This year, 142 religious sisters, brothers and priests are celebrating milestone jubilees in the Archdiocese of Detroit. The calling to religious life takes many forms, and no two vocations are exactly alike. But some of the common threads that unite these selfless ministers include a commitment to the evangelical counsels — their vows of poverty, chastity and obedience — and a passion for serving others. Many serve as educators in local schools, universities and institutions, while others serve as health care workers in hospitals and clinics. Still others served as missionaries, carrying the Gospel to faraway places and sharing the love of Christ with all who would listen. For their sacrifices and ministries, we give thanks for them and pray that God continues to bless them.
Adrian Dominican Sisters 70 years
Sr. Shirley Ann Cushing Sr. Shirley Ann Cushing, OP,has ministered as a teacher, pastoral minister, adult educator and attorney in the Archdiocese of Detroit. She has served at St. Gabriel (1957-58), St. Ambrose (1964-65), St. Lawrence (1973-74) and St. Edmund (1974-81). She worked at Lakeshore Legal Services from 1984-91, and ministered to the elderly at Macomb County Senior Services from 1991-2010.
Sr. Laura Pesick Sr. Laura Pesick, OP,has taught elementary, high school and adult education, including at St. Gemma (1958-59), Dominican High School (1959-64), Port Huron Catholic High School (1964-68), L’Anse Creuse Learning Center (1990-2003), the Dominican Literacy Center (2003-08). She also served in public relations at the Adrian Dominican Development Office (2008-14).
60 years
Sr. Joan Christie
Sr. Joan Christie, OP,taught at St. Peter School from 1965-71 and served in the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Department of Education as a consultant from 1998-2009.
Sr. Catherine C. De
Clercq
Sr. Catherine C. De
Clercq, OP,taught at St. Paul High School from 1964-70 before serving as co-provincial of the St. Catherine Province of the Adrian Dominican Sisters from 1970-74. Later in her ministry, she ministered in health care services at Mercy Health Services (1987-2000) and Trinity Health (2000-present).
Sr. Annette Desloover
Sr. Annette Desloover, OP,has ministered for many years as an elementary school teacher at St. Leo (1971-98) and George Crockett Academy (1998-2010).
Sr. Helen Essa
Sr. Helen Essa, OP,has ministered for many years as an elementary school teacher and librarian. She taught at Guardian Angels School in Clawson from 1970-2004, and since 2004 has served at the Dominican Literacy Center in Detroit.
Sr. Ann Marie Petri
Sr. Ann Marie Petri, OP,has served as an elementary school teacher and pastoral minister in the Archdiocese of Detroit, serving at Guardian Angels (1957-62) and St. Ambrose (1993-95).
Sr. Mary Plunkett
Sr. Mary Plunkett, OP,has taught elementary education in the Archdiocese of Detroit at St. Basil (1965-68) and St. Paul (1968-88). From 1990-2011, she has ministered as a psychiatric social worker with Macomb County Community Mental Health.
Sr. Joanne Spisz
Sr. Joanne Spisz, OP,has taught elementary education at St. William (1957-59), Our Lady of Sorrows (1973-85), St. Mary (1985-90) and various other schools in Metro Detroit from 1990 to 2007.
50 years
Sr. Maria del Rey Plain Sr. Maria del Rey Plain, OP,has taught elementary, high school and adult education in the Archdiocese of Detroit for many years, including at St. Brigid (1967-69), Presentation (1969-71), St. Martin de Porres (1971-72), St. Ladislaus (1980-81), St. Leo (1981-83). Other ministries included the Adult Outreach Program (1983-84, 1986-89) and time serving with the Detroit Board of Education (1991-2004).
Sr. Theresa Mayrand Sr. Theresa Mayrand, OP,has served as a high school teacher and campus minister and has ministered to the poor and less fortunate. She taught at Rosary High School (1967-74), Dominican High School (1974-83), Aquinas High School (1987), and Gabriel Richard High School (1987-2009). She also ministered at Crossroads (1983-85), the Dominican Literacy Center (2015), and since 2015 has served as associate director of Gianna House, which ministers to pregnant teenagers, in Eastpointe.
Sr. Frances Nadolny Sr. Frances Nadolny, OP,served for 16 years under Cardinal Adam J. Maida as superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Detroit (1992-2008). Before then, she taught elementary education at St. Mary (1984-88) and St. Dennis (1992). She served as chapter prioress of the Great Lakes Dominican Chapter of the Adrian Dominican Sisters from 2008-14, and since then has served in the Ministry Trust Office of the Adrian Dominican Sisters.
Sr. Romona Nowak
Sr. Romona Nowak, OP,has ministered in the Archdiocese of Detroit as a chaplain at Oakwood Common senior community (2009-12) and St. John Hospital and Medical Center (2012-present).
Sr. Barbara Ann Rund
Sr. Barbara Ann Rund, OP, has taught religious education and served in pastoral ministry in the Archdiocese of Detroit, including at St. Philomena (1973-74), St. Sylvester (1974-81), St. Basil (1981-83), St. Germaine (1983-89), Sacred Heart Seminary (1989-94), and St. Hugo of the Hills (1994-98, 2005-present).
Sr. Janet Stankowski
Sr. Janet Stankowski, OP,has served as an elementary school teacher, parish life facilitator and development director in the Archdiocese of Detroit. She served at St. Sabina (1972-74) and St. Raymond (1996-2002), and served as development director for Voices for Earth Justice, a ministry devoted to sustainability, since 2010.
Brothers of the Christian Schools60 years
Bro. Patrick Mc
Nally
Bro. Patrick Mc
Nally, FSC,has served in several schools of the congregation in Michigan, New York, New Jersey and New Mexico. In Michigan, he has served three times at De La Salle High School in Warren, including in 1964-71, 1980-93 and from 2001 to present.
Capuchin Province of St. Joseph60 years
Fr. James Andres
Fr. James Andres, OFM Cap.
, served as director of the Capuchin Retreat in Washington Township from 1987-99 and again from 2012-14. From 2000-10, he was pastor of St. Ronald Parish in Clinton Township.
Fr. Bede Louzon
Fr. Bede Louzon, OFM Cap.
, is a Detroit native who served as pastor of St. Mary Magdalene Parish in Hazel Park from 2000-12. He currently resides at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit, where he provides pastoral ministry.
Fr. Philip Naessens
Fr. Philip Naessens, OFM Cap.
,has served at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit for many years, first as porter from 1966-70, then as vicar and in front office ministry from 1987-91 and 1996-2004. He served on the preaching staff at St. Mary Magdalen in Hazel Park from 1977-79. He is now retired, providing pastoral ministry at the monastery.
50 years
Fr. William Cieslak
Fr. William Cieslak, OFM Cap.
,served as director of development for the Detroit office of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph from 2005-11. Before that, he served on the Capuchins’ provincial council from 2005-08. He currently serves as director of the Capuchins’ preaching and evangelization office, traveling worldwide and sharing Franciscan theology.
Chaldean Sisters, Daughters of Mary Immaculate25 years
Sr. Nada Khubeir
Sr. Nada Khubeir, DMI,serves as choir director of St. Thomas Chaldean Catholic Church in West Bloomfield, and teaches first Communion students at Mother of God Chaldean Church in Southfield and Sacred Heart Chaldean Church in Detroit. She also serves as teacher’s aide at St. Fabian School in Farmington Hills.
Cloistered Dominican Nuns60 years
Sr. Mary of the Incarnate Word Bricher
Sr. Mary of the Incarnate Word Bricher, OP,came to the Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament in Farmington Hills from Minnesota. Besides her ministry of prayer, she has served her community faithfully as infirmarian, gardener and singer during daily liturgies and the Divine Office.
Sr. Mary of the Blessed Sacrament Kuczala
Sr. Mary of the Blessed Sacrament Kuczala, OP,came to the Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament in Farmington Hills from Ira. Besides her primary ministry of prayer, she has served her community as sub-prioress, and has led liturgical prayers as chantress. She also has worked in the community’s business office as correspondence secretary, and makes and repairs rosaries.
50 years
Sr. Mary Grace Decuir
Sr. Mary Grace Decuir, OP,came to the Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament in Farmington Hills from Texas. Besides her primary ministry of prayer, she cares for the sick and elderly of the community, and serves her community as a seamstress and artist. She also oversaw the expansion and renovation of the community’s infirmary 25 years ago, and is helping with a similar project today.
Congregation of St. Joseph of Nazareth60 years
Sr. Betty Granger
Sr. Betty Granger, CSJ,entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth in 1956 and has ministered as an elementary school teacher and principal, HUD housing manager for senior citizens and in health care administration.
Sr. Jacqueline Wetherholt
Sr. Jacqueline Wetherholt, CSJ,entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth from St. John the Evangelist Parish in Davison. She has been involved in national peace and justice efforts in several arenas.
Sr. Jeanne Gamache
Sr. Jeanne Gamache, CSJ,entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth from St. John Vianney School in Flint and has ministered in education, hospital chaplaincy, initial formation, congregational leadership and in missions abroad, including Peru and Nicaragua. She ministered to migrants in the Detroit area as a hospital chaplain and director of spiritual care in the Detroit area, and currently serves as a hospice chaplain.
Sr. Anne de Paul Rivard
Sr. Anne de Paul Rivard, CSJ,entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth from St. James Parish in Ferndale in 1956 and taught for several years at St. Joseph, Lake Orion; St. Monica, Kalamazoo; and St. Mary, Flint. She served as the first director of special religious services for the Diocese of Kalamazoo for 14 years as well as serving as health care assistant at Nazareth Center in Kalamazoo and volunteer in children’s psychiatric services at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac. She was a tutor and caregiver until her retirement in 2009.
50 years
Sr. Peggy Galloway
Sr. Peggy Galloway, CSJ, entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth from St. Lucy Parish in Detroit in 1966. She served in education for many years in the Detroit area, later serving in membership development and formation for the Congregation of St. Joseph of Nazareth, and in pastoral care at the Mc
Cauley Center in Farmington Hills.
Daughters of Mary, Mother of Mercy 25 years
Sr. M. Ignatia Opara
Sr. M. Ignatia Opara, DMMM, cares for the handicapped and those with brain injuries at the Mary’s Children Family Center in Clawson, and leads a prayer group at St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged in Detroit.
Discalced Carmelites75 years
Sr. Mary Joseph Remark, OCD, devotes her life to service of the Church through prayer. She entered Carmel in Detroit, but spent 32 years (1954-86) on a foundation in Kansas City, Kansas, including nine years as prioress, before returning to Detroit.
Dominican Sisters of Peace70 years
Sr. Miriam Hazy
Sr. Miriam Hazy, OP,has ministered in elementary education and pastoral ministry at several Archdiocese of Detroit parishes and schools, including St. Andrew and St. Benedict, Detroit (1949-51); St. Benedict, Pontiac (1957-58); St. Cyril, Detroit (1962-63, 1964-65); St. Patrick, White Lake (1974-81); St. Vincent Ferrer, Madison Heights (1981-85); and Lourdes Nursing Home, Waterford (1988-2005).
50 years
Sr. Kathleen Wood
Sr. Kathleen Wood, OP,has ministered in health education and chaplaincy for the Catholic Youth Organization (1975-86); Bon Secours Hospital, Detroit (1986-88, 1992-99); Mercy Hospital, Port Huron (2005-13); and Lourdes Senior Community, Waterford (2013-present).
Felician Sisters75 years
Sr. Mary Annelle Krych
Sr. Mary Annelle Krych, CSSF, has ministered as a teacher at several Detroit-area schools, including St. Florian, Hamtramck (1944-48); St. Stanislaus, Detroit (1948-50); Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte (1961-62); St. Michael, Livonia (1965-67); St. Damian, Westland (1967-68); Our Lady of Refuge, Orchard Lake (1969-70, 1982-86); St. Thecla, Mt. Clemens (1970-71, 1973-81); St. Edith, Livonia (1971-72); St. Dunstan, Garden City (1972-73); and Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Hamtramck (1981-82).
Sr. Florence Marie Owczarzak
Sr. Florence Marie Owczarzak, CSSF, has ministered as a teacher and librarian, including at Detroit-area schools such as Resurrection, Detroit (1944-45); Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte (1945-48); St. Florian, Hamtramck (1948-50, 1957-59); St. Helen, Wyandotte (1959-60); St. Leonard, Warren (1960-61); St. Valentine, Redford (1971-72); St. Stephen, Detroit (1979-91); and Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Hamtramck (1996-97).
Sr. Mary Paschal Switala
Sr. Mary Paschal Switala, CSSF, has ministered as a teacher at several Detroit-area schools, including Corpus Christi, Detroit (1944-47, 1966-68); Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Hamtramck (1947-52); Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte (1955-59, 1987-88); St. Florian, Hamtramck (1959-60); St. Bernadette, Dearborn (1962-64); St. Michael, Livonia (1968-69, 1984-87); Immaculate Conception, Detroit (1970-71); St. Mel, Dearborn (1973-74); St. Genevieve, Livonia (1976-77); Our Lady of Refuge, Orchard Lake (1993-95); and St. Thecla, Mt. Clemens (2005-08).
Sr. Mary Presentine Ugorowski
Sr. Mary Presentine Ugorowski, CSSF,has taught at many Detroit-area schools, including St. Stanislaus, Detroit (1944-46, 1952-54); Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte (1946-51); St. Casimir, Detroit (1951-52); Patronage of St. Joseph, Detroit (1960-65); St. Florian, Hamtramck (1965-66, 1976-78 as principal); St. Andrew, Detroit (1966-69, 1970-71, 1979-80); Ladywood High School, Livonia (1971-72, 1988-89); Bishop Borgess High School, Redford Township (1972-73); St. Valentine, Redford (1978-79, 1984-88); and as principal at St. Sabinia, Dearborn Heights (1990-93), and St. Michael, Southfield (1996-99). She also served as library assistant at Madonna University, Livonia (1969-70, 2003-11), and as assistant purchasing director at St. Mary Hospital in Livonia (1980-84).
70 years
Sr. Mary Ruth Koralewski
Sr. Mary Ruth Koralewski, CSSF, has served in education at St. Florian, Hamtramck (1949-50); Resurrection (1950-52, 1959-60), Our Lady Help of Christians (1953-54), Sacred Heart (1954-56), and Holy Ghost (1960-62), all in Detroit; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte (1974-75, 1990-91 as principal); Our Lady of Refuge, Orchard Lake (1976-79, 1992-2003 as principal); St. Hilary (1970-71) and St. Valentine, Redford (1979-84); and as principal at St. Michael, Livonia (1984-90).
Sr. Mary Dolores Ann Nowaczewski
Sr. Mary Dolores Ann Nowaczewski, CSSF,has served as postulant director and teacher throughout her ministry. She has taught at Sacred Heart (1949-51), St. Stanislaus (1951-53), Immaculate Conception (1954-56, 1965-68) and St. Louis the King (1968-69), all in Detroit; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte (1953-54); St. Thecla, Mt. Clemens (1962-63); St. Michael, Livonia (1963-64, 1970-71); St. Bernadette, Dearborn (1964-65); St. Edith, Livonia (1991-92); and St. Florian, Hamtramck (1995-2002). She was principal and CCD coordinator at St. Andrew, Detroit (1971-77), and principal at St. Michael, Southfield (1992-95).
Sr. Mary Estelle Printz
Sr. Mary Estelle Printz, CSSF,has taught at various schools, including St. Andrew (1949-50), Sacred Heart (1951-52), St. Casimir (1952-55, 1966-67), Felician Academy (1955-57), St. Stanislaus (1961-63, 1965-66), all in Detroit; and Bishop Borgess High School (1968-72), Redford Township; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte (1957-61); and Ladywood High School, Livonia (1972-83). She was principal at St. Florian, Hamtramck, from 1992-99.
65 years
Sr. Mary Virginia Musielewicz
Sr. Mary Virginia Musielewicz, CSSF,has taught at Our Lady Help of Christians (1953-58), St. Albertus (1958-60) and Corpus Christi (1960-61), all in Detroit; St. Leonard, Warren (1962-65); St. Mel, Dearborn (1971-72); St. Genevieve, Livonia (1972-76); St. Damian, Westland (1976-78); St. Florian, Hamtramck (1984-89); St. Michael, Hamtramck (1989-96); and St. Sabina, Dearborn Heights (1996-2006). She served as library assistant at Madonna University in Livonia from 2006-13.
Sr. Helen Marie Strawa
Sr. Helen Marie Strawa, CSSF,has taught at St. Stephen, Detroit (1953-56); St. Valentine, Beaver (1957-58); Holy Ghost, Detroit (1958-59); Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte (1959-61); St. Thecla, Mt. Clemens (1962-65); St. Stephen, Detroit (1966-67); St. Valentine, Redford (1977-78); and St. Damian, Westland (1978-79). She also served in youth ministry at Maryville Center, Holly (1984-86); St. Andrew, Detroit (1986-87); St. Valentine, Redford (1987-93); and St. Michael, Livonia (1993-2005). She was pastoral minister and director of religious education at SS. Peter and Paul, St. Mary and St. Patrick parishes of North Branch from 2005-10, and served as religious education teacher at St. Stephen, New Boston, in 2010-11.
Sr. Mary Alfonsa Van Overberghe
Sr. Mary Alfonsa Van Overberghe, CSSF,has ministered in education, finance and as an artist. In the Archdiocese of Detroit, she taught at Our Lady of Help of Christians, Detroit (1954-55); Our Lady of Refuge, Orchard Lake (1955-58); St. Michael, Livonia (1958-59, 1965-70); and Corpus Christi, Detroit (1964-65). She served as principal of St. Valentine (1970-76) and St. Hilary in Redford Township (1977-82). She was business manager at Ladywood High School in Livonia (1995-96), and was director of education for the Felician Sisters Provincial Administration in Livonia from 1982-94. Since 1996, she has served as treasurer of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Convent in Livonia.
Sr. Mary Janice Zolkowski
Sr. Mary Janice Zolkowski, CSSF,has ministered as an educator, author, journalist and administrator. In the Archdiocese of Detroit, she has taught at Sacred Heart (1954), St. Stephen (1958-59), St. Stanislaus (1959-61) and St. Albertus (1961-62), all in Detroit; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte (1962-63, 1964-68); and Ladywood High School, Livonia (1963-64). She taught and served as director of admissions at Madonna University in Livonia (1968-73, 1974-75). Sr. Zolkowski authored the History of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Province in Livonia, and served as provincial secretary for the Felicians in Livonia from 1982-94. From 1994-2006, she served as secretary general of the Felician Sisters Generalate in Rome.
60 years
Sr. Mary Barbara Burzynski
Sr. Mary Barbara Burzynski, CSSF, has taught at St. Stephen, Detroit (1962-65); St. Genevieve, Livonia (1965-66); St. Andrew, Detroit (1970-71); St. Valentine, Detroit (1971-72); and Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Hamtramck (1982-90). She served as a tutor and in clerical work at St. Michael School in Livonia from 1990-2014.
Sr. Mary Margaret Kijek
Sr. Mary Margaret Kijek, CSSF, has ministered in education at St. Florian, Hamtramck (1961-62, 1987-88); St. Hilary, Redford Township (1962-64); St. Genevieve, Livonia (1964-66); St. Edith, Livonia (1967-68, 1991-2014 as principal); St. Mel, Dearborn (1968-71); Our Lady of Refuge, Orchard Lake (1971-73); St. Stephen, New Boston (1975-77); St. Andrew, Detroit (1977-81, as principal); and St. Thecla, Mt. Clemens (1981-87, as principal). She also served in pastoral ministry at St. Thecla from 1988-91.
50 years
Sr. Mary Ann Smith
Sr. Mary Ann Smith, CSSF, has served as a teacher, principal, music director and organist at several Detroit-area parishes and schools. She served at St. Edith, Livonia (1970); St. Hyacinth, Detroit (1970-71); St. Florian Elementary School, Hamtramck (1971-72); St. Florian High School, Hamtramck (1972-77, 1986-92 as principal); Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte (1977-81); and Ladywood High School, Livonia (1981-84, 1992-2013 as principal). Since 2013, she has served as coordinator of liturgical services at Madonna University in Livonia.
Franciscan Province of St. John the Baptist65 years
Fr. Jeremy Harrington
Fr. Jeremy Harrington, OFM, currently serves as associate pastor of Transfiguration Parish in Southfield, where he has been assigned since 2013.
Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph (Hamburg, N.Y.
)60 years
Sr. Stephen Hadrych
Sr. Stephen Hadrych, FSSJ, ministers in education and currently serves as the computer teacher at St. Sebastian School in Dearborn Heights.
Marist Sisters 70 years
Sr. Eveleen Forkin, SM, has ministered as a counselor and volunteered her time with MCREST homeless shelter and in soup kitchens. She has served at St. James Parish in Ferndale, St. Barnabas Parish in Eastpointe and St. Albert the Great Parish in Dearborn Heights.
60 years
Sr. Colleen Morris, SM, has served as a nurse, principal, college administrator and hospital chaplain. She started the gerontology program at Madonna College and has ministered as a teacher at St. Albert the Great in Dearborn Heights and St. Barnabas in Eastpointe, where she has also ministered to the sick and homebound.
Racine Dominican Sisters60 years
Sr. Mary Carol Watson
Sr. Mary (Mary Carl) Watson, OP,has served for the past 47 years as a dietician in Detroit, at Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital and later at St. Patrick Senior Center, where she still volunteers with its health and wellness programs. She also has ministered in Wisconsin and Nebraska.
Servants of Mary 60 years
Sr. Beverly Pettke
Sr. Beverly Pettke, OSM,ministered for 25 years a teacher in Sioux City, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb.
, before coming to Detroit in the 1970s to teach home economics at Servite High School. She served as secretary for the high school and then St. John Berchmans Parish, Detroit, before returning to Nebraska to serve as secretary for the motherhouse there. She later served as secretary for St. Bede School in Southfield and the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Department of Education. She currently serves as a front-desk greeter and receptionist for the archdiocese’s chancery.
Sisters of Mary Reparatrix 70 years
Sr. Camille Szmanski, SMR, has served in retreat houses of the Sisters of Mary Reparatrix in New York, Cincinnati and Detroit.
60 years
Sr. Margaret Hoey
Sr. Margaret Hoey, SMR, is in charge of the Mary Reparatrix Retreat House in Riverview and serves as treasurer of the local community.
Sisters of Mercy80 years
Sr. Marilyn Furtaw
Sr. Marilyn Furtaw, RSM, began ministry as a teacher at St. Michael School and Parish in Muskegon. She then worked at a leprosarium in British Guyana, South America, and then in Los Barrios in Argentina with the very poor. She volunteered at Mc
Auley Center in Farmington Hills. Her current ministry is a ministry of prayer.
75 years
Sr. Elaine M. Hart
Sr. Elaine M. Hart, RSM, taught in various elementary schools in Michigan for 22 years and led the art department in a high school for seven years. She also worked at St. Cletus Parish in Warren. After retiring from full time ministry, she moved to Bay City and volunteered working in RCIA, assisting with annulments and visiting the homebound.
Sr. Mary Bertha Vondruska
Sr. Mary Bertha Vondruska, RSM,began as a teacher at Our Lady of La Salette School, Berkley (1944-52, 1959-61) and Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Detroit (1952-55, 1961-62). She went on to other schools in Michigan as teacher, principal and volunteer. Since January 2007, she has lived at Mc
Auley Center in Farmington Hills.
70 years
Sr. Mary Benedict Begin
Sr. Mary Benedict Begin, RSM,was involved in nursing service in Mercy Hospital, Cadillac, and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac. She assisted in nursing and activities with retired sisters at St. Gertrude Convent in Grand Rapids and did pastoral work at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Dyer, Ind. In 1988, she came to Mc
Auley Life Center in Farmington Hills and helped in the activity department. She continues on her various craft projects and prays daily.
Sr. Elizabeth Mary Burns Sr. Elizabeth Mary Burns, RSM,served in health care ministry in a number of roles in Detroit; Dubuque, Iowa; and Sioux City, S.D. In addition to serving as a clinical nursing supervisor and president and CEO of Marian Health Center in Sioux City, she served as director of nursing education at Mercy College of Detroit and served on the Detroit Provincial Administrative Team from 1973-77. She helped develop a health care system for the Sisters of Mercy Detroit Province’s hospitals, served as the community’s director of life planning from 1988-90, and on the Provincial Administrative Team from 1009-98. After her semi-retirement, she wrote a book on the history of the Detroit Mercy Province in health care and gave numerous presentations to Trinity Health associates on the congregation’s mission. She fully retired to the Mc
Auley Life Center in 2015.
Sr. Lois Burroughs Sr. Lois Burroughs, RSM, served in elementary and secondary schools in Michigan, Iowa, and Argentina from 1949-69. For 20 years (1968-88), she ministered in the Jail/Prison Project: Team for Justice, Detroit. For 15 years (1991-2003), she ministered at Alexander Mercy Living Center in Royal Oak and at Mission Hospice Home in Farmington Hills. After retiring to Mc
Auley Life Center in Farmington Hills, she continues to volunteer at the Mercy Farmington Hills office and as a Spanish instructor and librarian.
Sr. Mary Katherine Murphy
Sr. Mary Katherine Murphy, RSM,taught for 29 years in various schools in Michigan and Iowa. In 1981, she began 30 years of pastoral ministry at St. Francis Parish in Traverse City. In 2015, she moved to Mc
Auley Life Center, where she prays and volunteers.
Sr. Mary Julianne Strazanac
Sr. Mary Julianne Strazanac, RSM,taught for 20 years in various schools in Michigan from 1949-69, and served as a principal for four years. In 1972, she moved to Grand Haven to care for her elderly parents and worked at St. Patrick Parish. She later ministered at St. Joseph School in Owosso and Assumption Parish in Midland. She now volunteers and prays at Mc
Auley Life Center in Farmington Hills.
60 years
Sr. Jacqueline Dewar Sr. Jacqueline Dewar, RSM,taught in elementary schools in Berkley (1961-62), Muskegon (1962-64, 1968-69), Wyoming (1964-65, 1969), Lansing (1965-68), Reece (1969-70), Traverse City (1970-71) and Cadillac (1972-73). She was principal in Temperance (1972-73) and Ludington (1973-76). She then served in Saginaw as a pastoral minister (1977-83). In 1983, she co-founded the Frances Warde Health Service in Rosman, N.C.
, working as medical assistant and business manager until 2012.
Sr. Regina Marie Doelker
Sr. Regina Marie Doelker, RSM,served as principal of Mercy High School in Farmington Hills (1986-2001), and then as the school’s first president from 2002-10. Before then, she taught math for 15 years at the school and other Mercy schools in Michigan. She was co-director of the Office of Church Ministries in the Saginaw diocese for four years, helping found the lay ministry program there. She was vocation direction/formation team member for the Detroit Province of the Sisters of Mercy from 1980-86.
Sr. M. Naomi Holysko Sr. M. Naomi Holysko, RSM,has ministered in health care for many years, including as CEO and president of Mercy Hospital in Muskegon (1967-81), Mercy Provincial administration in Farmington Hills (1983-90), board chair of the Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation for seven years, assistant to the president at Mercy Hospitals in Cadillac and Grayling for five years, special projects coordinator and assistant to the pharmacy director at Grayling Mercy Hospital, executive director of Habitat for Humanity, board chair of Grayling Community Food Bank, and a board member of five Mercy Hospitals. She was Muskegon’s Business Woman of the Year in 1976 and was inducted into the American College of Hospital Administrators in 1969. She volunteers at St. Michael Parish in Pinconning.
Sr. Rosemary Smith
Sr. Rosemary Smith, RSM, taught at St. Jean, Muskegon (1961-63); Our Lady of La Salette, Berkley (1963-66); and St. Anselm, Dearborn Heights (1966-68). For the next 40 years, she served the Diocese of Grand Rapids as a principal at St. Francis Xavier (1968-76), superintendent of schools (1976-77), and principal of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Belmont (1988-2008). She volunteers in health care, pastoral ministry, prison/jail ministry and various outreaches to the ill or disabled.
Sr. Mary Karen Werra
Sr. Mary Karen Werra, RSM,taught within the Mercy educational school system, including Our Lady of La Salette, St. Andrew, St. Brigid, St. Patrick, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Holy Cross and St. Mary (1962-75). From 1975-86, she directed and taught in the Developmental Services Program at Mercy College of Detroit. Before leaving education ministry, she was awarded the Excellence in Education Award. She volunteered as tutor for the Dominican Word Program and later volunteered at God’s Kitchen from 2002-13. She now visits the sick and elderly in Grand Rapids.
50 years
Sr. Anne Fleming Sr. Anne Fleming, RSM,taught at Mercy High School, Farmington Hills (1969-75); was a pastoral associate at St. Boniface Parish, Detroit (1975-81); served on the Detroit Sisters of Mercy leadership team (1980-86); worked in community development at Core City Neighborhoods, Detroit (1986-92); and was a founding board member of Alternatives for Girls (1987-90). At Mercy Education Project, she ministered in various jobs (1993-96) and did bookkeeping at Sunshine Montessori School, Detroit (1996-99). After two years of studies in accounting, she worked in the Detroit Sisters of Mercy finance office (2001-09), returning to Mercy Education Project as a volunteer in the women’s program (2010-14). She also worked part time in accounting at Most Holy Trinity Parish, Detroit; Dominican Sisters Conference, Farmington Hills, and an accounting office on the east side of Detroit (2011-15). Currently, she volunteers in southwest Detroit and at Detroit Cristo Rey High School.
Sr. Patrice Klein
Sr. Patrice Klein, RSM,taught math at Mercy High School in Farmington Hills (1971-73, 1977-78, 1993-94), and at four schools in Iowa. She later was a teacher’s assistant in math at John Carroll University in Cleveland and served in Community Leadership and pastoral ministry.
Sr. Mary Ann Krempges
Sr. Mary Ann Krempges, RSM, has taught for 37 years in Michigan (Port Huron, Remus, Detroit) and Iowa (Independence) and as a principal for one year in Detroit. She currently teaches fifth grade at Holy Redeemer School in Detroit. She also ministered for five years in the incorporation/formation ministry for the Sisters of Mercy and has assisted in the care of foster children in Detroit for the past 15 years.
Sr. Judith Vander
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Sr. Judith Vander
Veen, RSM, has served as a nurse at both Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital and St. Joseph Mercy Hospitals in Detroit and Ann Arbor. For more than 40 years, she has been a nursing instructor at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor and, for a short time, at the University of Detroit Mercy.
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM)80 years
Sr. Dolora Neumaier Sr. Dolora Neumaier, IHM,has served in education and pastoral ministry throughout her lifetime of service, including several schools and parishes in the Archdiocese of Detroit. She has served in the nursery school at Marygrove College, Detroit (1942-59), and as a teacher at St. Agnes, Detroit (1937-42). From 1968-71, she was assistant principal at Gesu School, Detroit, and served as principal and teacher at Sacred Heart, Auburn Hills, from 1960-68. She was religious education coordinator at St. Alan Parish in Troy from 1971-73. In 2004, she retired to a life of prayer and volunteering at the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe.
75 years
Sr. Dorothy Eddy
Sr. Dorothy Eddy, IHM,has taught at St. Joseph, Monroe (1942-43); Our Lady of Help, Detroit (1943-46); St. Raymond, Detroit (1946-47); Holy Trinity, Detroit (1947-52); Holy Name, Birmingham (1952-57); Holy Redeemer, Detroit (1957-58); and Christ the King, Detroit (1966-67). She has ministered in art therapy at the IHM infirmary in Monroe (1983-2000) and at the Motherhouse (2008-12).
Sr. Marie Gatza Sr. Marie Gatza, IHM,taught at St. Mary, Monroe (1943-44, 1950-53); Marygrove College, Monroe (1953-55); and St. Francis de Sales, Detroit (1955-60). From 1966-72, she served as a councilor for the IHM central administration and was assistant to the general superior from 1972-76. From 1976-93, she ministered to the sick at Ypsilanti Hospital and Mt. Carmel Hospital in Detroit (1976-77), and Providence Hospital in Southfield (eight years as chaplain, eight years as director of pastoral care). She became director of pastoral care at the IHM Motherhouse from 1994-97, and volunteered at the IHM development office in Bloomfield Hills from 1998-2004. In 2004, she returned to Monroe to volunteer in the IHM Health Care Center, in pastoral care and in other capacities.
Sr. Jean Ann Gorman
Sr. Jean Ann Gorman, IHM,taught at Christ the King (1941-42, 1953-57), St. Agnes (1942-48), Epiphany (1948-52), Gesu (1952-53), St. Boniface (1964-68) and St. Vincent de Paul (1971-76), all in Detroit. She also taught at St. Joseph, Monroe (1960-64); St. Joseph, Trenton (1968-71); and St. Cyprian, Riverview (1976-85). In 1985, she moved to the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe, volunteering as transportation coordinator, driver, shopping assistant for the infirmary and Ligouri residents, and in prayer ministry.
Sr. Marian Harvey Sr. Marian Harvey, IHM,has served in education and social work, including at Sacred Heart, Dearborn (1942-45); St. Joseph, Trenton (1948-52); St. Frederick Mission/St. Vincent de Paul, Pontiac (1952-56); and St. Catherine (1945-48), St. Rose (1964-67) and St. Raymond (1967-81) in Detroit. She was pastoral minister at St. Joseph the Worker, Lake Orion, from 1981-88. She served as a social worker at Ortonville Nursing Home from 1988-89 and ombudsman/social service worker for Lake Orion Nursing Center from 1989-2009.
Sr. Eileen Houlihan
Sr. Eileen Houlihan, IHM,has taught music, religion, English, liturgy, sociology and theology at several schools, including St. Matthew, Detroit (1945-49); St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1949-57); St. Patrick, Wyandotte (1959-61); Marygrove College, Monroe (1961-65); Immaculata High School, Detroit (1965-66); and Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills (1966-71). She served in pastoral ministry at St. Matthew Parish, Detroit, from 1971-72, and in music ministry and ministry to the sick at St. Mary of Redford, Detroit (1972-79), and St. Anne, Monroe (1981-82). She served in prayer ministry at Visitation prayer center in Monroe from 1979-81, and since 2004 has volunteered at the IHM Motherhouse.
Sr. Genevieve Sullivan Sr. Genevieve Sullivan, IHM, has taught at St. Joseph, Monroe (1943-44); St. Patrick, Wyandotte (1962-63); Sacred Heart, Dearborn (1963-67); and Our Lady of Help (1945-48), Holy Redeemer (1949-54, 1967-71), St. Vincent de Paul (1954-58) and St. Thomas Aquinas (1971-72), all in Detroit. She also served in pastoral ministry at St. Thomas Aquinas (1972-80); St. Benedict, Pontiac (1980-83); and Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Detroit (1983-84). She retired in 2005 to the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe, where she still volunteers.
70 years
Sr. Patricia Aseltyne Sr. Patricia Aseltyne, IHM,has served in education and administration at several local schools, including Gesu, Detroit (1948-49); St. John, Monroe (1949-50); St. Michael, Monroe (1950-51); St. Cecilia, Detroit (1951-54); St. Rose, Detroit (1954-58); Sacred Heart, Dearborn (1958-60); Hall of the Divine Child, Monroe (1960-61, 1970-71, including as directress); Our Lady of Lourdes, River Rouge (1963-67, including as principal). She served as principal of St. Michael, Monroe, from 1977-80 and again from 1987-89. She was administrative assistant in Monroe from 1989-94 and as a volunteer at CASA of Monroe County from 2015-16.
Sr. Mildred Baker
Sr. Mildred Baker, IHM, has ministered in education, administration and health care. In the Archdiocese of Detroit, she taught at St. Martin, Detroit (1956-60); and was principal at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Detroit (1963-67). She served as assistant provincial of the Motherhouse Province in Monroe from 1979-82 and later as provincial from 1982-88.
Sr. Bernetta Booms
Sr. Bernetta Booms, IHM, has ministered in education and pastoral care. In the Archdiocese of Detroit, she taught at St. Joseph, Monroe (1947-48); and Blessed Sacrament, Detroit (1948-52). She later returned to the IHM Motherhouse as a driver and transportation coordinator from 1982-2010. Since 2010, she has served in prayer ministry and visiting infirm sisters.
Sr. Jane Arthur Duffy
Sr. Jane Arthur Duffy, IHM, has ministered in education for many years in the Archdiocese of Detroit, including at St. Charles Borromeo, Detroit (1948-55); St. Patrick, Wyandotte (1955-60, 1967-71); Our Lady of Lourdes, River Rouge (1964-65); Holy Trinity, Detroit (1965-67); Holy Redeemer, Detroit (1971-2003). Since 2003, she has volunteered with mail and the Opportunity Shoppe at the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe.
Sr. Suzanne Fleming Sr. Suzanne Fleming, IHM, has taught at Annunciation, Detroit (1947-48); Gesu, Detroit (1948-52, 1953-56); St. John, Monroe (1952-53); and St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1957-58). Sr. Fleming also taught chemistry at Marygrove College in Detroit, serving as a faculty instructor and professor (1962-75) and later as vice president and dean of the college until 1980.
Sr. Donna Hart
Sr. Donna Hart, IHM, has served in education and pastoral ministry throughout her professed life, including teaching Latin, English, French and religion at several schools and parishes. She has served at St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1948-49); St. Francis de Sales, Detroit (1949-55); Immaculata High School, Detroit (1955-57); Our Lady Star of the Sea, Grosse Pointe (1964-69, as principal); St. Martin de Porres, Warren (1970-75); and Our Lady of Sorrows, Farmington (1975-79). She served in pastoral ministry at St. Mary, Milford (1983-92), and Prince of Peace, West Bloomfield (1992-94). Sr. Hart also served in numerous roles with the IHM Sisters, including Northeast Provincial team member (1969-70), a staff member at Visitation prayer center (1982-83), administrative staff member at the IHM Motherhouse (1994-97), theology education coordinator (1997-2000), distance learning mentor for Marygrove College (2000-03), volunteer chaplain to the IHM Health Care Center (2005-08), and visiting the sick at the motherhouse (2008-present).
Sr. Carola Keffler
Sr. Carola Keffler, IHM,has taught at many schools in southeast Michigan, including St. Patrick, Carleton (1948-50); Sacred Heart, Roseville (1951-55); St. Anne, Warren (1955-60); Epiphany, Detroit (1960-65); Gesu, Detroit (1965-68); St. Bede, Southfield (1969-71); and St. Regis, Bloomfield Hills (1971-74). She served as secretary and office assistant at Holy Name School, Birmingham (1974-90) and Gesu School, Detroit (1990-2005). Since 2005, she has served at the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe as sacristan and volunteer in the education office.
Sr. Donna Mary Kerr
Sr. Donna Mary Kerr, IHM, has taught music, English and religion at many schools, including St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1947-48); St. Hugo of the Hills, Bloomfield Hills (1959-62); St. John High School, Jackson (1963-67); and Mother of Our Savior, Detroit (1970-71). She has volunteered at the IHM Motherhouse as a librarian, driver, video camera operator and in prayer ministry since 1996.
Sr. Mary Ellen Keyes Sr. Mary Ellen Keyes, IHM,has ministered in education and spiritual direction. She has taught at Holy Redeemer, Detroit (1949-50); Gesu, Detroit (1950-54); St. John Vianney, Highland Park (1954-59); St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1959-63); Bishop Gallagher High School, Harper Woods (1963-67); and Marygrove College, Detroit (1967-70). She has served in prayer ministry at Visitation prayer center in Monroe (1970-73) and as ongoing IHM formation director in Detroit (1974-75). Since 1975, she has served at St. Hugo of the Hills School in Bloomfield Hills in a number of roles, including spiritual director, teacher, assistant principal, consultant and pastoral minister.
Sr. Ann Gabriel Killsdonk
Sr. Ann Gabriel Kilsdonk, IHM, served for 52 years at Marygrove College in Detroit as a home economics teacher, department chair (human ecology), adjunct professor, textile analyst, consultant, researcher and volunteer. Before then, she taught at St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1946-47); St. John, Monroe (1947-48); and Immaculata High School, Detroit (1948-56). She volunteered at the IHM Motherhouse from 2010-12.
Sr. Josephine Mc
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Sr. Josephine Mc
Namara, IHM,taught at Mother of Our Savior, Detroit (1954-57), and served in pastoral ministry at St. Vincent Parish, Pontiac (1971-73); St. Gerard Parish, Detroit (1973-85); and St. Louise de Marillac Parish, Warren (1985-86). She served as volunteer and receptionist at River House Spirituality Center in Monroe from 2009-12.
Sr. Dorothy Nauer Sr. Dorothy Nauer, IHM,has served as a teacher, administrator, pastoral minister and hospital chaplain. She has served at St. Raymond, Detroit (1948-51); St. Agnes, Detroit (1951-52); St. Charles Borromeo, Newport (1958-60); St. Michael, Monroe (1960-61); and St. Timothy, Trenton (1961-68, 1968-71 as principal). She was chaplain at Hutzel Hospital in Detroit (1975-82). She moved to Monroe in 1982 to serve as administrator of St. Mary’s Infirmary, councilor for the Motherhouse Province (1992-94) and volunteer at Mercy Memorial Hospital (1995-97). She served as a tutor at Holy Redeemer School in Detroit and in the IHM Archives (1997-2011). Since 2011, she has volunteered at the Motherhouse.
Sr. Madonna Oswald Sr. Madonna Oswald, IHM, taught primary grades, biology, English and religion at Christ the King, Detroit (1948-49); St. Raymond, Detroit (1949-52); Sacred Heart, Dearborn (1952-56); St. Matthew, Detroit (1957-62); St. Charles Borromeo, Detroit (1962-63); Our Lady Star of the Sea, Grosse Pointe (1966-69); Bishop Gallagher High School, Harper Woods (1969-70); Grosse Pointe North High School (1970-71); and Mercy High School, Farmington Hills (1976-85). She also served as secretary to the IHM Generalate in Monroe (1971-76), educational researcher at Marygrove College (1973-85), as a member of the IHM Northwest Province team (1985-88), and educational consultant at IBM in Southfield (1989-92). In 1994, she moved to Monroe, where she served as receptionist for the IHM Leadership Council, pastoral caregiver in the infirmary and volunteer.
Sr. Teresa Rennell Sr. Teresa Rennell, IHM, has served in education in a number of roles, including as a teacher at St. John, Monroe (1947-49); St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1952-53); Holy Name, Birmingham (1953-57); St. Timothy, Trenton (1957-60); Gesu, Detroit (1960-64); Epiphany, Detroit (1964-68); St. Regis, Bloomfield Hills (1968-70); Bishop Foley High School, Madison Heights (1977-78); and Wyandotte Catholic High School (1984-86). She was religious education coordinator at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Birmingham (1979-81), and St. Colman, Farmington (1981-82). She served as coordinator of the Archdiocese of Detroit’s multimedia center (1975-76), reading instructor with the Detroit Board of Education (1978-79), administrator of the Learning Center in Pontiac (1990-91), and tutor at Marygrove College (1991-92).
Sr. Patrice Selby
Sr. Patrice Selby, IHM, taught at St. Patrick, Carleton (1948-51), and Mother of Our Savior, Detroit (1958-63). Since 2007, she has volunteered as a driver, camera operator, animal assisted therapy coordinator and in the service office of the IHM Motherhouse. Since 2015, she has volunteered at Paula’s House II in Monroe.
Sr. Mary Ann Untener
Sr. Mary Ann Untener, IHM, taught at St. Raymond, Detroit (1947-54); Sacred Heart, Roseville (1954-56); Mother of Our Savior, Detroit (1956-58); Our Lady Star of the Sea, Grosse Pointe (1958-63); and Immaculata High School, Detroit (1965-66, 1968-69 as assistant principal). She was principal at Epiphany, Detroit (1966-68), and taught at the University of Detroit from 1969-74. Sr. Untener also served as a chaplain at Harper Hospital, Detroit (1974-76) and Bon Secours Hospital, Grosse Pointe (1982-88). She served in parish ministry at Our Lady of Sorrows, Farmington (1976-79). Sr. Untener was assistant provincial and secretary for the IHM Northeast Province (1979-82) and a councilor for IHM central administration (1988-94). From 1996-2000, she served in the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Department of Religious Education. She also volunteered as a secretary and tutor for the Children’s Creativity Center in Monroe (1995-96), and as a computer research assistant in the IHM Archives from 2000-14.
Sr. Norine Wholihan
Sr. Norine Wholihan, IHM, has taught at St. Mary, Wayne (1948-49); Our Lady of Good Counsel, Detroit (1949-55); St. Patrick, Detroit (1958-63); St. Regis, Birmingham (1966-69); Holy Name, Birmingham (1973-74); Gesu, Detroit (1974-91); Franklin Adult Education, Detroit (1991-96); and Marygrove College, Detroit (1996-2002). Since 2002, she has been retired at Gesu Convent in Detroit and the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe, volunteering in the service office and in prayer ministry.
60 years
Sr. Kay Louise Aerts Sr. Kay Louise Aerts, IHM, has ministered in education at several Detroit-area schools, including St. Anne, Warren (1960-64); Our Lady Star of the Sea, Grosse Pointe (1964-65); St. Charles Borromeo, Detroit (1965-69); and East Catholic High School, Detroit (1969-72). She served in parish ministry at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Detroit (1973-75), and taught music at Wayne County Community College and Marygrove College in Detroit (1979-83). Sr. Aerts also taught math, GED preparation, adult education and human development for the Detroit Board of Education.
Sr. Rose Mary Ala
Sr. Rose Mary Ala, IHM, has taught at several local schools, including Our Lady of Good Counsel, Detroit (1960-62); St. Charles Borromeo, Detroit (1962-63); St. George, Detroit (1963-64); Holy Trinity, Detroit (1967-71); St. Regis, Bloomfield Hills (1975-77); St. Angela, Roseville (1982-85); and St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Detroit (1985-86). Sr. Ala taught remedial education at the Learning Center for Gifted Students at St. Hugo of the Hills, Bloomfield Hills, from 1977-81, and special education at Marygrove College in Detroit from 1981-82. She taught adult education and English as a second language with the Detroit Public Schools from 1986-90. Later in her ministry, Sr. Ala served in Christian service and spiritual direction at St. Athanasius Parish, Roseville (1990-93); Our Lady of the Woods, Woodhaven (1993-95); and the Heart of Jesus Prayer Center in St. Clair Shores (1995-2012). She has volunteered at the IHM Motherhouse since 2014.
Sr. Alice Baker Sr. Alice Baker, IHM,has taught at numerous southeast Michigan schools, including Holy Name, Birmingham (1959-62); St. Stephen, Port Huron (1962-66); Hall of the Divine Child, Monroe (1967-69); Sacred Heart, Dearborn (1968-69); Our Lady of Good Counsel, Detroit (1969-70); St. Theresa – Visitation, Detroit (1970-73); St. Ambrose School/Academy, Detroit (1973-98); St. Jude, Detroit (1998-2004); East Catholic Elementary School, Detroit (2004-05); and as volunteer co-director and tutor at the Epiphany Education Center in Detroit (2005-16).
Sr. Mary Faith Bell Sr. Mary Faith Bell, IHM, has taught in schools across southeast Michigan, including St. Charles Borromeo, Detroit (1960-62); St. Mary, Marshall (1962-64); St. Boniface, Detroit (1964-66); St. Mary, Wayne (1966-72); St. David, Detroit (1986-89); St. Ambrose Academy, Detroit (1989-90); St. Benedict, Highland Park (1990-97); and St. Mary, Royal Oak (1999-2002). Sr. Bell also served as coordinator of religious education at St. Thomas Parish, Ann Arbor (1972-77); St. Joseph Parish, Erie (1977-78); St. Patrick Parish, Carleton (1978-80); and Epiphany Parish, Detroit (1980-86). She ministered in hospitality at The Visitation prayer center in Monroe from 2003-07.
Sr. Judith Bonini Sr. Judith Bonini, IHM, has served in pastoral care ministry for many years, including as a hospital chaplain and in many capacities at the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe. She served in various capacities with The Visitation prayer center and the infirmary, as supervisor of the pastoral care department and as pastoral services director at the IHM Motherhouse. Early in her ministry, Sr. Bonini taught at St. Charles Borromeo School (1962-64) and St. Raymond School (1964-67), both in Detroit.
Sr. Anne Crane Sr. Anne Crane, IHM, taught grade school education at St. Matthew School, Detroit (1957-60); and Gesu School, Detroit (1960-62). She taught religion and English at the high school and college levels at St. Frederick Mission/St. Vincent de Paul, Pontiac (1962-64); Immaculata High School, Detroit (1964-69); and Marygrove College, Detroit (1969-72). She has served as a writer and researcher in the IHM Archives in Monroe since 2007.
Sr. Mary Margaret Davis
Sr. Mary Margaret Davis, IHM, has ministered in education and social work. In southeast Michigan, she has taught at St. Mary of Redford, Detroit (1960-61); St. Thomas, Ann Arbor (1961-65); and St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1965-69, as principal from 1969-76). She has volunteered at the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe since 2011.
Sr. Judith Dowd Sr. Judith Dowd, IHM,ministered in education at St. Patrick, Carleton (1960-63); All Saints, Detroit (1963-65); St. Joseph, Trenton (1965-66); St. Patrick, Wyandotte (1966-68); Holy Name, Birmingham (1970-75); St. Bede, Southfield (1975-83, 1987-92); and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Birmingham (1983-87). She has served in care of the elderly in Bloomfield Hills since 1992.
Sr. June Johnson
Sr. June Johnson, IHM, has ministered in education at St. Cecilia, Detroit (1961-65); St. Regis, Bloomfield Hills (1976-78); St. Dennis, Royal Oak (1978-2001); and Holy Redeemer, Detroit (2000-12). From 2012-14, Sr. Johnson ministered as a volunteer at Compassionate Companions in Detroit.
Sr. Maria Theresa Magrie Sr. Maria Theresa Magrie, IHM, has taught music and elementary education at several Archdiocese of Detroit schools, including St. Joseph, Trenton (1960-61); St. Charles Borromeo, Newport (1961-62); St. Patrick, Wyandotte (1962-65); Our Lady of Lourdes, River Rouge (1967-68); Immaculata High School, Detroit (1975-79); and Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills (1979-89). She served as a music minister in Bloomfield Hills since 1990, including at St. Owen Parish, St. Vincent de Paul Parish and Sacred Heart Parish in Auburn Hills.
Sr. Martha Jean Mc
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Sr. Martha Jean Mc
Garry, IHM, has served in education, administration and spiritual direction. In the Archdiocese of Detroit, she taught at Mother of Our Savior, Detroit, from 1960-64. Since 2010, she has volunteered at the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe.
Sr. Rosalind Naebers
Sr. Rosalind Naebers, IHM, has ministered in education and pastoral ministry. In the Archdiocese of Detroit, she taught at Annunciation (1960-62) and Gesu, Detroit (1970-76). She served at the Visitation House of Prayer in Monroe from 1976-77 and again as a caretaker from 1993-2005. She has been the service office coordinator at the IHM Motherhouse since 2006.
Sr. Mary Anne Riley Sr. Mary Anna Riley, IHM,has served as an educator and administrator at several local schools, including Sacred Heart, Dearborn (1960-61); Epiphany, Detroit (1961-62); Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Emmett (1962-64); Annunciation, Detroit (1964-66); Hall of the Divine Child, Monroe (1973-77, including as directress); St. Charles Borromeo, Newport (1877-88, including three years as administrator); Wyandotte Consolidated Catholic School (administrator, 1981-86); St. Scholastica, Detroit (1986-93, including as principal); and Christ the Good Shepherd, Lincoln Park (1993-95). She served as an occupational therapist for Goodwill Industries in Detroit from 1997-2002 and as data and research coordinator for the Siena Literacy Center in Redford from 2002-16.
Sr. Hilda Skelley
Sr. Hilda Skelley, IHM, has served in administration and accounting for many nonprofits and agencies, including for the IHM central administration; Marygrove College; St. Mary Catholic Central High School; Big Brothers, Big Sisters; Danny’s Fine Foods; and as a consultant for Quality Software. Early in her ministry, Sr. Skelley taught first grade at Gesu School in Detroit from 1960-62.
Sr. Brigid Wade Sr. Brigid Wade, IHM, has ministered in education and counseling. Early in her ministry, she taught at Sacred Heart, Dearborn (1960-63); Our Lady Queen of Hope, Detroit (1967-68); and St. Bede, Southfield (1968-69).
50 years
Sr. Mary Ann Bredice
Sr. Mary Ann Bredice, IHM, has ministered in education and currently serves on the leadership council for the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe. She began serving her six-year term in 2012.
Sr. Jean Ann Campana
Sr. Jean Ann Campana, IHM, has ministered in education and pastoral ministry, including as director of music and coordinator of religious education at St. Joseph the Worker Parish, Lake Orion (1972-73); parish minister at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Pontiac (1973-80); in religious education at St. Mary Parish, Monroe (1998-2004), as a resident of Norman Tower, and as a volunteer in social justice and IHM services at the motherhouse in Monroe (2004-10).
Sr. Beverly Hindson
Sr. Beverly Hindson, IHM, ministers has a hospital chaplain and has served in CPE at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Detroit (1977-78) and at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit from 1982-2015. She previously served as librarian at Immaculata High School in Detroit (1971-77).
Sr. Mary Ann Hinsdale
Sr. Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM,ministered locally as a religion and English teacher at Immaculata High School in Detroit (1971-73) and as associate dean of student affairs at Marygrove College in Detroit from 1973-74.
Sr. Pamela Kobasic
Sr. Pamela Kobasic, IHM,has ministered in education as an English teacher and principal at Immaculata High School in Detroit (1976-78, 1978-81); at Benedictine High School in Detroit (1987-90); and as principal at Cabrini High School in Allen Park (1990-95). She served in campus ministry at St. Mary Catholic Central High School in Monroe (1995-98) and most recently as a guardian with the Monroe County Probate Court since 2011.
Sr. Lenore Pochelski
Sr. Lenore Pochelski, IHM,has ministered as an educator and administrator at several Detroit-area schools, including Sacred Heart, Roseville (1970-71); St. Matthew, Detroit (1971-73); Hall of the Divine Child, Monroe (junior high teacher/directress from 1973-78; administrator from 1978-79; principal from 1979-81); as administrator at Beahan Junior High in Farmington (1981-92); and at Marian High School in Bloomfield Hills (assistant principal from 1992-94; principal from 1994-2003; and president from 2003-16).
Sr. Candyce Rekart
Sr. Candyce Rekart, IHM,has ministered in education and clinical psychology in the Detroit area. She taught second grade at St. Timothy, Trenton (1970-71); and Holy Trinity, Detroit (1971-72). Since 2015, Sr. Rekart has served as director of candidates for vowed membership at the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe.
Sr. Suzanne Sattler Sr. Suzanne Sattler, IHM, has ministered in law and advocacy in the Detroit area for many years. She taught English, world history and American history at Immaculata High School in Detroit from 1968-74 before attending law school at the University of Detroit (1974-76). As an attorney, she has advocated on behalf of many nonprofits and agencies, including Michigan Legal Services (1976-79); the United Auto Workers (1979-80); the Detroit Area Agency on Aging (1980-85); the Center for Social Gerontology in Ann Arbor (1985-86); the Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation in Farmington Hills (1987-98); and with the Sustainable Campus Planning Office of the IHM Sisters in Monroe (2014-16). She has also worked as a private attorney and consultant in Detroit.
25 years
Sr. Rita Rinaldi Sr. Rita Rinaldi, IHM,has ministered in education at several Archdiocese of Detroit schools, including Bishop Borgess High School, Redford Township (1994-97); St. Clement High School, Center Line (1997-2001); St. Vincent High School, Detroit (2001-02); St. Mary of Redford, Detroit (2002-03); St. Mary Catholic Central High School, Monroe (2003-09); and Detroit Cristo Rey High School, where she taught theology and English from 2009-12 and was a secondary teacher from 2012-16.
Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio60 years
Sr. Pauline Kijek
Sr. M. Pauline Kijek, OSF,entered the Sylvania Franciscans from St. Cunegunda Parish in Detroit. She spent 54 years ministering as an educator in elementary and junior high schools in Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio. In Michigan, she taught at Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Detroit (1968-69); St. Stanislaus, Wyandotte (1972-74); SS. Peter and Paul, Detroit (1975-2000); St. Dunstan, Garden City (2000-01); and St. Sabina, Dearborn Heights (2001-09). She currently ministers as a volunteer caregiver.
50 years
Sr. M. Faith Cosky
Sr. M. Faith Cosky, OSF,entered the Sylvania Franciscans from Our Lady Queen of Heaven Parish in Detroit. She has ministered in a number of ways, including in education, hospital chaplaincy, candidate formation and as director of Bethany House, a long-term shelter for abused women and children in Toledo. She currently serves as chaplain at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor.
Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis70 years
Sr. Marty Cherney
Sr. Marty Cherney, SSJ-TOSF, has spent her 70 years as a professed religious in hospital food service, teaching and parish ministry. She has served in the Archdiocese of Detroit at St. John the Baptist School in Dearborn and Regina High School in Harper Woods. She currently serves at St. Anthony Parish in Belleville.
Society of Jesus (Jesuits) 75 years
Fr. Vincent Hagarman
Fr. Vincent Hagarman, SJ,celebrating 75 years as a Jesuit, taught at University of Detroit Jesuit High School from 1961-86. He currently resides at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston.
Fr. Earl Weis Fr. Earl Weis, SJ,celebrating 75 years as a Jesuit, served as associate professor of religious studies at the University of Detroit from 1970-71.
70 years
Fr. Raymond C. Baumhart
Fr. Raymond C. Baumhart, SJ, celebrating 70 years as a Jesuit, has lived at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston since 2013.
Fr. Eugene Dwyer
Fr. Eugene Dwyer, SJ, celebrating 70 years as a Jesuit, has resided at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston since 2006.
Bro. John J. Sebian Bro. John J. Sebian, SJ,celebrating 70 years as a Jesuit, currently resides at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston.
Fr. Paul B. Steinmetz Fr. Paul B. Steinmetz, SJ,celebrating 70 years as a Jesuit, has served with Native American Catholic parishes and schools on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He currently resides at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston.
60 years
Fr. James V. Lewis
Fr. James V. Lewis, SJ,celebrating 60 years as a Jesuit, has lived and served at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston since 2011.
Bro. John P. Martin Bro. John P. Martin, SJ,celebrating 60 years as a Jesuit, currently resides at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston.
Bro. Daniel J. Mc
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Bro. Daniel J. Mc
Cullough, SJ,celebrating 60 years as a Jesuit, has served in the Archdiocese of Detroit since 1961, including at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston, University of Detroit Jesuit High School, Hospice of Southeast Michigan and Cranbrook Hospice Americare Home Health Services.
Fr. John P. Murphy Fr. John P. Murphy, SJ,celebrating 60 years as a Jesuit, has resided at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston since 2013.
Fr. Jerome T. Odbert
Fr. Jerome T. Odbert, SJ,celebrating 60 years as a Jesuit, served at University of Detroit Jesuit High School in three stints, from 1965-66, 1970-71 and 2010-11. He served at Gesu Parish from 1971-72, and with the Jesuit Detroit Province Office from 1992-94 and 1997-2001, including with the Loyola House Jesuit Novitiate from 1997-2001. From 2001-08 and from 2011-present, he has lived and ministered at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston.
Fr. Cletus F. Pfab
Fr. Cletus F. Pfab, SJ,celebrating 60 years as a Jesuit, has resided at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston since 2013.
Fr. John V. White
Fr. John V. White, SJ,celebrating 60 years as a Jesuit, has ministered in retreat work at Colombiere Center in Clarkston (1974-75). He served at University of Detroit Jesuit High School from 1975-76, and ministered as vocation director for the Jesuit Detroit Province from 1986-92. He continued to serve with the provincial office from 1992-93.
50 years
Fr. Casimir Bukala Fr. Casimir Bukala, SJ,celebrating 50 years in the priesthood, taught at University of Detroit Jesuit High School from 1962-63.
Fr. Leo P. Cachat Fr. Leo P. Cachat, SJ,celebrating 50 years in the priesthood, has served in education, retreats and formation in India, Nepal and Myanmar. When he returned to the United States, he served as chaplain to the faculty and staff at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School (2002-07). Since 2007, he has served as retreat director on the staff of the Manresa Jesuit Retreat House in Bloomfield Hills.
Fr. Justin J. Kelly Fr. Justin J. Kelly, SJ,celebrating 50 years in the priesthood, serves as professor of religious studies at the University of Detroit Mercy and has served on the faculty of Loyola High School in Detroit.
Fr. Charles A. Hofmann Fr. Charles A. Hofmann, SJ,celebrating 50 years in the priesthood, currently resides at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston.
Fr. Timothy J. Shepard Fr. Timothy J. Shepard, SJ,celebrating 50 years as a Jesuit, served at the Loyola House Jesuit Novitiate in Berkley from 1982-86 and again from 1996-2002. He served the Detroit Province Office from 1993-99. Fr. Shepard ministered at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston from 1991-93, and has lived and served there since 2007.
25 years
Fr. Gilbert Sunghera Fr. Gilbert Sunghera, SJ,celebrating 25 years as a Jesuit, currently resides in the Jesuit community at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he is an associate professor of architecture who also teaches contemporary sacred space.
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