Praying, Living, & Loving the Franciscan Way
On Sunday, July 28, 15 Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi celebrated their anniversaries of religious profession at a Jubilarian Mass in the chapel at Clare Hall, adjacent to the Motherhouse grounds in St. Francis, Wisconsin. Sr. Diana De Bruin, director of the congregation, and the presider, Perry McDonald, OFM, Cap. and a cousin of Jubilarian Sister Evelyn Brokish, noted that the sisters were being honored for a total of 975 years of faithful service.
Celebrating 75 Years (1944)Sisters Leander Liu & Lenore Steilen; 70 Years (1949)Sisters Margaret Ann Recker, Bernadette Grabrian, Cynthia Marek, & Maria Regina Rodriguez; 60 Years (1959) Sisters Evelyn Brokish, Patricia McAlpin, Helene Mertes, JoAnn Schmitz, Rose Marie Dielen & Barbara Kenney; 50 Years (1969) Sisters Margaret Kruse & Judith Placzkowski; 25 Years (1994) Sister Sylvia Anne Sheldon. Jubilee class photos are available on the congregation website, http://www.lakeosfs.org/how-we-serve/jubilarians/. The congregation has 163 professed members in the United States and Taiwan.
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