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Religious sisters serve in a variety of ca-pacities – as school teachers, religious educa-tion coordinators, pastoral ministers, admin-istrators, nurses, psychotherapists – and the list goes on. But no matter the duties, Servant of Mary Sister Lucille Beaulieu – who is celebrating 70 years as a religious sister – believes religious life is all about compassion. In addition to teaching for nearly 30 years, including at schools in Omaha and Albion, she worked in parishes, sharing love and compassion with the sick, homebound, hos-pitalized and nursing home residents. “I was able to bring the love of Jesus and Mary into their lives,” Sister Lucille said, “giving them a listening ear and a compas-sionate heart.” For Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Elizabeth Sully, an Omaha native marking 60 years of

religious life, that compassion also extends to refugees and caring for the environment. “Our particular congregation has been involved in education, but in later years it’s expanded into issues of justice.” Sisters Lucille and Elizabeth are two of 64 religious sisters with ties to the Archdiocese of Omaha who are being honored in this edition of the Catholic Voice as they celebrate milestone anniversaries of 50, 60, 70 or more years of ser-vice to the church. Each either was born in the archdiocese, served here or both. Sister Elizabeth has served as a campus min-ister at College of Saint Mary in Omaha, and in several states as a teacher, campus minister, hospice chaplain and artist, creating decorative stained glass she sells or gives away. She also volunteers at the Global Village Proj-ect in Decatur, Ga., where she helps refugee girls, ages 11-17, with English and other subjects, as they prepare to enter American schools. Life as a religious sister “… is the best

thing I’ve ever done. It’s a full life,” she said. Sister Lucille said she is grateful for the sisters in her community, and for her varied assignments, including as a teacher, pastoral minister, director of religious education and minister to the homebound, in Gouvieux, France, the Omaha archdiocese and around the country. Sister Lucille advises anyone considering the religious life to pray for the Lord’s guid-ance, consult with members of religious com-munities and live with them for a year to ex-perience their way of life. The joy of a religious vocation is the beau-ty of knowing Jesus and being with him, and knowing the love he has for everyone, she said. And her final words of advice – “Go for it!” Religious sisters and their anniversaries are listed on this page and PAGES 9 AND 10. Unless otherwise stated, all assignment loca-tions are in Omaha.

Sisters share compassion through service

75 YEARSSISTER CAROL DIEDERICHBirthplace: Lindsay Archdiocesan assignments: Principal at Guardian Angels Central Catholic School in West Point, 1986-96, and part-time math tutor, 2002-07.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in West Covina, Calif., Ironwood and Petoskey, Mich., and Appleton, Green Bay and Waukesha, Wis.; principal in Zanesville, Ohio; col-lege dean in Manitowoc, Wis.SISTER CABRINI SCHMITT Archdiocesan assignment: Teacher at Holy Family School in Lindsay, 1977-81.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Antigo, Bloomington, Cooperstown, Green Bay, Kaukauna, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, and Oconto Falls, Wis.; homemaker in Kaukauna, Rice Lake and Slinger, Wis.

60 YEARSSISTER ROSAIRE PIGEON Archdiocesan assignment: Music teacher at Guardian Angels Central Catholic School in West Point, 1984-88.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Music teacher in Yuma, Ariz., Manis-tique, Mich., and Appleton, Green Bay, Kaukauna, Manitowoc, Oshkosh and Waukesha, Wis.SISTER VALERIE LEMANSKY Archdiocesan assignment: Principal at Guardian Angels Central Catholic School in West Point, 1984-92.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Cambridge and Zanesville, Ohio, and Green Bay, Manitowoc and Waukesha, Wis.; assistant to the principal in Tucson, Ariz.; principal in Kekaha, Hawaii, and New Holstein and Two Rivers, Wis.

50 YEARSSISTER ANNETTE KUREY Archdiocesan assignment: Home-maker at former St. Mary Convent in West Point, 2003-2010.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Homemaker in Ironwood, Mich., homemaker and school helper in Greenwood, Miss.; homemaker and home education teacher in Kamatke, Pisinemo and Topawa, Ariz.; head of dietary department in Manitowoc, Wis.SISTER DONALISE POPELKA Archdiocesan assignments: Staff nurse at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point, 1978-82; nursing su-pervisor at St. Joseph Home in West Point, 1982-84.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Staff nurse in Zanesville, Ohio, and Kaukauna and Manitowoc, Wis.SISTER JUDEN LANG Archdiocesan assignments: Staff nurse and business office worker at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point, 1978-79; business office worker at St. Joseph Home in West Point, 1982-89.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Staff nurse and nursing instructor

in Zanesville, Ohio; nursing instruc-tor, staff nurse, business office worker, and sponsor representative in Manitowoc, Wis.; financial officer in Kaukauna, Wis.SISTER KATHERINE WARNING Archdiocesan assignments: Math teacher at Holy Family High School in Lindsay, 1983-84. Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Santa Barbara, Calif., Iron-wood, Mich. and Antigo, Green Bay, Manitowoc and Waukesha, Wis.SISTER MARSAIA KASTER Archdiocesan assignment: Music teacher at Guardian Angels Central Catholic High School in West Point, 1992-95.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Music teacher in Yuma, Ariz., and Ironwood, Mich.; music teacher/litur-gist in Antigo, Kaukauna, Manitowoc, Neenah, Oshkosh, Rhinelander and Two Rivers, Wis.; retreat director and sponsor representative in Manitowoc, Wis.SISTER MARY KAYE WINKLERArchdiocesan assignments: Nurse at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point, 1972-74; sponsor representative at Franciscan Care Services in West Point, 2014-15.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Staff nurse and administrator in Kaukauna Wis.; assistant director of nursing in Zanesville, Ohio.

FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY – MANITOWOC, WIS.

Sister Carol Diederich

Sister Annette Kurey

Sister Cabrini Schmitt

Sister Donalise Popelka

Sister Rosaire Pigeon

Sister Juden Lang

Sister Valerie Lemansky

Sister Katherine Warning

Sister Marsaia Kaster

Sister Mary Kaye Winkler

70 YEARSSISTER MARIE PATRICE O’DONNELL Birthplace: Omaha

Archdiocesan as-signments: Teacher, 1982-91, and librarian, 1991-2007, at St. Ceci-lia School.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teach-er in Wheat Ridge, Colo.; also minis-tered in Chickasaw, Ala., Chicago and Champaign, Ill. and Milwaukee, Wis.

60 YEARSSISTER ROSEMARY EMPEN Archdiocesan as-signment: Hispanic pastoral ministry at St. Michael Parish in South Sioux City, 1980-86.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Direc-tor of then-Guada-lupe Center (now Catholic Multicultur-al Center) in Madison, Wis.; also ministered in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Chicago and Wood Dale, Ill., New York, and Houston, Miss.

SISTER PATRICIA MULCAHEY Archdiocesan as-signment: Superin-tendent of Catholic Schools, 1988-2000.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Councilor on the General Counsel, 2000-06, and prioress, 2006-11, for the Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation; also ministered in Chicago, River Forest and Peoria, Ill., Anaconda Mont. and Cheyenne, Wyo.

SISTER ELIZABETH SULLYBirthplace: Omaha

Archdiocesan assignment: Campus minister at College of Saint Mary, 1980-85.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher, campus minister, hospice chaplain and artist in Palatine, Ill., Atlanta, Ga., Marrero, La., Elkton, S.D., Green Bay, Oshkosh, Sinsinawa and Wausau, Wis., and Cheyenne, Wyo.

Sister Marie Patrice O’Donnell

Sister Patricia Mulcahey

Sister Rosemary Empen

Sister Elizabeth Sully

SINSINAWA DOMINICANS – SINSINAWA, WIS.

70 YEARSSISTER LUCILLE BEAULIEU Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former St. Rose of Lima School, 1963-71; international operator at Utell International, 1991-92; religious education director and teacher at St. Michael School in Albion, 1992-98; prayer ministry at Our Lady of Sor-rows motherhouse, 2014-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Sioux City, Iowa, Denver, and Detroit; teacher/tutor/substitute teacher and pastoral minister/direc-tor of religious education in Massena, N.Y.; pastoral associate in Scottsbluff, Neb., and Lowville, N.Y.; ministry to homebound in North Bangor, N.Y.; parish and school ministry in Gouvi-eux, France.SISTER MARY ELLEN DOYLE Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher, 1950-59, and principal, 1965-66, at Holy Name School; teacher at former Holy Name High School, 1959-65; recruiting presentations to schools, 2002-11, and campus ministry volunteer, 2011-16, at Marian High School.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Massena, N.Y., Denver and Detroit.SISTER LOUISE GENEST Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former Holy Ghost School, 1951-54; teacher and principal at Christ the King School, 1954-71.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Detroit; teacher, substitute and part-time French teacher, and principal in Massena, N.Y.; Servants of Mary general secretary in Rome, Italy.SISTER RITA MARY MORRISSETTE Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former St. Rose of Lima School, 1951-54, and Christ the King School, 1960-61; principal of Holy Name School, 1963-71 and 1981-84; volun-teer ministry for Servants of Mary, 2013-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Detroit, Sioux City, Iowa and East St. Louis, Mo.; principal in De-troit and Sterling, N.J.; parish ministry in Carteret, N.J. and Saranec Lake, N.Y.; volunteer ministry in Massena, N.Y.

Sister Lucille Beaulieu

Sister Mary Peter Caito

Sister Mary Ellen Doyle

Sister Alice Kotwick

Sister Louise Genest

Sister Carol Lorenz

Sister Rita Mary Morrissette

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50 YEARSSISTER CAROL LORENZBirthplace: Omaha

Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at Christ the King School, 1971-75, then-St. James School, 1975-78, and Holy Name School, 1978-82; teacher’s assistant at Holy Name School, 2013-present.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Detroit, and Portland, Ore.

60 YEARSSISTER MARY PETER CAITO Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at then-St. Pius X School, 1960-65, former St. Rose of Lima School, 1965-70, and former Holy Ghost School, 1976-79.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Flint and Detroit, Mich., Massena, N.Y., and Carteret and Bound Brook, N.J.; educational assistant in Grosse Point Park, Mich.SISTER ALICE KOTWICK Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher

at Holy Name School, 1958-65; teacher and assistant principal for activities at Marian High School, 1965-71; principal at then-St. James School, 1971-81.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Sioux City, Iowa, and Warren, Mich.; principal in Holland, Detroit, and Walled Lake, Mich.; principal and development director in Holland, Mich.; campus minister and teacher in Harper Woods, Mich.; clothing store staff member and substitute teacher in Warren, Mich.

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70 YEARSSISTER MARY JUDINE BRUCH Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher, 1963-66, and principal, 1970-76, at then-Cardinal Spellman School in Bellevue.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Chicago, Missoula, Mont., and San Francisco; parish ministry in Denver and family counselor in Wheat Ridge, Colo.

60 YEARSSISTER REGINA WAGNER Archdiocesan assignments: Principal at St. Stephen the Martyr School and St. Patrick School in Elkhorn, 1992-96, and St. Mary

School in Bellevue, 1996-99; teacher, 1999-2010, and substitute teacher and volunteer, 2010-14, at Mary Our Queen School.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Chicago and San Francisco; teacher and principal in Lincoln; volunteer at Mount Carmel community in Dubuque, Iowa.

50 YEARSSISTER LINDA ROBY Birthplace: Omaha

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Formation director at Mount Car-mel in Dubuque, Iowa; teacher in Des Moines, Iowa, Milwaukee and Portland, Ore.; religious education coordinator in Portland; director of Catholic Deaf Ministry for the Archdiocese of Portland.

60 YEARS SISTER JANICE ALFOLDYArchdiocesan assignments: Teacher at Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School in Bellevue, 1972-77 and 1983-86.Non-archdiocesan assign-ments: Teacher in Augusta and St. Louis, Mo., Kansas City, Kan., Chicago Ridge and West Frank-fort, Ill., Monroe, La. and El Paso, Texas.

50 YEARSSISTER CAROL BECKERMANN Archdiocesan assignment: Teacher at St. Bernadette School in Bellevue, 1976-81.Non-archdiocesan assign-ments: Teacher in Chicago Heights, Ill. and Merrillville, Ind.; teacher and community leader-ship in St. Louis; principal in Bas-trop, La. and St. Louis; associate administrator of mission integra-tion in Greensprings, Ohio; area director of Catholic Charities in Diocese of Springfield, Ill.

FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

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80 YEARSSISTER DE LOURDES RECHENMACHER Archdiocesan assignment: Teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes School, 1956-61.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in McHenry and Rockford, Ill; principal and religious education coor-dinator in Rockford.

70 YEARSSISTER PAULEA KRAFT Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at St. Rose of Lima School in Crofton, 1961-64 and 1967-68, St. Gerald School in Ralston, 1964-67.Non-archdiocesan assignment: Volunteer assessor at Alverno College in Milwaukee.SISTER MARIE ELIZABETH PINK Archdiocesan assignment: Teacher at former Archbishop Ryan High School, 1959-64.Non-archdiocesan assignment: Volunteer assessor at Alverno College in Milwaukee.SISTER IRMA STEFFENBirthplace: Crofton Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at St. Ludger School in Creighton, 1953-54, former St. Jane Frances de Chantal School in Randolph, 1967-69; retreat director at Niobrara House of Renewal in Lynch, 1986-89; home caregiver, 1989-90 and 1997-2002; parish minister at St. Michael Parish in Albion, 1990-92; tutor for adult basic education at Metro-politan Community College, 1993-97;

home caregiver in Omaha, 1997-2002; volunteer at former Our Lady of Lourdes convent, 2002-03; volunteer at American Red Cross, 2003-13.Non-archdiocesan assignments:Teacher in St. Paul and Protivin, Iowa, Ashland, Mont., and Greendale, Wis.; staff member at Lebh Shomea House of Prayer in Sarita, and La Posada Home in El Paso, Texas; religious education coordinator in Atlantic, Cedar Rapids, Grinnell and West Burlington, Iowa; pastoral minister in Lame Deer, Mont.SISTER ANNA WOLFE Archdiocesan assignments: Pastoral care at then-Blessed Sacrament Parish, 1984-87, then-Creighton University Medical Center, 1983-84 and 1987-2002; employed part-time at the medical center, 2002-08; St. Vincent de Paul volunteer at St. Bridget-St. Rose Parish, 2008-present.

60 YEARSSISTER FRANCES HICKS Archdiocesan assignment: Inter-parochial coordinator of Hispanic ministry at St. Patrick Parish in Fremont, St. Bonaventure Parish in Columbus, St. Mary Parish in Wayne and Holy Family Parish in Lindsay, 1997-2004.Non-archdiocesan assignment: Pasto-ral minister in El Paso, Texas.SISTER MARY ANN SCHMIEDING Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at then-St. John the Baptist School in Fordyce, 1961-64, St. Ludger School in Creighton, 1964-65, and former Arch-

bishop Ryan High School, 1971-73.Non-archdiocesan assignment: Mas-sage therapist.SISTER PETER JULIAN WERNER Archdiocesan assignment: Teacher at former Archbishop Ryan High School, 1960-75.Non-archdiocesan assignment: Graphic artist for School Sisters of St. Francis’ U.S. province, Glen Ellyn, Ill.

50 YEARSSISTER JUDEEN SCHULTE Archdiocesan assignment: Registered

nurse at Methodist Hospital, 1971-74, su-pervisor of Visiting Nurse Association, 1974-78, and volunteer at New Cassel Retirement Center, 2012-present.

SISTER BETTY STEFFENSMEIERBirthplace: Snyder

Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at St. Gerald School in Ralston, 1971-73, Our Lady of Lourdes School, 1973-77, and former St. John the Baptist School in Petersburg, 1978-83; assistant adult daycare worker, 2000-07, and activity assistant, 2008-12, at New Cassel Retire-ment Center’s Franciscan Day Centre; volunteer at New Cassel Retirement Center, 2012-present.

Sister Janice Alfoldy

Sister Carol Beckermann

60 YEARSSISTER AIDAN BOURKE Archdiocesan assignment: Teacher at St. Michael School in Albion, 1958-59.

Non-archdiocesan assign-ment: Volunteer coordinator at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln.

SISTER MARGRETTA DOYLEArchdiocesan assignment: Teacher at St. Michael School in Albion, 1958-60.

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Vermillion, Yankton and Sioux Falls, S.D.

50 YEARSSISTER ROSEMARIE MALYBirthplace: Crofton

Non-archdiocesan assignments: Parish ministry in Grand Island diocese; campus

ministry at the University of Nebraska-Kearney; parish ministry in Sioux Falls and Vermillion, S.D.

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

Sister Aidan Bourke

Sister Margretta Doyle

Sister Rosemarie Maly

CONGREGATION OF THE HUMILITY OF MARY – DAVENPORT, IOWA

60 YEARSSISTER MARY ANN AMAN Archdiocesan assignments: Volunteer religious education teacher at St. Pius X Parish, 1978-91; media library coordinator, 1978-84, media consultant, 1984-85, and media director, 1985-91, for the Omaha archdiocese’s Catholic Schools Office.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Albia, Bettendorf, Cen-terville, Davenport, Des Moines and Ottumwa, Iowa; director of religious education at parishes in Ames, Des Moines and State Center, Iowa, and Longview and Nacogdoches, Texas.

Sister Mary Ann Aman

Sister Mary Judine Bruch

Sister Regina Wagner

Sister Linda Roby

SISTERS OF CHARITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY – DUBUQUE, IOWA

SCHOOL SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS – MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Sister De Lourdes Rechenmacher

Sister Anna Wolfe

Sister Paulea Kraft

Sister Frances Hicks

Sister Marie Elizabeth Pink

Sister Mary Ann Schmieding

Sister Irma Steffen

Sister Peter Julian Werner

Sister Judeen Schulte

Sister Betty Steffensmeier

75 YEARSSISTER ROSE ANN STILLMOCKBirthplace: Omaha Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at St Anthony School in Columbus, 1948-51, and former St. Stanislaus School in Duncan, 1951-52; teacher and principal at former Immaculate Conception School, 1952-64; and principal at former St. Stanislaus School, 1977-2000.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Kansas, Nebraska and New Mexico; mem-ber of provincial council for the Sisters of St. Francis.

SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS – COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.

Sister Rose Ann Stillmock

60 YEARSSISTER JANET GILLIGAN Archdiocesan assignments: Associ-ate professor of English, 1988-91, hu-manities division head, 1991-93, associ-ate professor of humanities, 1993-94, and professor of English, 1994-2009, all at Wayne State College in Wayne; freelance writer and editor in Wayne, 2010-14; freelance editor, grant writer and volunteer for home meal delivery and library in Wayne, 2014-16.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Chicago, DeKalb, and Joliet, Ill., Indianapolis; freelance editor, managing editor in New York; assistant professor in Clinton, N.Y.; editor, field consultant and religious education in Oklahoma City; teacher in Nantes, France.

Sister Janet Gilligan

MISSIONARY BENEDICTINE SISTERS

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70 YEARSSISTER JOSEPHINE EWERTZ Archdiocesan assignments: Hospital kitchen, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Norfolk, 1947-54; teacher at St. Leonard School in Madison, 1956-58, former St. Bonaventure School in Raeville, 1958-61, St. Mary School in Wayne, 1961-65, St. Isidore School in Columbus, 1965-70 and 1974-86, St. Augustine Indian Mis-sion in Winnebago, 1986-91; gar-dener at Immaculata Monastery in Norfolk, 1992-2001; sewing and prayer ministry at Immaculata Monastery, 2001-present.SISTER MARY AGNES SALBERBirthplace: Petersburg Archdiocesan assignments: X-ray technician and business administration at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Norfolk, 1948-61; treasurer, Norfolk Priory, 1981-88; hospital administrator at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, 1988-93; prioress of Norfolk Priory, 1993-2001; administration at St. Augustine Indian Mission in Winnebago, 2003-2015; prayer ministry, Immaculata Monastery, 2015-present. Non-archdiocesan assignment: X-ray technician and hospital administrator at Fatima Hospital in Taegu, South Korea, 1961-81.

Sister Josephine Ewertz

Sister Mary Agnes Salber

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80 YEARSSISTER M. MIGUEL GASSMANN Archdiocesan assignments: Floor supervisor, 1944-46, and administrator, 1964-65, at then-St. Catherine Hospital; contemplative apostolate at Monastery of St. Clare, 1979-80; patient repre-sentative at then-Bergan Mercy Hospital, 1983-91; porch ministry at then-CHI Health-Bergan Mercy Hospital, 1992-2009; ministry of prayer at Mercy Villa, 2009-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: School of nursing director in Devils Lake, N.D.; school of nursing assistant director, floor supervisor, supervisor, procurator and hospital administra-tor in Denver; hospital administrator in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

75 YEARSSISTER MADELEVA COMISKEY Archdiocesan assignments: Instructor at Col-lege of Saint Mary, 1955-67; hospice volunteer for Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Commu-nity, 2007-13; ministry of prayer at Mercy Villa, 2013-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Council Bluffs and Des Moines, Iowa, and Kansas City, Mo.; principal in Raton, N.M., and Kansas City, Mo.; superior at Mercy Villa in Bethesda, Md.; business office manager at Sisters of Mercy Generalate in Bethesda; parish team ministry in Kansas City, Mo.; pastoral care and chief operat-ing officer at Bishop Drumm Retirement Center in Des Moines, Iowa; manager at Providence House, Yakima, Wash.; administrative assistant at Mercy/Charities Housing in San Francisco; volunteer pastoral care and grant writer in North Bend, Ore.; volunteer at Baycrest Village Memory Care in Coos Bay, Ore.

70 YEARSSISTER MARIAN CAMELBirthplace: Omaha Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at St. Ber-nard School, 1950-56, Holy Cross School, 1959-60, and St. Joan of Arc School, 1960-67; principal, 1967-99, and alumni director, 1999-2012, at St. Joan of Arc School; ministry of prayer at Mercy Villa, 2012-present.Non-archdiocesan assignment: Teacher in Durango, Colo.

SISTER NEOMI ORTEGA Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former Holy Family School, 1950-53, and St. Joan of Arc School, 1958-62; ministry of prayer at Mercy Villa, 2008-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Devils Lake, N.D. and Sicuani, Peru; missionary in Santiago, Chile; parish team ministry, pastoral ministry, adult religious education, management coordinator at Catholic Pastoral Center, and administrator of Archdiocesan Family Housing, all in Denver; administrator at Madonna Plaza in Commerce City, Colo.; hospital volunteer and school volunteer in Questa, N.M.SISTER MARGARET QUINN Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former St. Peter School, 1950-51; ministry of prayer at Mercy Villa, 2015-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Kansas City, Mo. and Lincoln; teacher and princi-pal in Chadron, Neb.; pastoral ministry and reli-gious education in Greeley, Colo.; pastoral care in Carmichael, Calif., and Denver; pastoral assistant/liturgist and housing ministry in Denver; pastoral assistant/music director in Englewood, Colo.SISTER CLAUDIA ROBINSON Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at St. Mar-garet Mary School, 1950-53; dean of students at College of Saint Mary, 1960-68; teacher at Mercy High School, 1971-72; government counselor at U.S. Department of Labor, 1972-79; administrator at Mercy Fontenelle Center, 1979-84.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Kansas City, Mo.; teacher and principal in Joplin, Mo.; principal in Council Bluffs, Iowa; Newman Center teacher and counselor in Pocatello, Idaho; director of health education in Des Moines, Iowa; director/administrator at Inter-Faith Re-sponse in Council Bluffs, Iowa.SISTER MARY CYRILLA WOLFE Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former St. Peter School, 1966-67, St. Joan of Arc School, 1967-68, and St. Bernard School, 1968-70.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Council Bluffs and Des Moines, Iowa, Kansas City, Mo., Durango, Colo., and Bethesda, Md.; teacher and principal in Marshall, Mo.; religious educa-tion assistant in Aurora, Colo.; hospital volunteer coordinator, administrative assistant, director of admissions, and medical records, receptionist at

Colorado Pulmonary Association, office assistant for the archdiocese, song and prayer volunteer for Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community, all in Denver; hospital business office manager in Red Bluff, Calif.

60 YEARSSISTER CAROLYN COFFEY Archdiocesan assignments: Principal at St. Margaret Mary School, 1980-84; project manager at Disciple with Purpose, 2003-05; institutional advancement support at College of Saint Mary, 2005-09.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Grass Valley, Calif., Council Bluffs, Iowa, Buhl, Idaho, Kansas City, Mo.; principal in Kansas City.SISTER PATRICIA FORRET Archdiocesan assignments: Nursing supervi-sor at then-Bergan Mercy Hospital, 1963-64; president of Sisters of Mercy Omaha Regional Community, 1998-2008; volunteer and board member at Bethlehem House, 2012-present; congregation representative at then-CHI Health, 2008-13; life care coordinator at Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community, 2010-11; Mercy Apart-ments coordinator, 2011-14.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Nursing supervisor in Council Bluffs and Des Moines, Iowa, North Bend, Ore., and Denver; director of nursing in Pocatello, Idaho; head nurse/director of nursing specialties in Denver; vice president at Primary Care Mercy Hospital in Denver; fellow-ship at Yale University in New Haven, Conn.; vice president/sponsorship and senior vice president sponsorship/RLT at Eastern Mercy Health System in Radnor, Pa.; South Central Fides board mem-ber in Belmont, N.C.SISTER MARIE MICHELETTOBirthplace: Omaha Archdiocesan assignments: Psychotherapist at Chancery office, 1970-76; therapist/mental health consultant at Hospice Home Health Care, 1974-2006; therapist/pre-novitiate formation dean for the Oblates of Mary, 1974-80; psychotherapist at Religious Consulting Center, 1976-77; Archdioc-esan Consultation Center, 1977-84; therapist and associate vicar of religious, 1979-83; psycho-therapist at Archdiocesan Consultation Center, 1970-2006; psychotherapist at archdiocesan

office, 2006-08; psychotherapist, lecturer and consultant at Alegent Health Hospice Projects, 2008-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Grass Valley, Calif., and Marshall, Mo.SISTER RITA PICKHINKEBirthplace: Howells Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former St. Patrick School, 1962-63; substitute teacher, 2000-08; motivational speaker to the elderly, 2000-present; retreat director to the deaf and hearing impaired, 2003-present; home health care aide, 2004-05.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Des Moines, Iowa, Joplin, Mo., Devils Lake, N.D., and Buffalo, N.Y.; coordinator of disabled program/grant researcher for the Sisters of Mercy in Bethesda, Md.; religious resource for St. Mary School for the Deaf in Buffalo, N.Y.; pastoral ministry for the deaf in the Diocese of Dallas; diocesan coordinator of Ministry to the Deaf Catholic Family Service in St. Louis; religious edu-cation coordinator at Southeast Asian Institute for the Deaf in the Philippines; founder/director of Catholic Ministry to Deaf People in Quezon City, Philippines; interpreter for the deaf at Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, Iowa; home health care provider and tutor for deaf adults, in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

50 YEARSSISTER RITA CONNELLBirthplace: Omaha Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at St. Thomas More School, 1967-68, St. Margaret Mary School, 1969-70, St. Joan of Arc School, 1970-71, St Bernard School, 1975-78, and former St. Peter School, 1978-79; associate director of mission education at Missionary Society of St. Colum-bans in Bellevue, 1984-90; parish minister at St. Mary Parish in Bellevue, 1990-92; archivist for the Sister of Mercy, 1992-93; pastoral minister at St. Pius X Parish, 2004-10; Sisters of Mercy com-munity support, 2011-13; volunteer for Coalition on Human Trafficking, 2013-present; volunteer at Siena/Francis House, 2016-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher and pastoral minister in Kansas City, Mo.; regional president of Mercy Housing Midwest.

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Sister M. Miguel Gassmann

Sister Mary Cyrilla Wolfe

Sister Margaret Quinn

Sister Rita Pickhinke

Sister Rita Connell

Sister Madeleva Comiskey

Sister Carolyn Coffey

Sister Marian Camel

Sister Patricia Forret

Sister Neomi Ortega

Sister Marie Micheletto

Sister Claudia Robinson

SISTERS OF MERCY

70 YEARSSISTER CARMELITA SMISEKBirthplace: Omaha Archdiocesan assignments: Directress of boarders at then-Notre Dame Acade-my, 1949-51; teacher at former St. Therese School, 1966-69; prayer ministry at Notre Dame Housing, 2011-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian Reservations in South Dakota.

60 YEARSSISTER JOSITA HANUS Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former Assumption School, 1959-61, 1967-68 and 1972-83, and at Howells Community Catholic School in Howells, 1969-72; correspondence secretary for Notre Dame Sisters’ advancement office, 1995-present.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Atwood, Kan.SISTER MARY HLAS Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former St. Adalbert School, 1959-60, then-Notre Dame Academy, 1968-74, and Roncalli Catholic High School, 1974-83; chaplain at Methodist Hospital and A.R.C.H. Halfway House, 1983-present; police chaplain, 1982-2008; FBI chaplain, 1993-2007.

SISTER MARY FRANCES MICHALEC Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former St. Therese School, 1958-61, former Assumption School, 1962-1966 and St. John Neumann School in Clarkson, 1966-67; director of Notre Dame Sisters’ infirmary, 1977-79.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; director of religious education in Iowa City, Iowa; pastoral minister in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

50 YEARSSISTER MARLENE BAKKEN Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at former St. Adalbert School, 1968-69 and 1974-75.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Wahoo, Neb. and in other Nebraska and Iowa schools; education para-professional and St. Vincent de Paul Store volunteer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.SISTER MARGARET PROSKOVEC Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at then-Notre Dame Academy, 1970-74, and Roncalli Catholic High School, 1974-80; Notre Dame Sisters community ministry and leadership, 1983-89; art teacher at Creighton University and Metropolitan Community College, and then-Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, 1980-90; program coordinator for Prairie Visions (Nebraska consortium for disciple-based

art education) 1990-97; assistant curator of education for docents and school program at Joslyn Art Museum, 1997-2006; provincial councilor for the Notre Dame Sisters, 2013-2017.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Artist, teacher and parish coordinator in Wahoo, Neb.SISTER CAROL TLACH Archdiocesan as-signments: Teacher at former St. Adalbert School, 1966-68, and St. Wenceslaus School in Dodge, 1985-86.Non-archdiocesan assignments: Teacher in Harlan, Iowa; coordinator of senior citizen outreach program in Walsenburg, Colo.SISTER MARY ANN ZIMMERBirthplace: Omaha Archdiocesan assignments: Teacher at then-Notre Dame Academy, 1969-74; reli-gious education and pastoral work at St. Mary Parish in Hubbard, 1975-80; adjunct professor at College of Saint Mary and

novice mistress for Notre Dame Sisters, 1988-89; parish work at St. Francis Borgia Parish in Blair, 1993-95; provincial presi-dent of Notre Dame Sisters, 1995-98; ex-ecutive director of Notre Dame Housing, 1998-2005; adjunct and visiting assistance professor of religious studies and theol-ogy at Creighton University, 2001-07.

Non-archdiocesan assignment: As-sistant professor of theology in Scranton, Pa.

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Sister Marlene Bakken

Sister Josita Hanus

Sister Margaret Proskovec

Sister Mary Hlas

Sister Carol Tlach

Sister Mary Frances Michalec

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