Des Moines, Iowa.

50 YEARSSISTER JEAN MARIE ADAMBirthplace: Omaha Archdiocese assignments: Voca-tion minister for Sisters of Mercy, 1993-95 and 2006-11; liturgist at St. Pius X Parish, 1998-2005; prayer and liturgical celebrations for Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community, 2014- present. Non-archdiocesan assign-ments: Teacher, parish associate

and liturgist in Joplin, Mo.; staff for Teens Encounter Christ programs for Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese. SISTER PATRICIA MCDERMOTTBirthplace: OmahaArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at St. Thomas More School, 1971-72; councilor for provincialate, 1986-90; and president, Sisters of Mercy Omaha Regional Community, 1990-98. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Council Bluffs, Iowa; fac-ulty at Catholic University in Wash-ington, D.C.; 17 years on the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas leadership team, five years as president, six years as vice president, six years as coun-cilor (team member), . SISTER MARYANNE STEVENSArchdiocese assignments: Director of formation at provincialate, 1977-83; theology professor at Creighton University, 1986-92; board member, affiliations with numerous organiza-tions and president, College of Saint Mary, 1996-present.Non-archdiocesan assignment: Teacher in Joplin, Mo.

SISTER MARY DEL REY EKLER

SISTER MAURA CLARK

SISTER M. GEORGITA CUNNINGHAM

SISTER GERMAINE WERTH

SISTER MARY DINGMAN

SISTER MARGARET MARY RYAN

SISTER MARY ANGELO LOBATO

SISTER ROSE ELIZABETH STEC

SISTER JOSEPHINE SEIER

SISTER MARY ALICE SIMANEK

SISTER MARIONITA GERGEN

SISTER JEAN MARIE ADAM

SISTER PATRICIA MCDERMOTT

SISTER MARYANNE STEVENS

SISTER AGATHA MARIE SADLER

SISTER JANET GUENTHER

SISTER MARLENE NEISES

SISTER THERESE RANDOLPH

SISTER MONICA REICHMUTH

SISTER ELIZABETH HEESE

SISTER JO ANN MILLER

SISTER CLARE MAUREEN CONNOLLY

SISTERS OF MERCY

SCHOOL SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS

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60 YEARSSISTER BERNADETTE MCGOWENBirthplace: LaurelArchdiocese assign-ments: Teacher at for-mer St. Boniface School in Menominee, 1978-79; principal at St. Joseph School in Atkinson, 1985-86.Non-archdiocesan as-signments: Teacher in Chamberlain, Sioux Falls and Salem, S.D.; and in Lincoln.

50 YEARSSISTER KATHRYN EASLEYArchdiocese assign-ment: Teacher at Holy Trinity School, Harting-ton, 1967-69.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Yankton, Vermillion and Sioux Falls, S.D., and in Lincoln; prioress at Sacred Heart Monas-tery, Yankton, S.D. SISTER MARIETTA KERKVLIETArchdiocese as-signments: Teacher, director of religious education and parish minister at St. Michael

Parish in Albion, 1976-84; director of religious education at St. John Vianney Parish, 2002-11.Non-archdiocesan as-signments: Teacher in Sioux Falls and Yankton, S.D., and director of religious education, also in Sioux Falls; vocation director, liturgist and initial formation direc-tor for Sacred Heart Monastery in Yankton.

SISTER BERNADETTE MCGOWEN

SISTER KATHRYN EASLEY

SISTER MARIETTA KERKVLIET

BENEDICTINE SISTERS OF SACRED HEART MONASTERY (OSB) – YANKTON, S.D.

60 YEARSSISTER REGINA BOYLEBirthplace: O’NeillNon-archdiocesan assign-ments: Teacher in Alliance, Neb., St. Francis Mission, S.D., and Denver; vocations and formation, ministry work at the motherhouse and in the local community, and teaching art to seniors, all in Denver.

50 YEARSSISTER PAULA ARCHULETAArchdiocesan assignments: Teacher at St. Patrick School in O’Neill, 1983.Non-archdiocesan assign-ments: Teacher in Alliance, Neb., Rome, and Denver, service to the elderly and others in Denver; pastoral care in Alliance, Manderson, S.D., and Minot, N.D. Prayer ministry and service to se-niors in the community and religious sisters in the order in Denver.

75 YEARSSISTER VALERIA FOLTZBirthplace: HumphreyArchdiocese assignment: Parish min-istry at St. Mary Parish in Norfolk, 1996-2000.Non-archdiocesan assign-ments: Religious education teacher, children and adults in Detroit and Los Angeles, Ontario, Redlands, Solvang and Commerce, Calif., Gary and East Gary, Ind., Union City, Penn., Mathis, Texas, and Paulding, Ohio.

SISTER VALERIA FOLTZ

OUR LADY OF VICTORY MISSIONARY

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SISTER REGINA BOYLE

SISTER PAULA ARCHULETA

SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS OF PENANCE AND

CHRISTIAN CHARITY

70 YEARSSISTER ANGELINE HAKELBirthplace: OmahaArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at former St. Benedict School, 1961-62, Christ the King School, 1962-65, Holy Name School, 1971-83; librarian and library science teacher, liturgist, Holy Name School, 1984-2006.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Massena, N.Y., Detroit, Sioux City, Iowa; teacher and liturgist in An-thon and Salix, Iowa.

60 YEARSSISTER JULIANA FITZPATRICKArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at Holy Name School, 1954-57, Christ the King School, 1957-59, Marian High School, 1959-73, former Servite College, 1960-63.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Detroit; parish religious edu-cation, and associate vicar to religious and associate director of vocations for Diocese of Tucson in Tucson, Ariz.; par-ish ministry in Massena, N.Y.

SISTER BEVERLY PETTKEArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at then-St. Pius X School, 1957-59, former

Holy Ghost School, 1972-75; coordina-tor of motherhouse, 1989-94. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Sioux City and Auburn, Iowa; school secretary in South-field, Mich.; teacher, school secretary, parish administrative assistant, assistant to associate superintendent of Catholic school personnel, secretary to chaplain at Newman Center, all in Detroit.

SISTER ANNA VINTLANDArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at former Holy Ghost School, 1957-61, former St. Rose School, 1961-62; ad-vancement aide at Marian High School, 1990-2013. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Sioux City, Iowa, Denver and Detroit.

50 YEARSSISTER ROSELMA LEGAULTArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at then-St. Pius X School, 1968-7l, St. James/Seton School, 1981-95, St. Ber-

nard School, 2000-14, resource teacher at Holy Name School, 2005-13, teacher’s assistant at Holy Name and resource teacher at St. Pius X/St. Leo School, 2013-present.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Sioux City, Iowa, and Detroit.

SISTER MARGARET STRATMANBirthplace: Omaha

Archdiocese assignments: Teacher at then-St. Pius X School 1967-71, Holy Name School, 1977-79, former Holy Name High School 1979-80; vocations director, Servants of Mary, 1980-84; teacher, campus ministry at Marian High School, 2003-05; assistant provincial, Servants of Mary, 2005-10; director of the Servite Center of Compassion, 2009-present.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Sioux City, Iowa, Tucson, Ariz., and Detroit; therapist in Portland, Ore. SISTER MARY ANN ZINKBirthplace: OmahaArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at Christ the King School, 1968-70; director of religious education at Holy Ghost Parish and former school, 1978-80, director of religious education at St. Pius X Parish 1980-81, teacher at St. Pius X/St. Leo School, 1981-85, teacher at St. Bernard School, 1985-91; research as-sociate at Creighton University Cancer Center, 1991-99; research technologist at University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2000-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Massena, N.Y., teacher in Sioux City, Iowa; research associate at Nature Technology Corp. in Lincoln.

SERVANTS OF MARY

SISTER ROSELMA LEGAULT

SISTER MARGARET STRATMAN

SISTER MARY ANN ZINK

SISTER JULIANA FITZPATRICK

SISTER BEVERLY PETTKE

SISTER ANNA VINTLAND

SISTER ANGELINE HAKEL

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75 YEARSSISTER IMELDA ANN DICKRELLArchdiocese assignment: Administra-tive dietician at Memorial Hospital, West Point, 1950-58.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Manitowoc, Oshkosh, and Appleton, Wis.; dietician at hospitals and colleges in Manitowoc and Zanes-ville, Ohio; homemaker in parishes and convents in Zanesville and Yuma, Ariz., Appleton, Green Bay, Kaukauna, Manitowoc and Waukesha, Wis., prayer apostolate in convent and health cen-ter in Manitowoc.

SISTER MARY JOSEPHINE SCHMITTArchdiocese assignments: Teacher at Holy Family School in Lindsay, staff member at St. Joseph Home, 1986-87, and support staff at St. Francis Memo-rial Hospital, 1987-90, both in West Point.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Kaukauna, New Holstein, Green Bay, Marinette, Francis Creek, Manitowoc, Oshkosh, Appleton, Maple Grove, Clarks Mills and Ashton, Wis., and Zanesville, Ohio; minister to the elderly at a retirement home in New Berlin, Wis.; serve elderly sisters at convent in Manitowoc; sponsor repre-sentative and apostolate of prayer at retirement homes, health centers and convents in Kaukauna and Manitowoc.

FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY

SISTER MONICA MARY DE QUARDO

SISTER CARITA STRODTHOFF

SISTER IMELDA ANN DICKRELL

SISTER MARY JOSEPHINE SCHMITT

SISTER DORIS JURGENSON

60 YEARSSISTER DORIS JURGENSONBirthplace: West PointArchdiocese assignment: Support staff, sponsor representative at Franciscan Care Services Inc., West Point, 1996-2015.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Appleton, Kaukauna and Rice Lake, Wis., Topawa, Bapchule and Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Santa Barbara, Calif.; re-gional coordinator and general counselor for the order in West Covina, Calif., and Manitowoc, Wis.; parish volunteer in Kaukauna and Sierra Vista.

50 YEARSSISTER MONICA MARY DE QUARDOArchdiocese assignment: Teacher at Guardian Angels Central Catholic High School, West Point, 1974-78.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Zanesville, Ohio, and Chicago;

regional coordinator for the order’s lead-ership in Milwaukee and New Berlin, Wis.; director of education, general counselor and vocations directress for convent in Manitowoc., Wis.; homemaker and coordinator of International House of Studies in Rome; homemaker at convent in Green Bay, Wis.; director of mission and campus ministry at a college in Manitowoc; assistant director of religious education for the Diocese of Lincoln while living at convent in Plattsmouth, Neb.; executive director of an emergency assistance, education, senior outreach center in Mound Bayou, Miss.

SISTER CARITA STRODTHOFFArchdiocese assignment: Nurse at St. Francis Memorial Hospital, West Point, 1967-69.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Nurse and director of nursing, health services at hospitals, medical centers and convents in Manitowoc, Wis., and Zanesville, Ohio; archivist at convent in Manitowoc.

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