2022 Jubiliarian Describing religious life as “a challenge filled with peace and joy,” Sister Ruth “Paulus” Bearer was an educator for 10 years before becoming the first sister in the Congregation to receive a master’s degree in social work. From 1967-74, Sister Ruth was Associate Director of … [Read more...]

2022 Jubiliarians We are pleased to honor the Sisters who are celebrating 65 years of serving God and the dear neighbor in 2022.   Top row, from left: Sisters Dorothy Pashuta, Marjorie Kelly, Elizabeth Hart, Mary Kay Hammond and Michelle Prah Bottom row, from left: Sisters Norma … [Read more...]

2022 Jubiliarians We are pleased to honor the Sisters who are celebrating 60 years of serving God and the dear neighbor in 2022.   Top row, from left: Sisters Judith Maroni and Judith Kenaan Bottom row, from left: Sisters Anne Clifford, Patricia Young and Mary Susan … [Read more...]

2021 Jubiliarian “A coal miner’s daughter,” Sister Eleanor (Kenneth) McCoy fondly recalls teaching as the great joy of her life. “I really loved my students,” she says, grateful to spend 25 years forming the hearts and minds of elementary students in the Dioceses of Pittsburgh, Altoona-Johnstown, … [Read more...]

2021 Jubiliarian Sister Monica (John Baptist) Suhayda has ministered alongside the Shoshone and Arapaho people on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming for nearly five decades. She arrived at St. Stephens Indian Mission in 1974 to serve as an alcohol counselor but instead spent a year … [Read more...]