Spring/Summer Response 2018 Annual Report by Mary Lou Simcoe

SPRING/SUMMER 2019 VOLUME 9, ISSUE 13 Sister Eileen Davey and the children at the Nutrition Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

2018 ANNUAL REPORT

RESPONSE Holy Union Sisters

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

PAGE

LEFT TO RIGHT: Sister Joan Sister Carol Sister Kathee

Dear Friends,

Transition

are delighted to welcome you back to Response after a one-issue absence. We hope you missed us! Transition is the theme of this issue and it was a perfect storm of transitions that caused our absence in the fall. Sisters Mary Lou Simcoe and Patricia Butler retired from their positions as Director of Communications and Mission Advancement, respectively, at the end of August and at that same time, our Province Leadership Team, Sisters Patricia Heath, Yvette Ladurantaye, and Mary Lou Sullivan, completed their term of office. We are grateful to these five talented and faithful women religious for their dedicated service to our province over many years. Transitions bring new people and new possibilities into our lives and in this issue of Response we want to introduce you to both. While you may have seen our names or pictures in earlier issues, we’d like to introduce ourselves to you. Our new Director of Communications and Mission Advancement, Kenneth Gustin, will introduce himself and describe some new possibilities he sees as his work with us unfolds. And we’ll tell you about a congregational meeting we participated in recently that foresees major transitions and new possibilities for our beloved congregation. When we began our new ministry as the Leadership Team for the United States Province, we had travelled different paths to this significant transition in our lives. Carol and Joan, natives of Fall River, MA and Pawtucket, RI had been educated by Holy Union Sisters, joined the congregation soon after finishing secondary school, and spent their early years in religious life as teachers in elementary and secondary schools. Originally from

Brooklyn, NY, Kathee met her first Holy Union Sister as a young professional working as the maître d’ of the executive dining room in a major investment firm on Wall Street. All three of us have been blessed by the opportunity to study theology at the graduate level. Joan and Kathee have long been pastoral associates in lively parishes where they formed lasting friendships and relationships. Fostering the flourishing of religious life itself, within our congregation and through programs and organizations that serve vowed religious, was often Carol’s ministry. All of us have maintained some involvement with our previous ministries and colleagues, Kathee and Joan in the parishes they served, Carol with the Religious Formation Conference. While our transition still continues, there is much we have learned in the past six months and your faithfulness and generosity to our province lead the list!

Your steadfast support, both moral and financial, since we began our ministry to our sisters has touched us deeply. We look forward to being in regular contact with you over the next several years; we promise you a secure place in our hearts and in our prayer … and we know our sisters join us in this promise to you! With our affection and our gratitude,

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

Director’s Column Kenneth Gustin Director of Mission Advancement and Communications

It is a joy to be joining the sisters this year in the role of Director of Mission Advancement & Communications! As the product of a family steeped in Catholic education I find my life coming full circle, as I return to where I belong, with the sisters again. After several decades in corporate marketing and sales positions, I finally asked God for guidance on what my next role should be. And so, I found my way here. My intention is to use what I have learned in my career to increase the visibility of the extraordinarily beautiful works being done by the Holy Union Sisters, so that those with a kind and open heart will be moved to support their efforts financially.

PAGE

exploring several social media platforms, enhancing our website, and creating more opportunities for us to engage with each other directly. These new vehicles will not replace the ways we’ve always stayed in touch with you over the years. Those will continue. Rather this is a broadening of them for those who choose to use them. With so many now using social media platforms we want to give everyone the opportunity to connect with us, allowing us to share information with you on a more regular basis. These platforms also provide a means for you to communicate with us via comments, which we hope you will take advantage of. This new effort will also allow us to grow our exposure to new populations who may not know us and who may be interested in our mission, history, and faith. Social media can be a powerful tool in spreading the Word of God to all nations, as Jesus commissioned us all to do. If you have ideas on this new undertaking or want to share the platforms you use, please write us a note or visit our website at www.holyunionsisters.org and click on the Contact Us tab. Please know we are praying for you, and I ask that you pray for us as we undertake this exciting new path together!

I’m fortunate to be following Sister Patricia Butler, SNDeN in this role. After many years of her excellent work, I hope to build upon her efforts representing the province to you, our wonderful friends and supporters. We will be putting in place some new communication channels to help keep you informed on the various ministries the sisters are involved in. We’ll also begin sharing helpful information and faith formation materials to aid you in your spiritual journey. This effort will include

*In tribute to the sisters, who for many years called, "Be Good!" out the front door of the school as we ran out into the midday sun at the end of the school day. I have used this closing for decades in all my correspondence, and so I humbly pass their advice on to you.

Sources of Gift Income

Distribution of Donor Gifts

FISCAL YEAR

Memorials 4%

Direct Mail 42%

Other <1%

2018

Event Income 6%

Be Good ! *

FISCAL YEAR

Africa / Haiti 29%

Bequests 33%

Gifts 16%

2018

Where Most Needed and Retirement 71%

The Holy Union Sisters is a 501(C)3 non-profit, tax exempt organization.

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

PAGE

In gratitude to our

Donors

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 TO AUGUST 31, 2018

Dolores Abney Antionette T. Abraham Mary Abreau Mrs. Janice Abreu Ms. Lorraine Accardi Mrs. Margaret Admirand Mrs. Mary Affronti Ms. Martha M. Albert Mrs. Margaret Aleixo Marie P. Alessi Ms. Carole Aliskevicz Mrs. Judith Alix Ann & James Allen Ms. Michelle Alsup Deacon & Mrs. Felipe Alvarez Ms. Pauline Amirault Carl & Rosemarie Amrhein Carolyn Anderson Mrs. Denise Andrade Ann Marie Andrew Faith Anker Ms. Claire Ares Ms. Dorothy Arivella Calvin C. Arsenault Philip Arsenault Ms. Donna Asher Ms. Alice Atkins Mrs. Margaret Attar

Ms. Suzanne Babineau Mr. & Mrs. Leo Bacon Ms. Janice Baldwin Mrs. Constance Bannister Mrs. Doris Baran Ms. Theresa Barba ✶ Mrs. Jane Barch Elma T. Barranda Sandra Barry Mr. & Mrs. John Bearne Mr. & Mrs. Wilfrid Beauchemin Ron & Carol Beaudoin

Mr. & Mrs. Andre Beaulieu Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Dorothy Beck Carol Belair Hazel Belanger Mrs. Bertha Beliveau George C. Bellenoit Pauline Benjamin Mrs. Louise Bennett Andrew F. Benoit Ms. Bernadette Benoit Mrs. Claire Benoit G. Normand Benoit Ms. Mary K. Benoit Mrs. Paula Benoit Lee Benson Mrs. Yvonne Bernard George Bernazani Mr. & Mrs. Emil Bernhardt Mrs. Annette Bernier Ms. Lucille Bernier Ms. Therese Berthelette Ms. Denise Berthiaume Mr. & Mrs. Eldon Berthiaume Dorothy & Carlo Bertolino Ms. Joan Bertorelli Kathleen Bettencourt Mary Eileen Bieberich Ms. Sharleen Bistany Mrs. Joan Blacklaw Lynne A. Bleakney William Blottman Ms. Irene Bocchetto Mrs. Maureen Boland Mrs. Dorothy Bollinger Angelo & Rose Bonanno Mrs. Florence Bonczek Ms. Jeanne Bonneau Ms. Marjorie Boreri Mrs. Lydia Bouchard Rev. Marcel Bouchard Dr. Francis Boudreau Leo & Maureen Boudreau Rev. Donald Bourgeois Ms. Mimi Bourgeois Gladys Bournique Matthew Bourque

Mrs. Rita Bouthillier Mrs. Carole Boyd Ms Mary C. Bracken Mrs. John F. Brady Mr. & Mrs. Richard Brennan Lawrence Briand Marguerite & Arthur Brien Mrs. Betty Brooks ✶ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Brophy Janice D. Brosius Nancy & Dean Brothers Mrs. Camille Brousseau Ms. Nancy Brown Mrs. Ann Bruno Mrs. Louisa Brutman Louise Bucko Mrs. Yvette Buffone Mrs. Jacolyn Burgess Patricia B. Burke Mrs. Julie Burns Ms. Jeanne Burton Mrs. Kathy Meade Butters

Mrs. Louise Cadieux Richard Cahill Mrs. Kathleen Callahan Ms. Jacquie Calobrisi Mrs. Pat Campbell Mr. Richard & Judith Cannon Mrs. Kathleen Capon Raymond & Ann Cappiello Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Cardegna Mrs. Linda Carey Mrs. Lillian Carney Ms. Marilyn Carney Mrs. Carol Carroll Mary Lou Carroll Mrs. Ann Delaney Carruth Kathleen & Stephen Carter Mrs. Antoinette Carvalho Mr. & Mrs. Robert Casavant Mrs. Marie Castiglione

Ms. Rose Cavagnolo Mrs. Estelle Cayer Lorraine Cayer Mrs. Raymond Cebula Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cerny Ms. Doris Champagne Diane Chaney Ms. Karen Charette Barbara & Bob Charpentier Mrs. Paula Chechik Martha Cheshire Mrs. Janet Childs Mrs. Susan Chory Mike Chovonec Mrs. Elaine Ciolli Mrs. Betty Cleary Lorette Cloutier Ms. Elaine Coggins David & Gail Cohen Mrs. Ellen Colamonaco Stanley & Gretchen Cole Ms. Mary Coleman Thomas C. Colicino Mr. Vincent Colicino Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. & Muriel Collins Mr. William Collins ✶ Ms. Barbara Conforti Jack & Donna Connell Cheryle Connors Mrs. Dorothy Conroy Sue Ann Constance Dr. & Mrs. Frank Coppola Jane Corbin Mrs. Janice Corbin ✶ Mrs. Mary Ellen Cordeiro Judy Corliss Geraldine L. Cormier Jo Ann Correira Rev. David Costa ✶ Mrs. Annette Cote Mrs. Elaine Courbron Mrs. Margaret Courcy Mrs. Dorothea Court Ms. Gloria Courtois Mr. & Mrs. John Coyle Mrs. Maria Cramer Mrs. Judith I. Crawford

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

Patricia Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Donald Creel Daniel & Susan Cronin ✶ Rosella Cronin Suzanne Crosby Rita Croteau Mrs. Bunny Crowell Ms. Nancy M. Crowley Mr. & Mrs. David Crum Ruben Cruz Ms. Beth Cugini Louise Cullum Colleen Cummings Connie Cunha Barbara Currier Mrs. Cathy Cusack

Mrs. Barbara D'Agata Doris Dagesse Mrs. Sue Daigger Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D'Amico Mr. Michael DaSilva Andrew J. Davey Mr. Joseph Davey Mary Ellen Day Mrs. Martha Deaudrus Mrs. Jeannette Dechaves Mrs. Mary Ellen DeCosta Ms. Rosemarie DeFelice Catherine Degennaro Daniel and Joanne Delorenzo Mrs. Marie Demarco Ms. Frances Denesiuk Mr. & Mrs. John DeSalliers Santajean DeSantis Carol Desilva Ms. Elaine Desjardin Mrs. Leslie Desmarais Catherine Desormeaux Brenda & Ronald Dias Mr. Angel Diaz Dennis DiBenedetto Daniel J. Diburro

✶

PAGE

Ms. Elaine Dicicco Mrs. Jeanne D'arc Diette Ms. Mary Ann Dillon ✶ Mr. Joseph Doherty Barbara Doll Mary Donaghy Catherine F. Donahue Mrs. Margaret Donahue Mr. & Mrs. John P. Donegan Mrs. Maria Donnelly Mr. & Mrs. Edward Donohue John & Rosemary Donohue Mrs. Mary Donohue Michael Donohue Margaret Shea Dooley Mr. Robert Douyette Ms. Elaine Dovidio Helen Downing Mrs. Louise Dromgoole Ms. Frances Dube Margaret Duckworth Bill & Ronna Duffy Robert & Jeannette Dufour Ms. Ellen Duggan James A. Dulude Shirley Dulude Ms. Lisa Dumont Ms. Barbara Dunn Ms. Jeannine Dupont Bill & Bernadette Durkin Adelaide F. Duross Ms. Carol Dwyer Ms. Elaine Dwyer

Ms. Ann Egan Mary Egan Jean M. Englehardt Mr. & Mrs. Gary Enos Helen Eringis Ms. Nancy J. Estrella

continued on page 7

DEBRABANT SOCIETY MEMBERS - $1,000 OR MORE

MOTHER HELENA SOCIETY MEMBERS - $300 OR MORE PARTNERS IN MISSION MEMBERS - $100 OR MORE †

DECEASED

Jane E. Sullivan, Esq.

If You’re Exploring Estate Planning Options Estate Planning is something we all need to do regardless of age, marital status or wealth. You want to do the right thing for yourself and your family. You want to protect your financial future by preserving your assets. You want the security of knowing that your estate will be handled exactly the way you want. Estate Planning involves putting the right legal and financial pieces in place to provide for your own financial security and that of your loved ones. The Holy Union Sisters would like you to know that there is an array of ways that you can remember Holy Union in your Estate Plan. Including the Holy Union Sisters in your Estate Plan demonstrates your love and support for the Holy Union mission.

• You may leave Holy Union a bequest of cash, stock, real estate or other property in your Will or in your Trust. A Will designates to whom you wish to leave your probate assets, that is, assets that are titled in your individual name at the time of your death. The probate of a Will is the Court process that validates the Will, and is a public and potentially expensive process. Creating and funding a Living Trust is a way to avoid the time, expense and public nature of the probate process. If you already have a Will, you may amend it by adding a Codicil to include a provision for Holy Union. Likewise, a Trust Amendment can add Holy Union as a beneficiary to your Trust.

•

A different approach would be to name Holy Union as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy or retirement account. Because Holy Union is a tax exempt entity, the added benefit of leaving a tax deferred account such as an IRA to Holy Union is that no income taxes will be paid on the distribution. Gifts to Holy Union through your estate plan or through lifetime planning qualify for a charitable deduction, for both estate tax and income tax planning purposes. continued on page 15

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

PAGE

ENLARGED GENERAL COUNCIL “Are We Not of Interest to One Another? “

Sister Paula Coelho, our congregation leader, quoted these words of the poet Elizabeth Alexander in her opening remarks to the Enlarged General Council which met in Dublin, Ireland, March 1431st. Indeed, we are of interest to one another and so we want to share with you something of our experience in Dublin and the direction taken there. But first, what’s an Enlarged General Council? The ordinary governance of our congregation is the responsibility of our General Council which currently includes Sisters Paula (American), Teresa Finn (Irish), Caroline Njah Bongnavti (Cameroonian), and Ilsa Jofre (Argentinian). Our Constitutions call for regular meetings of an Enlarged General Council (EGC), that is, a gathering of the General Council and leadership teams and others from the different areas of the congregation. And so, some 30 of us met in Dublin in March; we were mostly Holy Union Sisters holding leadership positions in the different areas of the congregation, but the group also included translators, secretarial staff and others The theme of the EGC was with administrative respon- Living the Vision Today sibilities, and resource per- and into the Future...

sons such as a canon lawyer, a liturgist, and the congregation’s financial advisors. The EGC was literally a time of transition for us. We left snow in Boston to find daffodils and forsythia blooming in Ireland. Suddenly we were in the middle of different accents and languages, and for the first time, we were participating in an EGC as members of a province leadership team. The theme of the EGC was Living the Vision Today and into the Future and in the opening ritual, Sister Evelyn Treacy, liturgist, described us as “people of the in-between.” The description fit! Because we are of interest to one another, much of our time was spent in conversation together and often these were courageous conversations. Each area of the congregation reported on its context, the ways it attempts to live our congregation’s vision, the challenges it and the congregation as a whole face now and will likely face in five years’ time, and the gift each area is to the whole.

In spite of the goodness and grace we see everywhere in our world, we are all facing serious challenges.

In spite of the goodness and grace we see everywhere in our world, we are

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

PAGE

all facing serious challenges. Most immediate is the violence devastating the anglophone sections of Cameroon, but unrest, insecurity, and division mark most of the areas in which we live and engage in mission. Our “Holy Union world” reflects global reality: in the north, our population is aging and diminishing even as a young and growing population characterizes the south; our financial resources are unevenly dis- LEFT TO RIGHT: Sisters Brid Long, S.S.L., Marie Genevieve Fossaert, Alice Nyaga, tributed, with our strength Kathleen Corrigan, Paula Coehlo concentrated in the north while the south is an area of greater need. We claim ours is an Incarnational spirituality, grounded in reality, in the concrete and particular. How does this situation call us to respond? How do we become a more “holy union” in these circumstances? We pondered the implications of our name, Holy Union, and asked where it might lead us as we confront our reality today. Our questions, reflections, and courageous conversations led us to see that we are being asked to restructure the whole congregation … governance, personnel, and financial resources … in response to the signs of our times and to our present reality and we are committed to doing just that. We are in a time of transition, for sure; yes, we certainly are “people of the in-between,” between what has been and what will be; and we are being led to new possibility: a new way to be a more Holy Union in this our time. As this process unfolds in coming years, we know you will make this journey with us and support us through it and we will keep you informed of its progress.

Ms. Christine Fabrizio Robert Farias Mary Farrar Mr. Joseph Faryniarz Patricia A. Fastenau Mrs. Simonne Favaloro Ms. Irene Fenton Susan Ferguson,Esq. Ms. Anne Marie Fitzgerald Mr. Joseph Fitzgerald Claire Campana Flynn Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Fohs

Marie A. Foley Watson, Esq. Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Foley Mr. Maurice C. Fontaine Ms. Virginia Fortin Mrs. Theresa Foster Ray & Carol Fox Elaine Fragente Ms. Karen Francisco Mrs. Jane Lowney Frazier Mrs. Carol Frechette Catherine Frechette Elizabeth Frechette

Sister Alice Nyaga

Barbara Frederick Ms. Catherine L. Frederick Rev. Richard Friedrichs Natalie Frissore Sarah L. Frissore Robert & Carol Funke Mrs. Mary Furtado

Mrs. Mary Burns Gagnon Normand & Jacqueline Gagnon Linda Gallagher

Lillian I. Gallant Mrs. Yvonne Gallant Patricia Galvin Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Galvin Mrs. Barbara Gamache Mildred Garcia Mrs. Pauline Garriepy Ms. Eileen Gautreau Kathleen Geden Robert Geis Ms. Janice Gendron Mrs. Christine Gennaro Barbara Gerraughty Ruth Getstick continued on page 11

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

PAGE

OUR JUBILARIANS

Sister Adrienne DeChamplain – 80th S. Adrienne Elise

&Today

Yesterday

This year we honor ten Jubilarians, all of whom have dedicated their lives to ever-evolving ministries. Their vocations are living examples of transitions guided by God’s plan and born out of the changing needs of our world over time. We hope you find several sisters below whom you may have had as a teacher, principal or guidance counselor. Though each has seen many transitions the one constant is a focus on remaining at the heart of the world revealing God’s love.

Visit our website to learn more about what each sister is doing today at www.holyunionsisters.org

Sacred Heart School, Fall River, MA –1942-44 St. Michael School, Fall River, MA –1944 - 46 Sacred Heart School, Fall River, MA –1946-58 Immaculate Conception School, Astoria, NY –1958-61 St. William of York School, Baltimore, MD –1961-62 St. Francis DeSales School, New York, NY –1962-69 Sacred Heart School,Taunton, MA –1969-71 Taunton Catholic Middle School, Taunton, MA –1971-72 Sacred Heart of Jesus School, Lewistown, PA –1972-74

Sister Mary Catherine Duer – 65th Sister Gertrude Pare – 65th S. Paule Anthony

Immaculate Conception School, Astoria, NY –1957-60 St. Anthony School, Portsmouth, RI –1960-61 St. Michael School, Fall River, MA –1961-64 St. Peter School, Point Pleasant, NJ –1964-66 St. Francis DeSales School, New York, NY –1966-67 John XXIII Center, Baltimore, MD –1967-72 St. Mary Elementary School, Taunton, MA –1972-77 St. Louis School, Clarksville, MD –1977-96

S. Gertrude Marie

Sacred Heart School, Lawrence, MA –1957-61,1986-98 Our Lady of Pity, Cambridge, MA –1961-62 St. Cecilia, Pawtucket, RI –1961-64, 1967-79 St. Anne, Waterford, NY –1964-65 St. Lawrence, Centerdale, RI –1965-66 Sacred Heart, N. Attleboro, MA –1966-67 Country Day, Groton, MA –1979-82, 2009-17 Our Lady of Assumption, Chelsea, MA –1983-86

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

Sister Una Davey – 60th S. Bridget Thomas

Sister Eleanor McNally – 60th S. Bartholomew

Immaculate Conception School, Astoria, NY –1963-68 St. William of York School, Baltimore, MD –1968-69 Immaculate Conception School, Astoria, NY –1969-70 St. William of York School, Baltimore, MD –1970-72

St. Joseph School, Swedesboro, NJ –1962-65 St. Michael School, Fall River, MA –1965-66 Sacred Heart School, Lewiston, PA –1966-67 St. Francis DeSales School, New York, NY –1967-69

Transition Sister Patricia Heath – 60th

Sister Carol Regan – 60th S. Mary Frances

St. Michael School, Fall River, MA –1962-63 St. Joseph School, Taunton, MA –1963-65 St. Anthony School, Portsmouth, RI –1965-67 St. William of York School, Baltimore, MD –1967-72 St. Francis DeSales School, New York, NY –1972-73

S. Eleanor Francis

Saint Michael School,Fall River, MA –1962-63 Immaculate Conception School, Astoria, NY –1963-68 Academy of the Sacred Hearts, Fall River, MA –1968-73

PAGE

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

PAGE

Sister Mary Lou Simcoe – 60th S. Mary Augustine Sister Marilyn Bearne– 25th

S. Marilyn Bearne

Holy Name School, Taunton, MA –1962-63 Sacred Heart School, Taunton, MA –1963-65 Immaculate Conception School, Astoria, NY –1965-70 Bishop Cassidy High School, Taunton, MA –1970-73 Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River, MA –1973-75 Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, MA –1976-82 St. Anne School, Southampton, England –1982-83 Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, MA –1983-86 Jangwani Secondary School For Girls, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1987-91

Sister Bernadette Sullivan – 60th S. Bernard Catherine

Sacred Heart School, Lewistown, PA –1962-64 St. Michael School, Fall River, MA –1964-65 St. Anthony School, Taunton, MA –1965-69 Immaculate Conception School, Astoria, NY –1969-70 Sacred Heart Parish School, Fall River, MA –1970-77 Immaculate Conception Schoo, Astoria, NY –1977-79 St. Michael School, Fall River, MA –1979-2003

Sister Marilyn was not a teacher, but rather her vocation pointed her to other service areas. Visit our website to learn more about her ministries.

To learn more about our Jubilarians more recent ministries since they left teaching please visit our website: www.holyunionsisters.org. Many of them have immersed themselves in extraordinary works in locations all over the world. Pope Francis recently advised those with a religious vocation that the “shepherd must have the smell of the sheep on him”. This theme is reflected in the sisters’ charism, to be at the heart of the world revealing God’s love. Please take a few minutes to see just how the sisters have been living out that vocation. I promise, you’ll find some unexpected surprises! May God bless you all !

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

Ms. Grace Giampiccolo Rev. Vincent Gianni Mrs. Susan Giannotti Mrs. Paula Gibson Ms. Eleanor Gilbert Mrs. Rosemary Gillet Mr. George Gince Mr. Jack Girouard Anne Louise Glynn Ms. Patricia Goggin Mr. & Mrs. Ray Going Mr. Ed Goldrick Ms. Margaret Goldrick Carmen Gomez Ms. Elena Gontza Mary Gontza Dotty Gorman Mrs. Linda Gorman Dolores Gould Mr. Robert Goulet Arlene P. Gouveia Susan Graeper Ms Joan Gribbin Mrs. Lee Ann Grieme James & Janice Griffin Lydia Griffin Mrs. Maureen Groer Ms. Irene Grota Mrs. Martina Grover Mrs. Ruth Guillotte Mrs. Ruth Guilotte Claire C. Guimond Ms. Jacqueline Guthrie

Stephen Hagan Mrs. Nancy Hakeem Pauline Hamel Mrs. Bernadine Hamlin Lynne Hancock Mr. & Mrs. William Hanlon Eileen Harnischfeger Mr. John Harraghy Ms. Doris Harriman Phyllis Harrington George Harrison Mrs. Claire A. Haskell Josetta Hayes Ms. Patricia M. Healey Pamela Hebert Mr. & Mrs. Alan P. Heim Mr. George Heinrich Mary & Joseph Hennessy Richard & Maureen Hennessy Ms. Georgette Henrich

Lorraine Heroux M. Barbara Herron Mrs. Jean Bishop Higgins Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hildebrand Morelia Hincapie Mr. & Mrs. Ernest G. Hirsch Carol Hirt Ms. Janet Hogan Jeanette Holden Ms. Teresa Holland Theresa Holohan Mrs. Veronica Hornby â&#x153;ś Paul Horvath Brenda Howard Florence Howard-Shortino Ms. Anne Howes Joan Hoy Carolyn Hoye Drs. Stephen & Kathy Hoye Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hoye Mr. Arthur Hudson Ms. Gloria Hudson Jennifer A. Hunt Mr. John W. Hyland Mr. Thomas Hyland Joanne & Dan Hynek Mrs. Eleanor Hynes Mr. Kenneth Hynes

Mrs. Frank C. Infanger

Joyce Jacobs Theresa & Steven Jasa Susan Jean Rosalinda Jimenez Darlene Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Jones

Boleslaw & Florence Kaczynski Mrs. Margaret Kamalian Eleanor P. Kaplan Thomas & Joanne Katsos Nancy Louise Keating Rollande Keefe Lynda Keene Mark Kellermann Robert Kelly Sheila A. Kelly

Ms. Marion Kenneally Dr. William J. Keppler Eugene Kirkman Michael Kirkman Mr. Robert Kirkman Mrs. Catherine Kitchen Carol Kobelski Dennis & Elaine Koczera Alice Koonce Mr. & Mrs. Dino Korva Mr. & Mrs. John Kourtz Mrs. Margaret Kucharski

Ms. Almyra Laberge Ms. Yvonne Labonte Ms. Rosemarie LaBrecque Ms. Lilliane Labrie Robert Lacoste Mrs. Annette Lacroix Ms. Barbara LaLiberte Peter Lamb, CPA Ms Natalie Lamb Jeffrey K. Lambert Mrs. Mary Lambert Thomas Lamm Mrs. Deborah Lamontagne Mrs. Phyllis Lamontagne Michael & Karen Landry Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Landry Mrs. Rita Landry Ms. Susan Landry Mrs. Dorothy A. Lane Delfina Laranjo Gerard & Helen Larivee Corinne J. LaRoche Mr. & Mrs. Jules Larocque Mr. Edward C. Lauda Ms. Barbara Laukaitis Ms. Doris Lavoie Elizabeth Lawson Mrs. Kathleen Leate Joyce LeBlanc Ms. Therese Leblanc Rebecca LeBoeuf Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Leclair Annette Ledoux Ms. Denise Ledoux Albert & Elaine Lee James & Kathleen Lee Francis J. Lefevre Mrs. Peggy Leger Harold James Leigh Ms. Adrienne Lemieux Mr. James Lemieux Mrs. Theresa Leonard

PAGE

Ada G. Leone Eugene Lessard Ms. Camille Letourneau April Lewis Mrs. Joyce Limoge Mrs. Robert Limoge Mr. Stephen Linhares Susan Linkins Mrs. Suzanne Lonergan Mr. & Mrs. Earle Long Ms. Gloria Lopez Dr. Jeremiah & Virginia Lowney Alice Lubrano Ms. Karen McGann Lucas Helen Lulsdorf Lucille K. Lurz Ms. Lillian Lussier Ms. Lorraine Lussier Pauline Lustenberger Jason & Christine Lyons

Jean MacCormack Robert & Suzanne MacCormack Joan MacDonald Priscilla MacDougall Mrs. Helene MacDurmon Mr. Frank Machin Mary Jane Maclean, TTEE Lorraine MacPherson Jeanne M. Madden Mrs. Carol Audet Magner Catherine A. Mahoney Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Mahoney Mr. Stephen Mahoney Mrs. Louise Mancini Yvette Manrique Ms. Maribel Marcano Mrs. Betty Marcham Mrs. Lucia C. Marcille Mrs. Claire Heaney Margetta Dorothy Marino Mrs. Barbara Marlatt Mrs. Marie Agnes Martin Sharon Mitchell Martin Ms. Anne Martineau DeWayn C. & Jean Marzagalli Mrs. Lynn Massuli Theresa Masterson Ms. Sue Mathias Ellen Matthews continued on page 12

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

PAGE

Mrs. Judith Maynard Estelle Mazotta Estelle B. Mazzota Laurette McAfee Mrs. Jeanne McAuliffe Cheryl McCaffrey Audrey R. McCarthy Judith McCarthy Thomas F. McCarthy Judith McCurdy Mrs. Marie McDermott Ms. Lorraine McDowell Mrs. Patricia McGillen Mrs. Susanne McGlynn Dr. & Mrs. Joseph McGuill Mr. Robert M. Mcgurran Katherine M. McIntyre Ms. Jean McLaughlin Ms. Jeanne McLaughlin Thomas & Claire McLellan Lisa McManamin Mr. & Mrs. Brian McNally Mary McNally Mr. & Mrs. Paul McNulty Mrs. Elaine McSheffrey Mrs. Maureen Mecketsy Ms. Jeanne Medeiros Ms. Patricia Medeiros Mr. Ronald Meehan Mrs. Carolyn Meek Joan Melanson Nancy & Allen Melanson Ms. Gertrude Mercier Teresa Winiarski Merrill Mr. & Mrs. Walter Messick Ms. Anne Marie S. Messier Katherine Metres William Meyer III Ann Marie Michaelidis Mr. Edward Michaud Pauline Michaud Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mihna ✶ Mrs. Mary Miller Patti Wagner Miller Alice M. Minchello Mr. & Mrs. James Mitchell Louise B. Mitchell Mrs. Cathleen Moniz Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Moniz Rachel Monks Thomas Moody Mrs. Constance Morency Ms. Ann M. Morin Ms. Carlotta Morris Theodora W. Morris ✶ Mrs. Louise Moussally

John and Lillian Mulhall Dr. Sara Mullan Mary Mullane Michelle Mullen Dr. Peter Mullen Sheila Mullis Ms. Leona Murphy Mary Agnes Murphy Timothy Murphy Angelina V. Musetti Ms. Madeleine Musetti

Ms. Betty Nadeau Mrs. Mary Nadeau Bill Naughton Rita C. Nazareth Chris Newell Kathleen A. Nici Beatrice Nocerino Ms. Suzanne Noel Janice Noelte Jo Ann Nolan Richard & Carol Noonan Mrs. Francis M. & Carol A. Norton Mrs. Susan Noyes Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Nunes

Barbara O’Brien Ms Claudette E. O'Brien Mrs. Pauline O'Brien Mrs. Yvonne O'Brien Ms. Eleanor Ockert Helen O'Donnell Mrs. Marcelle O'Hara Kevin O'Hare Mr. & Mrs. William O'Hare ✶ Diane Olbert Rev. John Oliveira Mr. Kevin Oliver Cmdr. Richard J. Oliver Mrs. Carol Oliveri Robert Oliveri Corinne A. Neves O'Neil Jo-ann Ordway Jeanne Orgon Ms. Noreen O'Toole Mr. Roger Ouellette ✶ Anne Owen

David A & Pamela Pacheco Cathy A. Pagliarulo Mrs. Paulette Palmer Kristen & Jamie Paolino Ms. Diane Paquin Mrs. Rosemary Parandelis Ms. Dorothy Parker Susan Parker Mrs. Margaret Parmelee Ms. Clara Pasko ✶ Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Patenaude Mrs. Mary Pavidis Mrs. Theresa Pawlitschek Anne Marie Peck Mr. and Mrs. George Pelletier Mr. Norman Pelletier Maureen T. Peloquin Barbara Perry John Perry Nora L. Peters Marilou Petrucci Ms. Linda Lea Phaneuf Mrs. Marilyn Phelan Ms. Alina Pieprzycki Georgette Pietras Mrs. Donna PimentalLevesque Mrs. Judith A. Pinard Mrs. Wilma Leonard Pirozzi Pat Pisiello Ray & Sheila Platt Ms. Maryann M. Plowman Mr. John Poirier Mr. Norman Poirier Mr. Paul Poirier Barbara A. Polleck Evelyn R. Potempa Mr. Harold Pothier Mrs. Marion Potoczak Donald & Patricia Potter Donna & Thomas Potter Mrs. Irene Powell Louise T. Powell Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Powell Mrs. Barbara Powers Mrs. Mary Powers Nancy & Ned Pratt Ms. Corinne Pryor Paul Przybyla Mrs. Maureen Przystac

Rita & Joseph Quinn

Debra Radelicki David & Mary Ralston Carmen Ramos-Cruz Virginia Raposo Erlinda Ravenscroft Col. Donald Rayment Mrs. Mary Jane Rebello Lucy Reed Ms. Nancy Reed Joanne Regali Ms. Nancy Regan Mr. & Mrs. John Regazzi Karen Regazzi Sr. Mary Reilly RSM Mr. John Rexford Theresa E. Rich Mrs. Jacqueline Richardson Mrs. Marie Riley Mrs. Denise Rioux Mrs. Mary Robinson Mary Greene Robinson J. Leonard Rogers Mr.& Mrs. James F. Rogers Tina Romando Edward and Janis Romond Mrs. Dorothy Roppe Barbara Chase Ross Virginia McCoomb Roussell Richard M. Roy Theresa & Leo Roy Mrs. Brenda Ruggiero Mr. George R. Ruiz Mr. & Mrs. James L. Rusconi Mrs. Ellen Ryan Patrick T. Ryan Norma Howard Ryley

Mrs. Louise Sabatino Mary & Louis Sampson Joanne Sanders-Kovacs Jean Sansbury Manuela P. Santos Mrs. Barbara Sauli Mr. John E. Saulino Mr. Michael Saulino Mary Ann Savoie Mary Ann Schaefer Mrs. Janet Schofield

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

Linda Schuessler Mrs. Marjorie E. Schutz Ms. Maria Scribner Claire Seccareccia Ms. Diana Senechal Mrs. Lillian Serio Kathleen Shatus Geraldine Shea Elizabeth Sheedy Catherine Shelton Judith Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Terence Shine Florence & Howard Shortino Andrew Silva Ms. Anne E. Silva Mrs. Pauline Silva Ms. Tina M. Silvestro Geneva Silvia Lillian Goncalo Silvia Mrs. Nancy Simbro Louis and Yvette Sirois Mrs. Louise Sledz Elizabeth & John Smentkowski Bruce & Mary Beth Smith Mrs. Catherine Smith John Smith Judith A. Smith Ms. Mary Ellen Smith Noreen Smith Patricia Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert E Smith Sarah Jane Snyder Ms. Maureen Soley Rev. Robert Soucy Mrs. Anne Souza Mr. & Mrs. Edward D. Spallone Maureen O'Connell St. Laurent Ms. Gertrude St. Pierre Laura Stacko Anthony & Lauretta Staltare Mr. Nicholas J. Stanton Paul & Anne Starek Jane C. Steeves Maureen Steinmann Ted & Erin Steliga Ms. Kerry Stewart Ms. Margaret Stolworthy Mr. William Strynkowski Mrs. Denyse Student Ms. Catherine Sullivan Cynthia Sullivan Dorothy Sullivan Eugene Sullivan Ms. Judy Sullivan

Lucette Sullivan Mark & Mary Sullivan MaryLou Sullivan Mr. Michael Sullivan Ms. Paula Sullivan Ms. Roberta Sullivan Nancy Sun ✶ Daniel Suprenant Dennis & Susan Suslavich Phyllis Suslavich Kelly Swartz Mark & Laurie Swerdlow

Louise Teague Jeffrey Tetters Kerry Thatcher Mr. Joseph Theriault Patricia Thomas Daniel & Jane Thompson Ms. Barbara Tipton Mrs. Patricia Titus Ann K. Toole Mrs. Claire Toomey Mrs. Jeannette Torci Ms. Mary L. Torpey Rev. Msgr. Ronald Tosti Maryanne Tracy Phyllis Troia Ms. Jean Tropeano Mrs. Raymond Turcotte

Mrs. Donna Vaira Therese Vallee Mr. & Mrs. Peter Vallone Jeanne M. Vandermost Mr. Stephen Vazzana Rosemary Verri Anne Verville Ms. Antoinette M. Vess Nancy Molner Vieira Mrs. Bea Viera Claire Vilandre Mrs. Constance Vilandre Robert & Dorothy Vincent Mrs. John Viveiros Ms. Rachel Voiland

Richard H. Wagener Ms. Carole Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Paul Walde Mary Elizabeth Walicki Mrs. Antoinette Walker

Ms. Evelyn Wall Mary Agnes Wall Ms. Jane Walsh Jill & Dave Walsh Mr. John M. Walsh Judith & Charles Walsh Ms. Linda Walsh Mrs. Mary Walsh Mrs. Maureen Walsh Mark Wang Mrs. Claire Ward Ms. Carole Washburn Dr. Gerard Weigel Mrs. Ann Welch Walter J. Whalen Mrs. Janet White Donna E Widener

PAGE

Mrs. Elaine Wilcox April Wildenhain Richard Wilder Brian & Dee Wilkinson Dolores Willis Stuart Wingard Betty Ann Wood Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Worsley Mrs. Jeannette Wuerdemann

Ms. Susan Zappo Kathleen Zeitler

Businesses: Congress Asset Management Company, Boston, MA Expressway Toyota, Dorchester, MA Follett, Chicago, IL Gabelli Asset Management Co., Rye, NY Knight's Quality Service Station, Inc., Fall River, MA Morse & Beggs Monument Co., North Attleboro, MA Murphy Plumbing, Lowell, MA The Other Side Landscaping, Cumberland, RI Putnam Inv. Mgt., Wellesley Hills, MA Parishes: Immaculate Conception Parish, Astoria, NY St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Centennial, CO St. Mary Parish, Ayer, MA St. Anthony Parish, Shirley, MA St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish, N. Attleboro, MA Sacred Heart Parish, N. Attleboro, MA St. Mark Parish, N. Attleboro, MA St. William of York Parish, Tewksbury, MA Schools: St. Bernard's Elementary School, Fitchburg, MA St. Mary - Sacred Heart School, North Attleboro, MA The Lighthouse School, North Chelmsford, MA Foundations/Organizations: Sisters of Charity-BVM, Dubuque, IA Holy Union Associates – U.S. Estate Gifts:

Estate of Rita Barry

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

PAGE

A THANK YOU EXPRESSED BY A MOTHER IN HAITI Sister Eileen Davey recently returned from Port-au-Prince, Haiti after 18 years. She was one of several Holy Union Sisters ministering to the people of Haiti just outside its capital city, and was there during the devastating earthquake of 2010. She started a Nutrition Center for the younger children, recognizing many were under nourished. The Center ensures at least one hot meal a day for them, enabling the development of the fine motor skills they need in pre-school and beyond. Below is a brief remembrance of an incident which touched her heart.

There was a family of girls who

Center. At first, I didn't know the relationship, but I came to find out that Soraya was the granddaughter of this mother and the child of one of the three girls. The older sister of Maria must have been more than five years old when we opened the Nutrition Center.

attended the Center several years ago. Maria, Shirley, Ellie and Soraya were their names. Maria, the first child was in the first or second group of children in the Nutrition Center, 18 years ago. I used to watch her put some food from her plate into a container to bring home. Maria's mother took the opportunity Two years later Shirley and Ellie, her twin sisters entered to say how much she has appreciated the Nutrition Center. Several the Nutrition Center when the girls years later Soraya entered the were younger.

I give this background because Sr. Helen, one of my colleagues in Haiti, recently told me that Maria's mother was asking for me. She had come to ask for

SPRING/SUMMER 2019

PAGE

continued from page 5

• Another tax-wise planned gift would be to create a charitable gift annuity or charitable remainder trust that can provide you with income for life, with the remainder going to Holy Union to further its mission. Alternatively, a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) can be made to Holy Union from a retirement account during your lifetime, which can satisfy all or part of your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) up to a maximum of $100,000.00. The QCD must be paid directly from your account to Holy Union, so it must be coordinated carefully with the account or plan administrator and Holy Union.

help with a medical concern for Ellie who was in the hospital. As I am no longer in Haiti, Sr. Helen was able to assist her. Maria's mother took the opportunity to say how much she has appreciated the Nutrition Center when the girls were younger. She said, “I don't believe I could have made it thru if it was not for Sr. Eileen and yourself”. Maria's mother would stop by the house at different times to say hello and show off the girls. It was good to see these tall, slim girls looking so good and confident, and it touched my heart that she would take the time to come and say thank you. There are other stories of gratitude, this is just one.

God bless each and every one of you. Sister Eileen Davey

All of our supporters have much to be grateful for since it is because of people like you that Maria's family was able to make it thru the tough times. I've always said that I could have done nothing in Haiti if it was not for the good and generous people who supported, and still support, our Haiti project. Thank you again. PAGE 14: Sister Eileen Davey looking

over Port-au-Prince and Children at the Nutrition Center PAGE 15: Boys at play in the school yard.

If creating an Estate Plan is something you’re exploring, please consider including the Holy Union Sisters in yours. For more information about how you may do so, contact: Kenneth Gustin at ken.gustin@husmilton.org or 617-696-8765, as well as your own Estate Planning Professional. This information is solely advisory and does not constitute legal advice. A qualified estate planning attorney should be consulted before you make any Estate or Medicaid Planning decision. Attorney Sullivan can be reached at 508-679-0535 or www.janesullivanlaw.com

VISIT US ON THE WEB www.holyunionsisters.org

We encourage you to visit our website (www.holyunionsisters.org). We are working on several new features for you which include: • A Jubilarian page “Yesterday & Today” which will feature pictures and stories of our sisters from back in the day till today • Easier online donations via a “Donate” button at the top right corner of every page • Stories based on the various ministries of our sisters locally and around the world • Links to various Social Media Platforms • The ability to request prayer cards on-line

Please visit us regularly. Go to our Contact Us page to send us your email address and we’d be happy to send useful and timely faith formation information and other interesting content directly to your inbox. It will also give you a direct line of contact back to us for your prayer intentions so the sisters can raise them up for you. May God bless and keep you. Kenneth Gustin Director of Mission Advancement & Communications PO Box 410, Milton, MA 02186-0006 (617) 696-8765 ext 19 Fax: (617) 696-8571 ken.gustin@husmilton.org Anne Martens, Designer 22 Cape Cod Avenue Plymouth, MA 02360 (508) 224-2648 annea333@gmail.com Printer: Image Resolutions

Norwell, MA 02061

Response is published twice a year by the Mission Advancement and Communications Offices for friends and families of the Holy Union Sisters. www.holyunionsisters.org

Remembering Holy Union in Your Will As you provide for loved ones in your will, you can leave an additional amount for your charitable interests. You can name a specific amount, a percentage of your estate, or any remaining assets for the Holy Union Sisters. If you would like more specific information, please contact: Mission Advancement Office at (617) 696-8765 ext 19 or ken.gustin@husmilton.org

Online Donations Please visit the Mission Advancement page at www.holyunionsisters.org in order to: • Learn about an Invitation to Partnership that outlines some specific Holy Union ministry needs • Make an on-line donation • Begin estate planning to benefit the Holy Union Sisters • Learn about the Memorial Program