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Compassionate Care Celebrating 50 Years in Peru · Marywood Legacy Campaign Underway · Spring 2013 · Vol. VII
Sponsorships Dominican Chapel Marywood Dominican Center Marywood Spiritual Formation Program Retreats/Conferences/Seminars/ Workshops Associate Program
Ministries Education/Health Care/Chaplaincy Parish and Diocesan Ministry Partners in Parenting WORD Project ¡ ESL Program Marywood Home Health Maternidad, Chimbote, Peru San Pedro Sula Ministry, Honduras
Advocacy Advocacy for Justice Care of Earth Culture of Peace Global Partnership Ending Homelessness
Front cover: Sister Mary Navarre visiting with a baby at the Maternidad in Chimbote, Peru.
OUR EVOLVING
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t is customary that we Dominican Sisters reflect on our mission and ministry in many ways. Each Sister does a discernment regarding her own ministry every spring. We meet in small groups in regional areas to discuss our hopes and future way of life. And, as a congregation, we gather annually for Dominican Days in August for a deeper communal reflection of our lives in mission. In recent years, we realized more than ever that we live in challenging times and that as a congregation, we need to find ways to provide for our future. Thus, we embarked on the creation of a partnership with Porter Hills Retirement Communities & Services as a viable way for the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids to move forward with a commitment to care for our aging Sisters and serve the larger community as well.
In tandem with this partnership, we also have initiated the Marywood Legacy Campaign to raise funds needed to expand our capacity and meet the health care demands of our own Sisters and those of our neighbors in the Grand Rapids community. As is our tradition, we did not enter into this partnership and this campaign lightly. Rather, after reflection, prayer, and study, we determined that this path is the right one for our congregation and our community at large. These ventures are bringing new life to the entire Marywood Campus. Just as the birds are beginning to sing and flowers are shooting up, a new direction for our 800-year-old mission and ministry has arrived, filled with hope and energy. Learn more about our partnership with Porter Hills and the evolution of our health care ministries on the Marywood campus in the story on page 4; and learn about our Marywood Legacy Campaign on page 28.
~ Sister Lucianne Siers, OP
Dear Friends:
O from the prioress
ne of the things I love about the internet is dictionary.com. I consult it whenever I need a good turn of phrase, or a suitable word. For example – when asked to write a brief reflection about delivering hope. While drawn by spring fever to “deliver a pitch” (Go Tigers!) a more apt definition in this context is “to do or carry out as promised.” We Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids have staked our lives on a promise, in the form of the vow we took as women religious. We carry out that promise by dedicating our lives to the mission of proclaiming the reign of God (Constitution paragraph 5). That singular promise has taken us to places never contemplated, to unexpected roles, to new ministries, and to deeply contemplative moments of shared life and prayer. In our Christian tradition, faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). But what is hope? Hope is the feeling that things will turn out for the best (dictionary.com). For Christians, hope is ultimately hope in Christ (Frederick Buechner). Delivering hope, then, is no more and no less than carrying out, as promised, our role of proclaiming the reign of God wherever we are, with whomever God invites us to journey, for as long as we are there, in whatever way we can help make manifest God’s reign.
mentoring a new generation to do what once only we could do. Delivering also can mean giving birth: something with which our Maternidad in Chimbote, Peru is intimately familiar. If we circle back to the identity of Dominicans as the Order of Preachers, delivering means to give forth in words. Finally, in the tradition of Moses and Jesus, delivering means to liberate, emancipate, release, redeem, or rescue. Delivering hope is an eminently worthwhile endeavor. It puts one in company with human and divine, meets people where they are, heals wounded bodies, minds and spirits, and shares gifts received while turning them into gifts given. Delivering hope requires a heart and mind and spirit open to transformation and unfazed by limits. Immersed in the mystery of birth, death and rebirth, it is a fulfilling vocation, worthy of a lifetime commitment. With continued blessings of hope,
Maureen Geary, OP Prioress
Of course, dictionary.com doesn’t stop with just a single definition. Delivering also means to carry and hand over: such as the notion of educating and
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Thumbs up from the big brother of this newborn at Maternidad in Chimbote, Peru, cradled by a proud mother.
CHALLENGE OF THE ANDES
A 50 year Adventure in Hope Delivering Hope For the past 50 years the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids have been present in one of the poorest communities in South America, Chimbote, located 250 miles north of Lima, Peru.
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his mission is one filled with both the joy of new life, seen through a ministry in midwifery, and the sadness of natural and human made devastation, seen in the form of earthquakes and corrupt forces dominating the people. In early 1963, Dominican Sisters Marie Dominica Viesnoraitis and Herman Marie Maez responded to a request from Pope Pius XII to bring the Word of God to those in danger of being converted to atheistic communism. The work in Chimbote quickly expanded to bring not only
religious education, but medical care and hope to families whose lot in life did not include health care, education, or economic security. The priests in Chimbote, dismayed at the number of dead babies brought to their door to be baptized, soon implored the Sisters to “do something about it.” And so they did. They called upon Sisters Margaret Mary Birchmeier and Innocence Andres, certified in both nursing and midwifery, to join them and initiate a child and maternal care program in September 1965.
Oasis of Hope Through the past fifty years, Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters, with the help of many, have built an oasis of education, health care, and hope for thousands. With the people of Chimbote, they experienced drought, floods, heat waves, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, epidemics of dreadful diseases, ongoing political corruption, violence, and death. The Sisters remained steadfast through it all – as teachers, catechists, midwives, nurses, and social workers. But, most importantly as Madres – Mothers – as the Peruvian people refer to the Sisters. A maternity hospital, prenatal education, and well baby clinic became integral parts of the program established in Chimbote and operated simultaneously with religious education. The medical clinic was expanded to treat people who were poor and suffering from myriad diseases and afflictions: hepatitis, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, meningitis, skin infections, dehydration, and asthma from the heavy air pollution. Overcoming Adversity In May 1970, an earthquake struck the area, killing 70,000 people and destroying 75% of the city. “When are
“When the people found out that the Sisters were staying, many said, “Su presencia nos da experanza.” (Your presence is a sign of hope for us.) you leaving?” the people asked. “Why stay? Everything is gone.” When the people found out that the Sisters were staying, many said, “Su presencia nos da experanza.” (Your presence is a sign of hope for us.) The troubles of the Peruvian people were far from over. Military regimes that used terror and death to control the people ruled in the decades that followed the earthquake. Some groups targeted missionaries. But the Sisters stayed and took on additional ministries. At the request of a local judge, they began caring for orphans who were abandoned, abused, or neglected. Today the compound, known as Centro de Obras Sociales, consists of a medical clinic, maternity hospital, clinical laboratory, physical therapy, an orphanage, and convent as well as a general purpose classroom. Outside the walls of the compound desert sands, traffic, and noise greet the visitor. Within the compound, palm
trees soar, hibiscus grows, and hope and health are restored every day. Empowered Change Fifty years is a commitment of service that makes a significant difference. Life is better compared to fifty years ago. Fewer babies come to the clinic with severe malnutrition; women have babies at a later age, and have healthier babies with higher birth weights. The birth of twins is no longer a sad occasion, since there is an opportunity to nurture both. Local women and men now staff the clinic, hospital, medical laboratory, orphanage, and educational programs. Those who have come to this Peruvian city by the sea are changed. Some, like Sisters Margaret Mary and Lillian Bockheim, have given their entire professional lives to ministry in this challenging place. They’ve embarked on an adventure that delivers hope with every newborn baby and healthy mother. ~ Sister Mary Navarre, OP
Left: Meticulous records are kept of every birth. This is Matthew Jesus (son of Elhga Lopez) born on December 8, 2012, he was the 88,888th baby born at the Maternidad.
Above: Sister Margaret Mary examines a malnourished infant brought to the new clinic for treatment in the early 1960s.
Left: Sisters Lillian and Margaret Mary with Bishop Piorno. The Sister’s steadfast commitment to the people of Chimbote, especially the children, spans 50 years.
Above: Sister Margaret Mary and a new mother pose with her newborn during the early days of the Maternidad ministry in Chimbote.
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H OLI S T I C M OD EL OF CARE Evolving at Marywood Delivering Hope
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arywood campus is completing a massive
renewal. With a complete rebuilding of Aquinata Hall and several upgrades to the Marywood Health Center, both facilities now offer a new model of care as well. This holistic model also incorporates one of the newest programs based on campus, Marywood Home Health.
The second floor team at Aquinata Hall work hard to assure the comfort and security of every resident. L-R: Alyson Lynne, Resident Assistant; Tasheca Smith, Home Maker; Lorna Dawson, Director of Care; Jayme McKinney, Resident Assistant; and Lillian Sudue, Memory Care Assistant.
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Lorna Dawson, Director of Care at Aquinata Hall, and her team care for both Sisters and lay people at the newly renovated facility. Aquinata Hall is now a state-of-the-art assisted living facility with individualized and evolving care plans for its residents that focus on the physical, spiritual, and emotional care each requires.
as Marywood Circle, committed to deliver quality, affordable care that is enriched by a faithbased orientation in the Catholic tradition.
“We offer a continuity of care that provides a sense of community and security for everyone here,” says Lorna. “This is their home. We want each resident to feel comfortable here.”
Alyson Lynn, Resident Assistant at Aquinata Hall, makes the bed in one of the private resident rooms.
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Many of the Aquinata residents are active in both the Marywood and greater Grand Rapids communities. They organize their own days, volunteer whenever possible, and companion one another.
“Because a lot of our residents are so active, our staff assists them in their endeavors, but we do not take over for them,” says Lorna. “We encourage our residents to do as much for themselves for as long as possible.” Marywood Health Center Unlike the assisted living facility of Aquinata Hall, Marywood Health Center acts as a short-term rehabilitation center. “The Health Center will be a premier rehabilitation facility,” says Lisa McMichael, Administrator for Marywood Health Center. “The building itself is beautiful, and doesn’t feel like a typical nursing home, which it’s not. We are proud of the sustainable features throughout the building.”
“We offer a continuity of care that provides a sense of community and security for everyone here.�
Sister Theresa Bray is assisted with her lunch selection by Miguel Gonzalez at the Aquinata Hall main floor dining room.
Sister Mary Catherine Brechting enjoys the healthy food selections at the Aquinata Hall second floor dining room.
In fact, Marywood Health Center will differentiate itself from other facilities every step of the way, including offering all residents private rooms. This level of privacy reflects the Marywood commitment to affirming the dignity and individual treatment of every resident. Marywood Home Health Marywood Home Health is a ministry of the Dominican Sisters in partnership with Porter Hills Retirement Communities & Services.
For more information on Marywood Circle and our three very special health initiatives, contact Yvonne Rackow at 616-514-3106 or yrackow@grdominicans.org.
Marywood Home Health provides high quality services for clients in their own homes, including personal care, licensed nursing, rehabilitation therapy, health monitoring, mental health services, and spiritual companionship. These services combine the very best qualities of the Dominican Sisters and Porter Hills. Both organizations are committed to offering respectful care and comprehensive, innovative services to elder adults in the greater Grand Rapids area.
The partnership offers both organizations the opportunity to focus on areas of strength while enhancing services provided to home health clients. The Dominican Sisters champion the spiritual companionship programming and the licensed health care providers sustain the nursing and rehabilitation programs offered in home. ~ Matthew Bergevin
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Covenant HealthCare
Each year Sister Anne blesses the hands of the surgical teams at Covenant HealthCare.
Dominican Sisters Deliver Hope through Compassionate Care Pamela Wolf/Saint Louis University Hospital
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e deliver care Dominican style,” says Linda Thiel, OP, PhD, FNP, RN, Professor of Nursing, University of Detroit-Mercy in Grand Rapids. “Dominican style is to praise, to bless, and to preach. As Sisters working in health care we do that… in relationship to God and to our patients. It is really grounded in the mission of the Grand Rapids Dominicans.” Today there are many Dominican Sisters actively working to provide health care “Dominican style” throughout the world. These Sisters start with their technical knowledge and infuse it with prayerful contemplation and study meshed with a deep commitment to community and ministry that are the pillars of Dominican life. “I think people understand that I’m a regular person, I’m not claiming to be better or holier than anyone 6
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else. I’m in the trenches… that is how I like it,” says Chris Wood, OP, RN, PhD, GNP, Associate Professor of Nursing at Goshen College in Goshen, IN. “I come as a person in a certain tradition, in an 800-yearold Dominican tradition. I share that when it is appropriate.”
Sister Joyce Williams ministers with patients as Staff Chaplain at St. Louis University Hospital and often shares that experience with a Chaplain Intern, like Amy Seat.
Discovering Their Ministry In some cases, the draw to a career in health care resulted from personal experiences or challenges that a Sister overcame. Often, this was a second career or one that the Sister considered over the years but needed encouragement to pursue. “It’s a precious life. Not for everybody, but it certainly is for me,” says Susanne Tracy, OP, known as ‘Sister Sue the Funny Nun’ throughout Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids where she serves as Hospital Staff Chaplain – with a focus in Oncology. “I have survived cancer four times. I see it as God’s plan for me to be available for others in this way.” Rex Larsen/Grand Rapids Press
Licensed Pharmacist with HealthFirst Pharmacy in Owosso, MI and Consultant to the Board of CRxSP (Community Prescription Support Program) as well as Instructor for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Program at Dorsey School in Saginaw, MI. “I fell into health ministry, I didn’t seek it out,” says Joan Williams, OP, serving as the Co-administrator of Living with HIV-AIDS in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, since 1998. Sister Joan was asked by the Dominican community to accept this ministry working with families of children who have HIV-AIDS in a poor industrial city as well as in some rural regions of Honduras. “My ministry is wherever God calls me, tomorrow God may wink again and call me somewhere else,” says Roxane Dansereau, OP, who serves as Staff Nurse-Oncology in the private practice of David Cook, MD and Jonathan Abramson, MD in Essexville, MI.
Being Present The practice of active presence at the bedside is common Sister Sue (right) brings her own brand of humor to all of the patients she visits as Staff Chaplain for Oncology at Spectrum Health. among the Dominican Sisters working in “If it hadn’t been for the health care fields today. Many of the community encouraging me to go Sisters find that their presence is into pharmacy; if it hadn’t been what differentiates them from other for the Sisters saying that they are practitioners. praying for me and for my patients; “The neat thing that I see about if it hadn’t been for the Sisters nursing and religious life is that they encouraging me to start the clinic; complement each other. We see I wouldn’t have done any of it,” says those Jesus moments all the time. Phyllis Klonowski, OP, RPh, MS, a Or we hope to see them,” says Sister
Teaching future pharmacy technicians is just a part of Sister Phyllis’ week, which also includes working as a licensed pharmacist and serving as a consultant to a non-profit pharmacy.
Linda. “You try to be present so that you are aware of those moments.” “A chaplain’s heart and head and gut is to bring a presence,” says Sister Sue. “That is a profound privilege to enter into the vulnerability of a patient’s life. I’m there to invite people to maximize life even in the tough stuff. Even in the midst of their personal ‘mell of a hess’!” “I bring hope every day by providing a sacred presence; a holy presence; a positive face,” says Sister Joan. “With the HIV ministry, you can laugh and cry together at the same time almost every day.” “My mother said that she would put me through nursing school if every patient was someone related to me,” chuckles Anne Francis Erndt, OP, LPN, Post Surgical Orthopedic Nurse at McClaren Bay Regional Medical Center in Bay City, MI. “So that is how I’ve tried to approach nursing, as if every patient is someone related to me. Sometimes you have grumpy aunts and uncles!” Continued on next page
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“I try to help my students understand that the five or ten minutes that they spend with a patient who has dementia or who is alone in the nursing home is their gift to that person. Not to under estimate the value of that gift,” says Sister Chris.”That is where our humanity meets their humanity.” “I think being with people who are suffering and giving them the space to tell their story is probably one of the biggest blessings of my ministry,” says Joyce Williams, OP, BCC, Hospital Staff Chaplain at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, MO. “They might not remember my name or what I look like, but they do remember that there was someone with them, holding it together until they were able to hold it together themselves.”
Providing a Faith-filled Healing Ministry “I’m a hands-on nurse. I still wear the habit. When I started working here in 1974, they asked me if I would continue wearing it,” says Sister Anne Francis. “When I’m at work, I’m ministering as both a nurse and a Sister.” Each of the Dominican Sisters working in health care infuses the presence of Christ into her work in different ways. For some it is direct when a patient asks for prayers. But, for others it is an example or a simple connection, reaching through the fragility of the human body to touch the human spirit with a message of faith and hope.
“There is just a sense of knowing that I’m not doing this alone,” says Mario Pavoni, OP, Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant at Holland Home in Grand Rapids and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher®. “It’s just straight up that way; I couldn’t do it without God.” “This is the first job I’ve had where I’m working directly for the people of God. This is where I was meant to be,” says Anne Breitag, OP, BCC, Hospital Staff Chaplain at Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw, MI. “It’s a healing ministry. I’ve likened it to a soul touching a soul when I place my hands on someone. They are giving you permission to touch them and help them heal,” says Sister Mario.
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“The neat thing that I see about nursing and religious life is that they complement each other. We see those Jesus moments all the time.” ~ Sister Linda
Sister Anne Francis ministers to one of her orthopedic patients during her night shift at McClaren Bay Regional Medical Center.
Sister Joan makes time each day to interact with the children who visit for programs or medical care at the mission in Honduras where she is administrator.
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Everyone is Welcome at DOMINICAN CENTER MARYWOOD
spirituality and conference center, located on the peaceful 34-acre campus, Dominican Center at Marywood welcomes individuals and groups. Retreatants seeking a contemplative environment find a home where they take the next step and deepen their spiritual journey. In addition to retreats, individuals may participate in a variety of programs — focusing on one’s physical and spiritual needs. As a ministry of the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, the Center shares the Dominican spirit and tradition that is so much a part of our campus. Groups find a serene atmosphere for meetings and conferences with free parking and convenient barrier-free accessibility.
We offer accommodations for workshops, programs, training, staff planning, mediation, company picnics, holiday gatherings, luncheons, and receptions for profit and nonprofit organizations, church, business, and city, state and government groups. The mission of Dominican Center Marywood is to foster the growth and transformation of persons, communities, and organizations through prayer, learning, and collaboration in an inclusive, hospitable environment. For more information call 616-454-1241 ext. 336. Learn more about our Dominican Center programs at www.dominicancenter.com.
Our in-house catering team can provide everything from simple sandwiches or buffets to elaborate served meals. One feature that stands is the peaceful Chapel, perfect for private contemplation as well as worship services.
~ Sister Lucianne Siers, OP
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THANK YOU The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids are most grateful to you, our friends and benefactors, for your generosity over the years. Without you, our ministries would be limited. We presently are focusing on partnerships and increased development efforts to strengthen and broaden future ministries. February 1, 2012 - January 31, 2013 –A–
Dolores Anderson in memory of your sister Katherine Berg
Merrick and Kimberly Bacon
James and Lauren Anderson
Wilson and Noreen Bailey
Mark and Gwen Anderson in memory of Dorothy Szarek
Dennis and Kathryn Baker in memory of Charlotte Couture
Joann Abraham
Robert and Susan Anderson in honor of Sr. Mary Ann Barrett
Francis Baker in memory of his sister, Sr. Marie Raymond Baker
Kenneth and Mary Achard in memory of Franz Achard IV
Robert and Pamela Andres in memory of Monica Andres
Rosemary Balczak in memory of Reynold and Bernice Zerfas
Kathleen Adams
Samuel and Mary Andres in gratitude for the Sisters who taught them
Michelle and Peter Baldwin
Evelyn Abbott Sister Angelina Abeyta, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Sister Dolores Abeyta, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Bernadine Agacinski William and Anita Ahearn in honor of Sr. Laurena Alflen
Margaret Andrews
Debra Bailey
Duane and Vicki Balko Mary Jane Ball
Ilene Anthony
Daniel and Linda Ballast
Eutilia Alarid
Applied Imaging
Carroll and Vicky Albert in memory of Tim Wittenbach
Gregory McAleenan Aquinas College Campus Ministry
Joseph and Diane Barbeau in memory of Char Couture
Edward and Tamara Albert in memory of Tim Wittenbach
Matthew and Linda Arends
Michael and Nora Barkey
Rebecca Albert in memory of Tim Wittenbach
Louis and Connie Armock in honor of the Sisters who taught them
George Barnes
Peter and Christine Albertini
Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries
Suzann and Harry Albright in honor of Sr. Mary Catherine Fodrocy
Lois Ary
Feliza Alcid in memory of Sr. JoAn Brown Roseann and Peter Aleksynas
Sister Emilia Atencio, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Marion Alflen in honor of Sr. Laurena Alflen
Willie and Glorianna Atencio
Edwin and Cheryl Bartosiewicz
Chantal and Mark Allard
Jim VanderLaan
Brian Bastic
Kathleen Allington in honor of Sr. Joan Foley Grant and Donna Alm
Lorraine and Dale Aurand in memory of Sr. Theodine Andres
Terry and Loretta Baughman in memory of Henrietta Nevarez and Bobby Lujan
Altar Rosary Society, Gaylord
Richard and Carol Averill
Audrey and George Aman in honor of Sr. Maurita Reynolds
Richard and Elaine Avitabile in honor of the birthday of Elizabeth Huschke
Bernard and Mary Bauman in memory of Sr. Rose Ellen Wendling and Sr. Dolores Wendling
Robert Aman in memory of Doris Aman and Sr. Marie Celeste Stang
Gloria Azzarello in memory of all Sisters who taught at St. Andrew, CC, and Aquinas College
JoAnn Ambrose in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek Margaret Ammon
Steven and Julie Ashmead
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Madeline Balogh
Thomas Barnes Juliana Barnhart (+) Sister Paschal Barth OP Mary Barth in memory of Sr. Paschal Barth Bartlett Tree Experts
Bazen Electric Dennis and Carole Becker Joseph and Belle Becker James and Dorothy Beckett in honor of his wife Dorothy
Msgr. Gaspar Ancona
Rev. David Baak and Betty Zylstra in honor of the 2006-2012 Leadership team
Sister Mary Jo Beckett, OP
Mary Ancona
Phyllis Babel in memory of Larry Babel
Clare and Betty Beckman
Peter and Cindy Ancona
Cecelia Babinchak in memory of her husband Frank
Sister Maria Goretti Beckman, OP
Herman and Anna Baca
Kenneth and Janet Begin
Herman C. Baca
Sister Rose Mary Belanger, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Theresa Ancona William Andersen Sister Catherine Anderson, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
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Michael and Leonor Baca in memory of Patricia Sahd
Thomas and Cecilia Beckrow
Ruth Ann and Michael Benner in memory of Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki
John and Cathy Blanke in memory of Joseph Blanke
Thomas and Robin Bentley
Robert and Jean Blossfeld in memory of Elaine Maternowski
Ronald Berg in memory of his wife Katherine and in honor of Rev. Chet Collins Lawrence Bergman William Berner Marcella Bernethy in honor of Sr. Bede Frahm Kathryn Bertoia Kathleen Bialas in memory of Jim and Jenny (+) Florine Bialek in honor of the 2012 Jubilarians George and Kay Bidinger Robert and Dolores Bieber in memory of Sr. Anselma Weber
Gregory and Jacqueline Bockheim in memory of Agnes Bockheim and in honor of Sr. Lillian Bockheim
Randy and Linda Breen Gregory and Dorothy Brefka in memory of Sister Mary A. Morang Janet and Michael Brennan in memory of Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki and Rick Liebl Fred and Helen Brenner in memory of Sr. Kenneth Fitzgerald
Eugene and Arlee Bodnar
Thomas Sarb and Ruth Ann Brevitz
David and Mary Boehm
Raymond and Emmajane Brice in memory of Wanda Robinson
Corwin and Rhonda Boersma in honor of Sr. Vera Ann Tilmann Timothy and Lynda Boertman in memory of Wanda Robinson
Robert and Nancy Brick Timothy Brick John and Elizabeth Brief in memory of Cecil and Marjory Gallagher
Barbara Bierlein
Michael and Ruth Bolton in honor of Sr. Anne Monica Shalda and in memory of Sr. John Dominic Krausman
Jerry and Geri Bierschbach in honor of the Sisters from Beal City
Barbara Bonham in memory of Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki
Robert and Margaret Bieszka
Larry and Kathleen Boone in memory of Cora DesPres
Rose Brousseau
Joseph and Janice Bork
Diana Brown
Darlene Borowiak Glen and Betsy Beaton Borre
Sister Janet Brown, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Michael and Sally Borsenik in honor of Sr. Edith Schnell
Jerry and Norma Brown in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Robert and Cecelia Borths in memory of Kyle Anthony Borths
John and Peg Brown in honor of “the nuns who serve the least of our brethren�
Leo and Helen Boruta
Kevin and Patrice Brown in honor of Linda Breen
Michael Billings
Dr. Frederick Bosco John and Helen Botschka in memory of Sr. Dominica Nellett William and Catherine Botts in honor of Eileen Pickerd Lelah Bouchard in memory of Sr. Jackie Bennett Jack and Diann Binder Patrick and JoAnne Biondi in memory of Sr. Jeannine Kalisz and Adam Kalisz Dallas and Carolyn Birchmeier Daniel Birchmeier Sister Jean Marie Birkman, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Rev. Edward Boucher (+) Sister Jo Ann Boucher, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Carol Brink in memory of her husband John Brink Richard and Sally Brom Carolyn Brown
Richard and Agnes Brown in honor of Sr. Geraldine Czolgosz Rosemary Brown in memory of Sr. Jean Milhaupt and Sr. Mary Martens Roxane Brown Stacey Brown Teresa Brown in memory of Lawrence Brown
Thomas and Mary Boudrie
William and Anita Brown in honor of Sr. Carmella Conway and Sr. William Mary Conway
Rev. Thomas Boufford
Suzette Bruha in memory of Betty Chenard
Daniel and Sharon Bowen
Nathan Brunhoff in memory of Beth Sefton
Lawrence and Mary Ann Bowhuis
Edward and Diane Bishop
Lauren and Daniel Boy
BG(Ret) James and Diane Brunson in honor of Sr. Nathalie Meyer
Sister Elizabeth Bishop, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
John Boyd
Molly Bryson
Shirley Boyd in honor of Sr. Marjorie Vangsness and in memory of Sr. Helen Bolger
Donald and Debbie Brzezinski
Gregory and Cheryl Bishop Robert and Kathleen Bishop
Michael and Marian Bozym
William and Debra Buckhout
Alice Bitterman in memory of Sr. Theophane Benkert and Ruth Czymbor
Most Rev. Paul Bradley
Arthur Buckley in memory of his wife Eileen and Sr. Mona Schwind
Donald and Bridget Bittner Mary Bittner Joseph and Dorothy Bivins in memory of Sr. Christine Jozwiak and Sr. Paschal Barth Noreen Blahovec in memory of Sr. Marybride Ryan
James and Catherine Brady in honor of Sr. Patrice Konwinski and in memory of Sr. Justyn Krieg Scott and Mary Brady Bruce and Debra Braspenninx in honor of Sr. Peter Mary Korson Frank Brechting
Bernard Bucek
Joyce Buckley in memory of the deceased members of the Buckley family Sister Helen Bueche, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians John and Catherine Bueche Donald and Maggie Burgess
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LaRene Clark
Peggy Burke and Edward Wietecha
Nancy Lewis Clark in memory of your aunt Sr. Ann Frederick Heiskell and your mother Nancy Heiskell Clark
Mary Burleson Charlene Burns in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek
Theresa Clark in memory of Mark Clark
Joseph and Patricia Burns
Eugene and Nancy Clasby
Judith Burns in honor of Sr. Carmelita Switzer and Sr. Mary Ellen McDonald and in memory of Ronald Przeslawski and Gerald Skiba
Maurice Claus in memory of his parents
Laurence and Marion Burns
Mary Cleypool
Mathew and Judy Burns
The Clean Source Sandra and Daniel Cleveland
Linda Burpee
Rosemary Cary in memory of departed family members, Sr. Mona Schwind and Patrick Murphy
John and Angela Bursch and Family
William and Charlotte Cary
Sharon Burtrum in honor of Kay Olsen
Thomas and Kathleen Casaletto
James and Cheryl Burzynski in honor of Sr. Marlene Edwards
Hassiba Cassis
William and Rosilyn Buschle in memory of our parents, Walt and Irene Theisen, Mae and Al Buschle, and Sisters Kevin, Ann Lucille, Joseph Ann, and Henry Suso
Camille Cebelak
Michael Burns
Patricia Butcher Lowell and Mildred Butman Sharon Buursma James and Catherine Byrne in memory of Tim Wittenbach John and Michelle Byrne in memory of Tim Wittenbach William Byrne –C– Benjamin and Barbara Caddick A. Brian and Alice Cain in memory of Sr. Mary A. Morang Joan Caldwell Jane Calkins
Jon Caswell in memory of Mathilda Caswell and Sr. Marie Emile Rivard Patricia and Richard Cebelak in honor of Sr. Edith Schnell’s Golden Jubilee and in memory of Jack Thomas Cebelak Foundation Mardoqueo and Priscilla Chacon (+) Marie Eugene Charbonneau, OP Li-Heng and Fong-Yi Chen in memory of Sr. Thomasine Bugala (+) Sister Jane Anthony Cherwinski, OP Lucille Chesney in memory of Sr. Mary A. Morang Louise Chester in memory of Sr. Mary Edward Plamondon Peter and Trudy Chiaravalli in honor of Sr. Sue Eichhorn
Michael and Susan Callahan
Norman Chiasson in memory of Sr. Jeannette Chiasson
Linda Camp
Pietro and Shirley Chiello
Gertrude Campau in memory of Sr. Agnes Thiel
Gary and Carolyn Chisholm in memory of Paulina Florine Bialek
Donald and Nanette Campbell Gabriel and Karen Campbell CareLinc
Dorothy Chrusciel in memory of her husband Tom Sister Irene Chrusciel, OP
William Carey Sister Michael Ellen Carling, OP
John and Wilma Chulski
Allan and Claudia Carlson
Church of Saint Boniface, Bay City in memory of Charlotte Couture
Frank and Carol Carlson
Ronald and Shelley Cichy
Thomas and Kathleen Carnegie
George and Margaret Cicinelli in honor of Sr. Lupe Silva
Joyce and David Carr Lawrence Carroll and Joan Morris Michael and Jan Carter in memory of Peggy Pitre McLoughlin Michael Cary and Marjorie Loughrin in memory of Jane Ellen Loughrin
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Andrew and Shirley Cigler in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek George and Gail Cigler in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek Douglas and Mary Cisler in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek
Marilyn Joan Clifford in honor of Sr. Maureen Geary Dorothy Clingman Sister Mary Brigid Clingman, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians James and Mary Clinthorne David and Reva Coats in memory of Gerald Malburg Maria-Teresa Cohen in honor of Sr. Marjorie Vangsness Frank Cole in memory of Helen Cole Larry and Lisa Cole in memory of Sr. JoAn Brown Joseph and Jean Comstock Michelle Condon Terrence and Kathleen Conklin in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind Raymond and Margaret Conley in memory of the Conley and Yaklin families Robert and Mary Conley Dorothy Connors in memory of the deceased family members of Ethel and James Connors Sister Carmella Conway, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Sister William Mary Conway, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Sister Marguerite Cool, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Lucille Corbat in memory of her husband Harold Yvonne and Richard Corbat in memory of Billy Corbat Carol and Peter Cordes Theresa Corliss Juan and Maria Cornejo in memory of Narciso Padilla Lenore and Peter Coscarelli Allan and Bonnie Couch Judith Coulier in memory of the Birkman family and Richard Coulier Nelson and Fabiola Cournoyer in memory of Sr. Norena Downes Sister Mary Courtade, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Deborah and Dennis Couture in memory of Charlotte Couture Dorothy Couturier in memory of Sr. Mary Edward Plamondon
Polly Decker in honor of Sr. Margaret Schneider and in memory of her sister, Mary Ellen Donkelberg Thomas and Cynthia Decot
Joseph Crass in memory of Adam Kalisz
Helen DeGeatano
Roberta Crawford Michael and Mary Ann Crete
Sister Diane Dehn, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Mary Cronenwett
Russ and Wendy DeJonge
Thomas and Yoshi Crowley
Jeanne DeLaney in honor of Sr. Maureen Geary and in memory of the Voss-Geary families
Michelle Campeau Kurt and Julie Cuncannan in honor of all Dominican Sisters Michael and Katherine Cuncannan in memory of Patrick Murphy Cecilia Cunningham in honor of Sr. Mary Aquinas Weber
Maria Alma Delgado in honor of Sr. Jean Reimer, Sr. Ellen Mary Lopez, Sr. Dorena Gonzalez, Sr. Mary Jo Beckett, Sr. Pat Kennedy, Sr. Judy Vahovick, Sr. Irene Chrusciel, Sr. Ann Mason, and Sr. Amata Fabbro
Daniel and Mary Cusack in memory of Patricia Millard
Glenn Dells
Kristine Czape Kenneth and Susan Czapski
Jacquelyn Del Raso in memory of Patrick Murphy
Thomas and Jan Czerney
Leon and Rosalee Demerath
Nancy Jean Czerwon
Bernard DePrimo
Sister Geraldine Czolgosz, OP
Thomas and Joanne Deschaine
–D–
Raymond and Betty DeLore
Daniel and Kristen Dolsen in honor of the ministry of Sr. Dorothy Ederer Edgar and Mary Ann Donatelli in memory of the Donatelli and Micek families Jo Ann Donnelly in memory of her husband, Charles Donnelly Beatrice Doody in memory of John Doody Michael and Karen Doran in memory of Sr. JoAn Brown Carmen and Jody Doster in memory of Isabel Baca Richard and Ellen Dougherty Elizabeth and Lawrence Douglas William and Allison Dowling Donald and Rosemary Downer Maureen Downer in memory of John Downer and Gertrude Corby
Design Systems
Richard and Carol Dalrymple
Vincent and Kristine Desmond
Philip and Elizabeth Danahy
Julia Devers
David and Susan Daniels in memory of Sr. Marciana Danielski
Patrick and Eileen Devota
James and Kelly Doyle
Gerald and Jan DeWyse
Kathleen Dansereau in memory of her husband Noel Dansereau
Doyle Family Foundation
Douglas and Maureen DeYoung in honor of the Dominican Sisters founding Grand Traverse Area Catholic schools 135 years ago
Paul and Shirliann Draper in memory of Wanda Robinson
Pamela Daoust in memory of Sr. Winifred Fieber
Evelyn Diephouse
Joseph and Margaret Dashner
Joseph and Norma Drasiewski in memory of Sr. Kenneth Fitzgerald
James and Betty Jane Dietrich
Sister Joanne Davey, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Patrick and Deborah Droste
William and Janis Dietrich in honor of Sr. Margaret Schneider
Roseann and Lomer Davis
April Diez in honor of Sr. June Martin
Daniel and Joan Dubay in honor of Sr. Lupe Silva and Sr. Mary Ann Goch and in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Charles and Patricia Dawson
Edward and Kathleen Diggs
Daniel and Cathy Dean in memory of Matthew Schenden
Kenneth and Lucille Dill Diocese of Saginaw Wayne and Waneita Dipner in memory of Wanda Robinson Betty-Lou Di Trapani in memory of her husand Jerry Di Trapani Diversified Medical Staffing DJ’s Landscape Management Dennis and Ruth Dobleske in honor of their sister, Sr. Gerry Czolgosz Donald and Rosalie Dobson in memory of Sister Jeannine Kalisz Lorraine and Terry Dolley David and Kathie Dolphin in honor of Sr. William Mary Conway and in memory of Mildred Dolphin
Thomas and Lila Dubay in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind Rick and Mary Dubridge in memory of Robert and Henrietta Zerfas Donald Ducey in memory of his wife Maureen Ducey Frances Duff in memory of her husband Leon Duff Joan Dufresne in memory of their parents, Lloyd and Laura Dufresne Gerald and Margaret Dugal Thelma Duke in memory of Patty Sahd Jack Dumas in memory of his wife Dorothy Dumas Msgr. William Duncan Verona Dunn Karen and David DuPage
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Benjamin and Dolores Duran in honor of Sr. Angelina Abeyta and Sr. Dolores Abeyta Thomas and Dinah DuRussel in memory of Barbara and Bonnie DuRussel Arthur and Marjorie Duyck David and Darcy Dye Mickey and Susan Dyer Arline and Edward Dzwonkowski in memory of Sr. Roberta Hefferan –E– Nancy and Glenn Eacker Matilda Eardley in memory of Sr. Elizabeth Eardley Gary and Suzanne Eberle
John and Emilie Farage
Sister Dorothy Ederer, OP
Gretchen Farah in memory of Sr. Marie Andre St. Cyr and Barbara Hanink
Robin Eggert
Sister Joan Foley, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Adrienne Ford
Elizabeth Eggleston in memory of Robert Eggleston
Sister Ann Michael Farnsworth, OP
Dennis and Patricia Forster
Paul and Bridget Farr
Lorraine Forth in memory of Sr. Mary A. Morang
Carolyn Ehr
Linda Foster
Sister Suzanne Eichhorn, OP
Roy and Theresa Farrell in honor of Sr. Louisa Mogdis and Sr. Donna Brown
Laura Eidietis
Sister Reparata Faubert, OP
Ben Fowler
David and Mary Jane Ellens
John and Helen Fedewa
Amber Fox
Robert Ellis in memory of Bea Ellis and Sr. Kenneth Fitzgerald
Solomon Feravich
Rev. Melvin Fox
Peter Ferguson in honor of Sr. Megan McElroy
Harry and Joann Emery in honor of Sr. Monica Meyer
Thomas and Mickie Fox
Shirley Ferguson in memory of Sr. Faith Mahoney, Sr. Marie Joseph Ryan, and Sr. Grace Licavoli
Mark and Suezell Francek
Donald and Rosemary Emmendorfer in memory of Sr. Viola Marie Henige Mary Emmendorfer and Family in memory of Hilda Emmendorfer and Richard Wendling Robert and Sandy Enders Susanna and Chad Engbers John Engelmann Roger Erbaugh Joseph and Dawn Erhardt
Ken Ferris Construction Co (+) Sister Winifred Fieber, OP Sister Constance Fifelski, OP Steve and Lucy Fifelski Judy Finazzi in memory of Sr. Michele Wangler and William Finazzi Robert Finchio in memory of his wife Carol Ann
Founders Bank & Trust
Jeanette Franczek in memory of her sister, Sr. JoAnn Boucher Carl Frantz Paul and Beth Fredenburg Frank and Luella Frick Charles and Mary Frydrych Mary Claire and Wallace Fu in memory of Dorothy Pitterle Richard and Eva Fuller
W. Duane and Lucille Finkler in memory of Sr. Jeannette Chiasson
Kathleen Fuller
Sister Robert Ann Erno, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Robert and Mary Ann Finn
Jennifer Gable and Jocelyn Hodack
Fire Fighter Sales and Service
Margaret Inman-Ernst
Alice Firman in memory of Sr. JoAn Brown
Bernadine Gallagher in memory of John Gallagher
John Estabrook in honor of Mary Howell
Beverly Fisk
Craig and Pauline Gallagher
Dawn and William Ewald
(+) Sister Kenneth Fitzgerald, OP
Gerald and Joyce Gallagher
Brian amd Kathleen Flanagan
Eleanore Gallina in memory of Rose Gallina
Fliers Underground Sprinkler Systems
Sister Teresa Gallmeier, OP
David and Nancy Flower in memory of James and Dorothy Horgan
Helen Gancarz in memory of Sr. Mary A. Morang
Larry and Nancy Erhardt Erhardt Construction
–F– Sister Amata Fabbro, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Sister Cecilia Faber, OP Sister Doris Faber, OP Sharon Faber in honor of Sr. Reparata Faubert
Florentine Flowers in memory of her husband Francis Flowers
–G–
Sister Bernice Garcia, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Sister Teresita Garcia, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
James and Evangeline Fabiano
Jo Ann Flynn in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek
Emmet and Esther Fallon
Nancy Flynn in memory of William Flynn
Gardening Angels
William and Mary Fallon
Sister Mary Catherine Fodrocy, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Catherine Garduno in memory of Patti Sahd and for our Retirement Fund
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John Gardella
Dolores Garduno in honor of Catherine Garduno and Patricia Sahd
John and Sandra Golden in memory of Sue Cramer Freelon
Susan Guevara in honor of Sr. Marie Rachael Guevara
Mary Gardyszewski in memory of Lee Meier
Sister Angelina Gonzales, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Michelle Gummere
Brian and Melissa Gary in memory of Sr. JoAn Brown
Amorita Guno in honor of Sr. Louisa Mogdis and in memory of Sr. Mary Edward Plamondon
Robert and Irene Gasper in memory of Tim Wittenbach
Sister Dorena Gonzalez, OP in memory of the José Gonzalez family and in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Ann Gautraud
Thomas and Marcia Good
Roger Gutka
Dennis and Margaret Gavigan
Robert Goodrich
Henry and Nancy Guzzo
Longino and Barbara Gaye-Gonzales
Barbara Gordon
Anne Gwasdacus
Helen Gazarek in memory of Rev. Leonard Portensky
Henry and Judith Gorkowski in memory of Sr. Stephanie Heintz
William Gearing
Laura and Corey Gouin
Kevin Geary
Edward and Marjorie Grabowski in memory of Sr. Mary A. Morang
Marian Geary
John Gussenbauer and Sally Mutschler
–H– Meg Hackett Judith Hahn Margaret Hahn
James and Elizabeth Grady in memory of James and Elizabeth MacDonell
Mary Haight
Michael and Joan Geary Patrick and Patricia Geary
Bill and Marianne Graff
Suzanne Hakeem
Sheila Geary
Grand Rapids Art Museum
Carol Hale
Timothy and Alma Geary
James and Dorothy Grant
Ruth Geerling
Grapevine Wine and Deli
Sharon Hallack in memory of her aunt, Wanda Robinson
Maryanne Geers in memory of Helen and James Nagle
Great Lakes Advisors
Annette Halvorson
(+) Evelyn Hakeem
Steve and Karen Hamlin in memory of Sr. Vincent de Paul Roberts and Sr. Jane Frances Flannery
Maureen Geglio and Thomas O’Brien James and Carol Gels
Chris and Mary Hamman in honor of Sr. David Therese Korson and staff of St. Charles Borromeo School
Nellie Gelwich in memory of her sister Sr. Rosalita Prusevicz Vincenza Genovese
Michael and Teresa Handlin
Genzink Appraisal Company Charles and Agnes George
James Hanley in memory of Henrietta Nevarez
Frank and Shirley Gerhardt
Sister Barbara Hansen, OP
Ann Gerke
Christopher Hansen in memory of Eugene and Romana Hansen
Louise Geske Natalie Giardina in memory of Sr. Dominica Nellett Catherine Gildner in memory of Ernest Gildner Veronica Gildner Leonard and Sandra Gill John and Jean Glick Ronald and Mary Glowacki Carl Goad in memory of Adam Kalisz Ann Gobeski in memory of Sr. Servatia Respondeck Sister Mary Ann Goch, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Sister Regina Mary Goeldel, OP Thomas and Margaret Goeldel in honor of Sr. Regina Goeldel Dan Goggin in honor of Sr. Rose Seraphine Sagorski James and Marti Goggins in memory of Tim Wittenbach Rev. Eugene Golas in memory of Sr. Mary Edward Plamondon
James Greene Patricia Greene Robert and Sheryl Greene Gerald Greiner Jerry Greiner in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind Sister Yvonne Greiner, OP
Janet Hansen in memory of Eugene and Romona Hansen and Lynne Frosh Sister Lynne Hansen, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Gerald and Lorraine Hardebeck Donald Harmon Thomas Harmon
Ruth Grinstead
William and Lillian Hartzell in memory of their parents, Carl and Helen Hansen
Thomas and Patricia Groesser in honor of their aunt, Sr. Eileen Popp
Thomas and Jan Haselschwerdt in honor of Sr. Sue Eichhorn
Eugene and Lillian Gross
Donna Jean Hathaway
Leonard and Roberta Gross
William and Linda Haug in memory of John and Joanne Haug and Mary E. Haug
Sister Julia Mae Groulx, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Michael Hauser
Mark and Mary Grove in memory of Stella and Stanley Tomaszek
Paul and Margaret Haviland in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Ronald and Patricia Grzybowski
Patricia Hawkins
Ralph and Elena Rae Guevara
Agnes Hawthorne in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek
Sister Marie Rachael Guevara, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
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Thomas and Margaret Hayes
Mildred Hugo in memory of Virgil Gatza, Don Somalski, Susann Tacey, Sally McDonell, Robert VanOchten, Gordon Corrion, Donald Grobbel, Robert Gatza and Jack Rochow
Fritz and Jeannine Healey in memory of Sr. Theodore Mary Brzeczkiewicz George and Susan Heartwell Daniel Hefferan
Mary Huisjen in honor of Sr. Lydia Korson, Sr. David Therese Korson and Sr. Peter Mary Korson
Thomas and Laura Heffron
Roberta Hummel
Sister Ann Hehl, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Albert and Marcia Hunker in memory of Henrietta Nevarez
Rev. Gregory Heille, OP
Doug and Jodi Hura in memory of Walter and Irene Theisen
Gerald and Gloria Heeney
Daniel and Cheryl Heintz
Most Rev. Walter Hurley
Patrick and Leslee Heintz in memory of Sr. Stephanie Heintz Edward Heiskell Gary and Barbara Heitz
Michael and Nancy Hurtubise Joel and Patricia Hoitenga
–I– James and Marilyn Irvine
Kathleen and James Hekker
Betty Ann Holl in memory of Sr. Henry Suso Lerczak
Mary Hellenbrand
Patrick and Nancy Holland
Donald and Constance Hendges
Mary Hollinrake
Sue Ann Jabin
Carol Hendrick
John and Kris Holmes in honor of Sr. Marilyn Holmes and in memory of William and Grace Holmes
Kathleen Jacobs
N. Patrick Hennessey in honor of Sr. Alice Wittenbach and Sr. Barbara Hansen
Robert and Paulette Israels –J–
Sister Marie Michael Jacobs, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Rick Heuvelman
Lee and Francene Jacokes
Stephen Herman
Home for Peace and Justice
Michael and Mary Terese Jakubiak
Thomas and Maureen Herman
Charles and Sara Homeyer
Donald Heydens
Gerald and Maria Homrich
Donald and Lois Jandernoa in memory of Sr. Joan Lehman
Mary Agnes and (+William) Hieshetter
Joan Homrich in memory of her husband Marvin Homrich
Ronald and Karen Higgins Douglas and Laurel Hill
Sister Rosemary Homrich, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Michael and Susan Jandernoa Sister Mary Lucille Janowiak, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Jane Hondelink
Donna Jaquith in memory of Tim Wittenbach
Sue Hood and Anne Vlcek
Michael and Linda Jaracz
Greg and Rosa Hillary
Robert Hoover
Sister Margaret Hillary, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Robert Hopka
Lois Jarvis in memory of MM Alex Plachecki, Jean and Norman
Bernard and Mitzi Hlavac
William Host
Terrance and Barbara Hoatlin
Sister Teresa Houlihan, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Vicki Hill in memory of Sr. Jackie Hudson Charles and Nadean Hillary in honor of Sr. Margaret Hillary
Cecilia Hodge in memory of Sr. Helen Miller and Sr. Anacleta Kresnak
Rev. Richard Host
John and Patricia Howe
Edward and Sandra Jasman Robert and Marcy Jean in memory of Sr. Benita Gwisdala Daisy Jefferson in memory of Sr. Mary Martens
Diane Hodge in memory of Sr. Helen Miller
Joseph and Barbara Howe
Mary Ellen Jeffreys in memory of her mother, Ellen McLaughlin (Ellis)
Harold Hoefling in memory of Sr. Jeannette Chiasson
Mary Ann Howe in honor of Peter and Rose Dionese and in memory of Richard Howe
Mary Jelinek in memory of Martin Jelinek, Sr. Ann Magdalen Reicha and Helen Korson
Deacon Rene and Jacqueline Hoenscheid in honor of Sr. Jean Williams
Mary Howell
Larry Jenkins in memory of Sr. Leo Mergener
Rev. Frederick Hoesli OP in memory of Sr. Eloise Mosier
Richard Hubbell
Joan Hoffman in memory of Sr. Paschal Barth and in honor of the 1952 postulant class Ross Hoffman in honor of St. Martin de Porres Lawrence and Theresa Hoffman in honor of Sr. Margaret Kienstra Timothy Hoffman Thomas and Mary Hofmann Thomas and Geraldine Hogan
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Charles and Mary Adele Howley Robert and Patricia Hudley Harry and Jeanne Anne Hudson in memory of all Sisters who taught at Sacred Heart, Mt. Pleasant, Sr. Christine Jozwiak and Sr. Theodine Andres Mary Hughes Valerie and John Hughes in memory of Sr. Mary Basinski
Michael and Patricia Jennings
Rev. Frederick Kawka
Paul and Mary Kirkwood
Steve and Molly Jennings
Thomas and Dorothy Kawka in honor of Sr. Regina Mary Goeldel
Sister Judith Kirt, OP
Joseph and Mary Jirous
Leonard and Maryann Kazda in memory of Sr. Winifred Fieber
Bruce Johnson Irene Johnson
Michael and Barbara Kirt in honor of Sr. Judith Kirt Elizabeth Klage
James and Debra Kearns
Fred and Elizabeth Sandon-Kleiboer
Mary Ann Keeler
Donald Klein
Charles and Karen Jonaitis in memory of Sr. Euphemia Popell
Thomas and Charlotte Keenan in memory of Sr. Marciana Danielski and in honor of Sue Strutzel
Kenneth and Arlene Klein
Sister Jeanne Marie Jones, OP
Father Charles Keho Trust
Terry and Diane Jones
Emmet and Beth Keller
Robert and Julia Klein in memory of Marilyn Martin
Brian Jordan
Kathleen and Gilbert Keller in memory of Sr. Kenneth Fitzgerald, Sr. Christine Jozwiak and Sr. Winifred Fieber
Marcae Johnson Roy and Blanche Johnson
Margaret Jorgensen in memory of Sr. Mary A. Morang (+) Sister Christine Jozwiak, OP Eugene and Lucille Jozwiak in memory of Sr. Stella Jozwiak Rev. Richard Jozwiak Thomas Jozwiak in memory of Sr. Christine Jozwiak
Michael and Mary Keller in honor of Sr. Marjorie Vangsness
Patrick and Catherine Klein
Ralph and Yarmilla Kleinedler Birgit Klohs in honor of my mother Gisela Sister Phyllis Klonowski, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Tomm Heyboer
Sister Susan Keller, OP in memory of her parents, Donald and Shirley Keller
Roger and Virginia Knape
Kenneth and Mary Ann Kelly
K of C, Muskegon — Frs. Rudy and Clem
Herbert and Glenna Knape Family Fund Harry and Sheila Knopke
Louis Juarez Sister Helen Jude, OP
Robert and Judith Kobiela in memory of Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki
Sister Emeliana Judis, OP
Louis and Terri Kocsis
Frank Judis
Nancy Koehler in memory of Sr. Mary Ann Otway, Sr. Mary Katherine Courtright and Sr. Marie Andre St. Cyr
Eleanore Judson –K–
Joan and Peter Koelzer in memory of Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki
Sister Edith Kahler, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Kurt and Judy Koepnick in memory of Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki
Kurt and Mary Clark-Kaiser Ronald and Margaret Kaiser Bernard and Doris Kalahar in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Julia Kemerer
Lawrence and Roberta Kok in memory of Wanda Robinson
Mark Kempton
Agnes Kokx in memory of Wanda Robinson
Robert and Barbara Kalinka
John and Nancy Kennedy
Josephine Kalisz in memory of Sr. Jeannine Kalisz
Sister Patricia Kennedy, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Dayle Kokx in memory of Sr. Joseph Ann Popp and Sr. Cecilia Popp
(+) Sister Jeannine Kalisz, OP
Rev. John Kenny CSP
Margaret Konwinski
James and Phyllis Kalisz in memory of Sr. Jeannine Kalisz
Ray and Mary Kenny
Sister Patrice Konwinski, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Joanne Kollross
Richard Kalisz in memory of Sr. Jeannine Kalisz
Kent Pediatrics PC in memory of Wanda Kokx Robinson
Christopher and Kathryn Kane
James Kenyon
Paul and Barbara Kopenkoskey
Louise Kane in memory of Joseph and Agnes Rode
William and Donna Keough in memory of Matthew Schenden
Anne and John Kopson in memory of Sr. Beverly Pety
Margery Kane
Marie Kessler
The Korff Foundation
Helen Kania Karen Kania
Sister Margaret Kienstra, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Paul and Teresa Koronka in honor of Sr. Elaine LaBell
Gary and Ann Karasinski
James and Nancy Kilbourne
(+) Helen Korson
Donald and Suzann Karl
Dave and Betty Killoran in memory of Tim Wittenbach
Daniel and Paula Korson
Kenneth Karpinski Arlene Kaspik and Katherine Reed Lawrence and Deborah Kassuba Mary Jo Kattelman in memory of Wanda Kokx Robinson
Kool Chevrolet
Edmund and Rosemary Kilmartin
Sister David Therese Korson, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Louise Kipen
John and Dora Korson
Jack and Rita Kirkwood
Sister Lydia Korson, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
John Kirkwood in memory of Virginia Kirkwood
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Margaret and Bernard Korson
Michael Kruzich and Diane Dustin
Michael Lennon
Peter Korson in honor of Sr. Lydia Korson, Sr. David Therese Korson and Sr. Peter Mary Korson
James and Mary Krzeminski
Robert and Martha Lesinski
Jacklyn Krzyzaniak
Edward and Patricia Levandoski in memory of their parents
Sister Peter Mary Korson, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Ronald and Maureen Korte
Sister Audrey Kubian, OP Marilyn Kuebler in memory of Sr. Lois Schaffer and in honor of Sr. Reparata Faubert
David and Mary Koss
Kenneth and Linda Kuk in honor of Sr. Mary Donnelly
Raymond and Janette Kostick in memory of John and Leona Sizick, Sr. Christine Jozwiak, Sr. Jeannine Kalisz and Sr. Mary A. Morang
Raymond and Charmaine Kulczyk in memory of Dennis Marijanich
C. Andrew and Kay Kostrevagh Amy Kostrzewa in memory of Sr. Ann Kostrzewa Connie Kostrzewa
Harry and Evelyn Levandoski Mark and Barbara Levandoski in honor of their teachers at Catholic Central, GR Debra O’Neil Lewis Rabbi Albert and Shirley Lewis
Sister Emma Kulhanek, OP
Katherine Lewis in memory of her husband Larry Lewis and Sr. Mona Schwind
Fred and Marilyn Kundrata
Patrick and Franchesca Leyba
Micheal and Shirley Kupiecki
Rev. Norbert Leyrita
Sister John Therese Kusba, OP
Dominic and Emma Licavoli
–L–
Michael and Lily Kostrzewa
David Lincoln
L&R Management Inc
Marylou Linstrom
Martha Labadie
Timothy and Susan Littell
Mary Jane Labash
Carmel Loftis
Thomas and Rita Laberteaux in memory of Dolores and Norbert Hruby
Robert Loftis
Pamela Lackie in memory of her parents, Marie and John
Lewis and Rosemary Logsdon
Dwight and Joyce LaFleur Robert and Linda Lalley Michael and Jean LaLonde
Marianne Loftus William and Esther Loiacano Sam and Marjory Loiacano Judith Longcore Paulette Longwell
William and Lynn Kostrzewa in memory of Sr. Ann Kostrzewa
Michael and Annette LaMarre in memory of Sr. Thea LaMarre and Virgil LaMarre
Sister Thaddeus Kowalinski, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Sharon Lancina in honor of her sister, Sr. Gail Ann Martin
Albert and Diane Lopez in memory of Sr. Jeannine Kalisz
Ronald Kowalski in memory of Gregory Kowalski and Stephan Kowalski
Robert and Martha Landgren
Sister Ellen Mary Lopez, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Patricia Kozal in honor of Sr. Nathalie Meyer Richard and Loretta Kozlowski Gene and Linda Kozminski in memory of Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki Sister Jean Kramer, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Linda Kramer John and Arnette Kraus
Mary Lane in memory of her parents, John and Catherine Lane
Rita Loper
Mary Lothschutz
Gregory and Kristine Lang in memory of Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki
Catherine Lound in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Barbara LaPorte in honor of Sr. Mary Navarre
Mary Luchtman
Carolyn LaRocco
Donald and Jean Ludka
Therese Lasswell
Ann Ludlow
Daniel and Jeanine LaVille
Elizabeth Ludlow in memory of Sr. Yvonne Richard
John and Martha LaVoie in honor of Rita LaVoie Rita LaVoie
Mary Ellen Lund in memory of Sr. Cyrinus Strauss
William and Karen Lawrence
Daniel Lupcke
Priscilla Kreh
Susan Lazio in memory of her sister, Sr. Lisa Marie Lazio
Lois Lynch in honor of Sr. Mary Ann Ferguson
(+) Sister Justyn Krieg, OP
Michael Learman
Michael and Beatrice Lynch in memory of Sr. Phyllis Ohren
Llewellyn and Carol Krizan
Gwendoline Lee
Wanda Lyons in memory of her husband Bill
Michael and DeLora Krogel in memory of Adam Kalisz
Larry and Katherine Leeuwenburg in memory of Thomas and Donna Krell
Francis and Judith Kronner
Kathleen Left in honor of Sr. Margaret Schneider
Jacob and Margaret Kroon
Freda Lehnen
Martin Kroon
Donald and Bertha LeMieux in memory of their aunt, Sr. Paschal Barth
Anthony and Barbara Krawczak in honor of the Sisters who taught at St Rita, St. Casimir and SS Peter & Paul, Saginaw, and in memory of Sr. Jeannine Kalisz
Henry and Cassandra Kroondyk Maureen Krueger
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John and Pam LeMieux
–M– Patricia Maas in honor of Sr. Eileen Popp Christine MacDonald Katherine and Michael MacDonald in memory of Sr. Mary Alice MacDonald Ronald and Thelma MacDonald in honor of Sr. Janet Marie Heitz
Eleanore Macko in memory of Sr. Edwin Bozek, Sr. Magdala Host, Sr. Rose Miriam Visner and Sr. Jeannine Kalisz Sister Marita MacNall, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Rita and William Maddox in memory of Sr. Theodine Andres
Gary and Dorothy Marsiglia (+) Sister Mary Martens, OP Sister June Martin, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Josie Martineau
Phillip and Melinda McCabe in honor of Sr. Mary Ann Ferguson and Sr. Marilyn Holmes Judy McCaffrey Walter McCauley in memory of Peter and Elizabeth McCauley
Sister Dolorita Martinez, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Philip and Gayle McCorkle
Joseph and Helen Martinez
Joan McCormick
Linda Martino
Patrick and Joan McCoy
Kenneth and Maureen Maguire
Marywood Alums
John and Alice McCrackin
Thomas and Kathleen Maguire
Sister Ann Mason, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Sister Marie Kathleen McCrackin, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Eugene and Ann Mason
Diane McDermott
Jacquelyn Mason in memory of Robert Mason Robert and Theresa Master
Cecile McDonnell in memory of her husband, Edward McDonnell
Joseph and Mary Jane Malek in honor of Sr. Bede Frahm
Andrew Maternowski and Monica Randles in memory of their mother, Elaine Maternowski
Sister Irene Mary McDonnell, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Brian and Nancy Malone
Chet Maternowski
Kristine Malone
Lance and Cynthia Mather
Mary Jane McDonnell in memory of Lynden McDonnell
Suzanne Maness
Chandler and Mary Matthews
Sister Janice Mankowski, OP in honor of the living and deceased members of the Mankowski family
Matthysse, Kuiper, DeGraff Funeral Home
Patricia Mankowski in honor of Sr. Cecilia Faber and in memory of Sr. Gervase Miller
Richard and Janet Maxa in honor of Sr. Robert Ann Erno and Sr. Margaret Mary Birchmeier
Cynthia Mader and Pamela Olsen William and Martha Mader in memory of Sr. Lisa Marie Lazio
Maureen Maher Stanley and Gloria Maksymiuk Sister Nancy Malburg, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
The Mankowski Family in honor of the 60th Jubilee of Sr. Janice Mankowski
Dominic and Ruth Mattone Karen Matvichuk
James and Marilyn McCormick
Charlotte McDonough in memory of the Dominican Sisters who taught on Beaver Island Edna McDonough in honor of the Sisters who served on Beaver Island Eleanor McDonough in memory of her husband Glen and the Sisters who taught on Beaver Island David and Debra Sue McElroy
Jeanne Mayan in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Kelly McEnhill in honor of Sr. Ann Mason’s Outstanding Faculty Award Ruth McEwen in memory of Sr. Thea LaMarre
Byron and Donna Marben
The Mayan Agency in honor of the Dominican Sisters
Richard and Donna Marek
Frances Maycroft
Denis and Mimi McGrath
Marge Winters-Wilson
George and Katherine McAleenan
Mary McGrath in honor of her son Tim McGrath
Judith Markee
Gregory McAleenan
Timothy and Kathy McGrath
James and Martha Markham
Amy McAvoy
Anita McGuire
Robert and Faith Marko in honor of Sr. Amata Fabbro and Sr. Mary Donnelly
Nelson and Susan McBride
Michael and Sheila McGuire in memory of Sr. Helen Louise Brogger
Clayton and Diane Maodush-Pitzer Maple Hill Golf Course
James and Deborah Marosi
Daniel and Lori McCabe in memory of their aunt, Sr. Helen Miller
Agnes Marschall in memory of Dan Marschall and Tom Maslowski
John and Patricia McCabe in memory of Tim Wittenbach
Michael and Donna McGarry
John and Susan McIntyre in memory of Sr. Mary Jo Holmes John McKeon Timothy McMorrow and Ann Byrne Richard and Lorraine McNally Jack and Rose Marie McQuaid Thurlene Medendorp in honor of Sr. Ann Walters Thomas and Carolyn Meier in memory of Charlotte Couture Meijer Community Rewards Deanna and William Mervau Bruce and Patricia Meurer Leslie and Nancy Meuret Arthur Meyer James Meyer Mary Meyer in memory of Wanda Robinson
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Sister Monica Meyer, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Dorothy Murin
Jerene Michaels
Jackie (+Patrick) Murphy
Marvin and Camilla Michels Mary Anne Micka
James and Patricia Murphy in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Midwest Asphalt Maintenance Inc.
Jeanne Murphy
Anita Mieras in honor of the Moran and Mieras families and in memory of Denny Mieras
Miles and Judith Murphy in honor of the ministry of the Dominicans
Lawrence and Jane Mierle in honor of their sister, Sr. Paula Mierle
William and Paula Murphy
Sister Paula Mierle, SJ in memory of Walter Bray, Edward Voss, father of Sr. Linda Thiel, John Norman, Helen Korson, Jack Thomas, Mariana Gonzalez, Patrick Murphy, and Sisters Kenneth Fitzgerald, Paschal Barth, Christine Jozwiak, Marie Jude Wysocki and Diana Mlynarchek Joseph and Susan Miklusicak
Sister Carmelita Murphy, OP
Thomas and Donna Murphy
Lois Mlynarchek in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek William and Linda Mlynarchek in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek Susan Mlynarczyk Sister Marie Carla Moeggenborg, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Most Rev. James Murray Marilyn Murray Mark and Elizabeth Murray Thomas and Teresa Muszynski Nancy and Patrick Muzzall in memory of Dorothy Cheslock Monica Myers
Sister Louisa Mogdis, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Ellen Myler
David and Elizabeth Mohan Charles and June Momber
Rod Nackerman in memory of Ruth Ann Robbins
Luis and Candie Montoya in memory of their two sons, Luis Jr and Eddie
Catherine Naessens in memory of her husband William Naessens
Charles and Stacie Miller in memory of Charlotte Couture
Robert and Eileen Mooney
Ernest Naessens
Rev. Gregory Moore OP
Jack and Rose Mary Miller James and Joan Miller
Lowell Moore in honor of Veronica Thompson and in memory of Veronica Moore
Josephine Nagle in memory of Margaret Berghoff and in honor of Sr. Kateri Schrems
Judith Miller
Terence and Debra Moore
Kenneth and Kathleen Miller
(+) Sister Mary A. Morang, OP
Margaret Miller
Zulema Moret in memory of Zulema y Enrique
Sister Marie Celeste Miller, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Rose Morin in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Ronald and Sally Miller
Lyle Morrison in memory of all deceased Sisters
Henry and Diane Milanowski Rev. Paul Milanowski Patrick and Shirley Miles Drs. Arthur Milholland and Luann Mostello in honor of Sr. Ardeth Platte and Sr. Carol Gilbert
Robert and Maria Milstead Robert and Margaret Minerick in memory of Wanda Robinson Sister Janet Mish, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Joan Mish in memory of Tom Mish Joseph and Elsie Mish Sister Elaine Mitchell, OP John and Lisa Mitchell
Mary Morris
Mark and Kathryn Morrow Eileen Moss in honor of the newly elected Leadership Team and in memory of Sr. Nancy Flumerfelt Sister Phyllis Mrozinski, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Robert and Annabelle Mrozinski John and Donna Muench Theresa Mulcahy
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Frank Nagy in memory of his wife Betty Nagy Helen Napper in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek National Restoration Inc. James and Mary Nausadis Joseph and Geralyn Navarre Sister Mary Navarre, OP in memory of your sister Kathleen Navarre and in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Sara Navarre Ned’s Pipe and Steel Charles and Ruth Ann Neitzel in memory of Sr. Stella Jozwiak Sister Julia Nellett, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Richard and Audrey Nellett
Patrick and Christine Muldoon
Richard and Mary Nelsen in memory of Wanda Kokx Robinson
John and Barbara Mullally
Mary Nelson
(+) Sister Diana Mlynarchek, OP
Patricia and Noel Mullett
Anne Mlynarchek in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek
Judy Mulroy
James and Karen Neubecker in honor of Sr. Vera Tilmann, Sr. Rose Marie Martin and Sr. Marie Carla Moeggenborg
Frances Mlynarchek in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek
Sally Munford in honor of Sr. Bede Frahm and Sr. Ann Norman
Jerry and Beth Mlynarchek in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek
Mary Munn in memory of her parents, Eileen and Dobie Munn
Sister Olga Mizzi, OP Brian and Lori Mizzi-Spillane in memory of Joseph Mizzi on his birthday
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Laura Muncie
Ronnie Neumann Loretta Nevarez in memory of Henrietta Nevarez Frances Neville
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Elaine and Thomas Newton in honor of Sr. Bede Frahm
Kathryn O’Bee
(+) Sister Anthony Therese Pacek, OP
James and Maria Nichols
Arlene Obetts
Rev. Thomas Page
Faye Mary Nicholson
Arlene O’Brien in memory of her husband, Marvin O’Brien
Bernadette Palaszek
Timothy and Kathleen Nickerson John and Rose Marie Nickodemus
Patricia O’Brien
Thomas and Philomena Paniwozik
Joanne Niederoest in memory of Sr. Henry Suso Lerczak
Sarah O’Brien
Viola Panks in memory of her husband, Thomas Panks
Robert and Mary Ann Niedzielski in memory of Sr. Aquin Gallagher and Sr. Jean Milhaupt
Thomas and Nancy Occhipinti
Joseph and Stacie Niedzwiecki
Catherine Occhipinti Daniel and Bernita O’Connor in honor of Sr. William Mary Conway
Charles and Margaret Nietling in memory of Sr. Bertille Tithof and Sr. Thecla Nietling
Judith Duffy Palmer
Richard Parente in memory of Dorothy and Marlene Parente Nancy Passanante William and Mary Passinault Steven and Kathleen Paterka
Floyd and Geneva Nietling
Kevin Patterson
Ethel Niles in memory of her husband Charles Niles
Ronald and Geraldine Pawloski
Agatha Noa in memory of Sr. Christine Jozwiak
Michael and Anne Pawlowski
Ronald and Caralie Norman
Martha Peabody in memory of Patrick Murphy
James and Mary Ann Norris
Harry and Helen Peacock
Robert and Suzanne Payne
Mary O’Connor in honor of Sr. Mary Aquinas Weber Richard O’Dell The O’Dell Family in memory of their parents, Wenz and Emma Kulhanek Deborah O’Donnell Sister Rosemary O’Donnell, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Laurie Oldford Hilda Olivares Juan and Mary Olivarez
Robert and Bernadette Norris Noster Foundation Margaret Novakoski
Mary Lynn and Jay Pearsall in memory of Peggy McLoughlin John and Patricia Peltier Patrick and Rose Periard in honor of Sr. Emeliana Judis and Sr. Helen Jude and in memory of Sr. Donata Judis Irene Petelle in memory of Sr. Helen LaValley, Jerome LaValley and Francis Petelle Michael and Phyllis Petersen in memory of Howard and Mary Petersen and Stanley Szocinski
Loretta Olmstead
James and Mary Peterson
Edward and Josephine Olshaske in memory of Bessie McGrady and Helen Olshaske
Alice Petrlich
David and Barbara O’Neil in memory of Peggy McLoughlin
Christine and Thomas Pfennig
Mary Jane O’Neil
Joseph Nowaczyk
Patricia Orvis in memory of Charlotte Couture
Ann Nowak
Jean Osborn
Sister Carol Ann Nowak, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Leona Osbourne in memory of her husband, J. Patrick Osbourne
L.Gen.(Ret) John and Maureen Nowak
Thomas and Diane Osbourne
Richard Nowakowski
Virginia O’Shaughnessy in honor of Sr. Ann Walters
Carole and Donald Nugent in honor of Sr. Maureen Geary, Sr. Barbara Hansen and Sr. Ann Walters
Timothy and Jane Pearcy in memory of Sr. Jane deChantal Host
Todd and Mary Olivieri in honor of Sr. Josine Schafer
Mary Ellen Novakoski in memory of Sr. Christine Jozwiak and Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki
Nancy Nowicki in memory of Sr. Rosalita Prusevicz
Richard and Gayle Peacock in honor of the Conway Sisters
Guadalupe Ornelas
Christine Osterman in honor of Sr. Judith Kirt John and Peggy Ott
Roger and Kathleen Pfeifer Joan and H. George Phillips Ruthanne and Thomas Piechocki James and Nancy Piggush Leonard and Patricia Pilato Sidney Pilson in honor of Sr. Mary Catherine Brechting and Sr. Maureen Geary Tim Pirochta Jack and Virginia Pitman in memory of your brother, Bishop Kevin Britt Sister Mary Lee Pitre, OP in memory of your sister, Peg McLoughlin and in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Armen Oumedian in memory of his wife, Pat Oumedian
Paul and Marie Pitre
Patricia Owen
Sister Maxine Plamondon, OP
(+) Sr Mary Edward Plamondon, OP
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Donald and Rita Platte in memory of Virginia Platte George and Reta Platte in memory of William Platte Lois Platte June and Royal Playford in honor of Sr. Lupe Silva and Sr. Mary Ann Goch PNC Bank Stephen and Jacqueline Pobozny in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek Carl and Joann Pohlman Valeria Poholski Jacqueline Pointer in honor of Sr. Donna Brown Maureen Poirier in memory of Kathleen Navarre Norman and Cecile Pokora in honor of Sr. Mary Albert Sagorski Evelyn Ponstein in memory of her husband, Arthur Ponstein Joseph Popiel Ronald and Bridget Popp in honor of Sr. Eileen Popp
–Q– Quality Air
Robert and Kathryn Reidy in honor of Sr. Lucille Janowiak
Peter and Patricia Quick
Beth Reimel
Thomas and Geraldine Quinn
Sister Jean Reimer, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
–R– Yvonne Rackow in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Leonard and Carol Radecki Richard and Marcella Radecki in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Reliable Management Systems Inc Religious Sisters of Mercy Harry and Lillian Relstab in memory of Sr. Jordan Marie Homolka and Sr. Dominica Nellett
Mary Jane Rademacher
Margaret Remenar in memory of Felix and Marguerite Militello
Gerald and Marsha Rademaker
Rita Remus-Thompson
Carl and Lorraine Raeck
Timothy and Mary Reno
Robert and Katie Rainer in memory of Sr. Theodine Andres
Lemont and Joanne Renterghem
Sister Lorraine Rajewski, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Roberta Rice
Resurrection Cemetery
Jerry and Bonnie Randall
Paul and Sharyn Richardson
Therese Randall in memory of Marie Despres
Norbert and Charlene Richwalski in memory of Jaime Richwalski
Robert and Andrea Rander
David and Cheryl Rickert in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Vincent and Eugenia Portelli in memory of Mary and Camilla Portelli
Marian Raniszewski in honor of the class of 1960
Sister Ann Porter, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Jerry and Marybeth Rardin
Karen Ann Ricketts in honor of Sr. Reparata Faubert
Richard Rasch in memory of Tim Wittenbach
Julie Ridenour
Msgr. John F. Porter
Rosemary Rasch in memory of her husband Bill Rasch
Jeff and Kimberly Ridings
Louis Rastovac in memory of Sr. Agatha Artman, Sr. Conrad Artman and Joan Savage
Emily Riggs in memory of her husband Roger
Leo and Joan Rathbun in memory of Sr. Mary A. Morang and Joan Hennen and in honor of all Grand Rapids Dominicans
Regina Rinderer
Arrainna and Robert Rau in memory of Sr. James Rau
Gary and Cynthia Ritter
James and Marie Preston
Hector and Mary-Lloyd Raymond in honor of Kathleen and Lloyd Lievence
Riverside Integrated Systems
Robert and Ann Marie Pries
Brent and Page Rector
Carolyn Priest in memory of Clarence Weber
Kenneth and Mary Robach in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek and Judith Schmidt Palmer
Michael and Cynthia Redman
Daniel and Judith Printz in honor of Sr. Lupe Silva
John and Mary Ellen Robertson
Mary Lou Regner in memory of her husband, Otto Regner
Jacob and Delores Robinson
Porter Hills Retirement Commmunities & Services Daniel and Mary Postellon James and Rosemary Potter Ronald and Carol Powers in honor of Sr. Elizabeth Barilla Helen and Karyn Prawdzik in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek PRCU Lodge 78
Bruce and Sally Probst in honor of their parents Property Resources Inc. David and Kathleen Pruden in memory of Charlotte Couture Rudolph and Marie Fernande Pruden Arthur and Linda Pruss in memory of Joseph Mizzi Elaine Przepiora in memory of Robert Przepiora Rev. Mark Przybysz Jacqueline and Ronald Pung Gregory and Virginia Purcell in honor of the Marywood Girls Beatrice Purdy
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Mary Margaret Rapp
Donald and Barbara Rigali Patricia and David Rinard Leonard and Linda Ritola in honor of Sr. Robert Ann Erno River City Flooring
Patricia Robinson
Vincent and Barbara Schenden
Rockford Construction
Maurice and Betty Ruddy in memory of Sr. Katherine Power (+) on her birthday
Patricia Rockwell
Sister Rena Ruddy, OP
Robert Schiesler and Mary Novello
Matthew Rockwood in honor of all Dominican Sisters
Lillian Rumann in honor of Sr. Anne Monica Shalda
Timothy and Kathleen Schilter
Joe and Gania Rode in memory of Lisa Rode
Lynn Rumsey in memory of Sr. Bertrand Lalonde
LaVern Schindorf in honor of Sr. Patricia Kennedy and in memory of Margaret Schindorf
Richard and Rosalie Running in honor of the Sisters serving in New Mexico
William and Elizabeth Schipper in honor of the O’Dell family
Russell Foundation
Dale and Mary Lou Schmidt in memory of Sr. Lisa Marie Lazio
Jack and Sandy Rodes in memory of Eva and Bernie Weber Louella Rodriguez Sister Therese Rodriguez, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
William and Karen Rykhus –S–
Karel Rogers and John Verhagen in memory of Wanda Kokx Robinson
John Schmidt
Joan Sabourin in honor of the Golden Jubilarians
Robert and Myrtle Schmidt in memory of Sr. Michaela Schrems
Sacred Heart Church, Merrill
Marie Schmitt
Robert Sadowski
Lawrence and Arlene Schmitz in memory of their parents and Charlotte Couture
Stanley and Phyllis Saganski
Delphine Rogers in honor of Sr. Cecilia Faber
Paulette Schieber
Jack and Janet Sage in honor of Sr. Constance Fifelski
Mary Schmuckal
Joseph and Debra Sage
Kathleen and Robert Schneider
Sister Marie Bernarde Salazar, OP
Sister Margaret Schneider, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Dean and Elaine Salisbury in memory of Sr. Theodine Andres
Msgr. Ernest Schneider
Mary Kay and Jim Schneider
Richard and Patricia Salo
Wallace Schneider
Patricia Rogers
Thad and Heather Salter
Robert and Julie Schnoor
Jerome and Sheila Romanik in memory of Sr. Kathleen Mooney
Sister Audrey Sanchez, OP
Sister Linda Schoenborn, OP in memory of Rosemarie Willis
Most Rev Robert Rose
Helen Sanchez in honor of her daughter Sr. Audrey Sanchez
Emily Rosendall in memory of Sr. Kenneth Fitzgerald and Sr. Christine Jozwiak
Theresa Sandlin in memory of her husband, Edgar Sandlin
Mary Rosendall in honor of Sr. Amata Fabbro
Juan and Alice Sandoval
Jack and Mellie Schrems in honor of your sister, Sr. Kateri Schrems
Ronald and Jane Ross in honor of Sr. Edith Kahler, Sr. Ada Dominguez and Sr. Eileen Jaramillo
Eugene and Patricia Sanford
Dolores Schroeder
Galileo and Judy Sarmiento
Abe and Anne Rossi in honor of Sr. Lourdes Palazzolo and in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek and Sr. Christine Jozwiak
David Sarnacki and Bridget Flynn
James and Marie Schueller in memory of Sr. Theodine Andres
James Satkowski in memory of Charlotte Couture
Lisa Schulte in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind and in honor of Sr. Marie Celeste Miller
Rev. Joseph Schabel
Sister Carmen Rostar in honor of the living and deceased members of the Mankowski family
Arleen Schafer in honor of the Marywood class of 1948
Margaret Schulte in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Stanley and Diana Roth Albert and Bernice Rouse in memory of Sr. Marie Therese Rouse George and Grace Rowley Serafin Roybal in memory of his wife Josephine Dennis Royer in memory of Sr. Herman Joseph Schroeter Frank and Betty Rozek in memory of Lucille Gase Merlin and Terri Rozenboom in memory of Charlotte Couture Marie Roznowski in memory of Charles DeCaire
William and Kathleen Schooley George Schrems in honor of Sr. Kateri Schrems
John and Grace Schafer
Phyllis Schultz in memory of Sr. Villana VanMullekom and all who taught at St. John, Essexville
Sister Josine Schafer, OP in honor of the 2012 Jubilarians
Thomas and Susan Schultz in honor of the Sisters of St. Mary, Saginaw
Peter and Patricia Schafer
William and Geraldine Schultz in memory of Sr. Jeannine Kalisz
Richard and Geraldine Schafer Francis Schaffer Mary Lynn Schall Simons
Katherine and Mark Schumacher in memory of Sr. Paschal Barth
Jeanne Schaller in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Milly Schumaker in memory of Lyle Schumaker
Sister Geneva Marie Schaub, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Kenneth and Margaret Schwartz
Sister Ottilia Schaub, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Theresa Schaub
John and Sharon Schuster-Craig (+) Sister Mona Schwind, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Donald and Margaret Schwind in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
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Irene Scollard
Roger and Kathi Skorupski
Julie Mika Scott
Michael and Audrey Slezak
St. James Parish House, GR in honor of the 2012 Jubilarians
Fred Sebulske in memory of Sr. Aquin Gallagher
Edward and Jill Smith
St. Joan of Arc Church, Arvada, CO
Bernadette See
Edward and Patricia Smith
Jean Seguin
Glenn and Anne Smith in honor of Sr. Margaret Thomas’ 65th Jubilee
St. Joseph the Worker Parish, GR in memory of Zulema Maria Cafferata
Craig and Bernadette Seidell in memory of Ben and Carrie Lewandowski Emma Jean and James Seman
St. Margaret Mission, Greenville, MI
Michael and Linda Smith
St. Mark Episcopal Church, GR
Robert and Constance Smith in memory of Tim Wittenbach
St. Mary Student Parish, Ann Arbor, MI
Marilyn Smithers in honor of the Partners in Parenting program
St. Michael Church, Maple Grove, MI in honor of the ministry of the Sisters in Chimbote, Peru
Sara Smolenski
St. Norbert Parish, Munger, MI
Delmar and Ruth Smolinski
St. Pius X Parish, Grandville, MI
John and Kathleen Snider
Ronald and Catherine Stacilauskas
Ginger and Thomas Sobel
Joseph and Jeanne Stack
William and Ann Sochocki in memory of Sr. Dominica Nellett
Susan Stack
Earl and Joan Solberg
Marilyn Sherman in memory of Sr. Rose Alma Oliver
Irene Sommerdyke
Betty Stalker in memory of Sr. Domitilla Mahoney
Paul Sommerdyke
Douglas and Joan Start
John Shimko
Margaret Sophiea in memory of Marjorie and Cecil Gallagher
Sister Mary Louise Stauder, OP
David and Carol Souten in memory of Sr. Jeannine Kalisz
Connie Steffes in memory of Butch Steffes
Theresa Sowa in memory of William Finazzi William and Margaret Sowle
Ralph Steimel in memory of Florence and Eleanor Steimel
Spartan Foods
Burrell and Phyllis Stein
Stephanie Sielski in memory of Sr. Mary A. Morang
Serena Spear in memory of Sr. Kenneth Fitzgerald and your parents, Norma and Floyd Crowley
Dorothy Stein in memory of her husband, Edward Stein
Evelyn Sienko
Nancy Spezia in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Servants of Jesus Michael and Marguerite Seymour Father Philip Shangraw Denise Shankin in memory of Sr. Helen Bolger George and Linda Sharpe Sharon Shaw Edmund and Patricia Shea in honor of the Marywood class of 1957 Shirley Sheppard in memory of Bill and Mike Sheppard
Mae Shipley Robert and Barbara Shook Mary Shoup John and Lois Shutich Thomas Sibley Mary Ellen Sieggreen
Kathleen Staley
Scott and Suzanne Stauder
Sister Marjorie Stein, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Sister Lucianne Siers, OP
Maxine Steinmiller
Teresa and David Sierzant
John and Mary Stepanovich in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek
Curtis and Katherine Sigardson-Poor
James and Petey Stephanak in memory of Wanda Kokx Robinson
George and Mary Pat Siler Sister Gretchen Sills, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Larita Stephanak in memory of Wanda Kokx Robinson
Marjorie Sills in honor of Sr. Gretchen Sills
Robert and Susan Stephanak in memory of Wanda Kokx Robinson
Sister Eva Silva, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Rosemary Stevenson
Juanita Silva
Lee and Judy Stilwell
Sister Lupe Silva, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Edward and Mary Simpson in honor of the retired Sisters Yvonne Simsa in memory of her husband Bryan Judith Singer Sisters of Mercy Orrie and Florence Sjaarda in honor of the Marywood class of 1951 Melvin and Janet Marie Skillman in memory of Charlotte Couture
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Thomas and Anne Spieles in memory of Meghan Spieles Thomas and Patricia Sprich in memory of Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki Patrick and Mary Spruit in honor of Sr. Emma Kulhanek
Johanna Sizick
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St. Boniface Parish, Bay City, MI St. Charles School, Greenville, MI in honor of Sr. David Therese Korson St. Elizabeth Parish, Reese, MI
Joseph and Jean Stojak Mary Jane Storey in memory of Patricia Yost Thomas and Rosanne Stream in honor of Sr. Peter Mary Korson and in memory of Sr. Jeannette Chiasson Leona Strong in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek Casimir Studzinski and Linda Grant in memory of Adam Kalisz Donald and Patricia Stump
Dennis and Deborah Sturtevant in memory of Tim Wittenbach
Leonard and Sally Tardani
Sister Susanne Tracy, OP
Ana and George Taruc
James and Joan Sullivan in honor of Sr. Jean Reimer
Janice and Mark Tatrow in memory of Sr. Mary A. Morang
Constance Trahan in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
Linda Sullivan in memory of Sr. Stephanie Heintz
Jacqueline Taylor
John Sullivan in memory of Sr. Mary Sullivan Rosemary Sullivan in honor of Sr. Sue Eichhorn
James and Rosemary Taylor Margaret Taylor TDS Metrocom
Summit Laboratory
Emmanuel and Kathryn Tendero
James and Kirsten Supancheck in honor of their sister, Sr. Phyllis Supancheck
Allan and Gloria TenEyck
Sister Phyllis Supancheck, OP
Carol Terhaar
Sandra Super in honor of Sr. Ann Walters
Sister Donna Jean Thelen, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Superior Pest Control
Peggy Tepper in honor of Sr. Jude Bloch
Stella Thelen William and Diane Thelen in honor of Sr. Donna Jean Thelen
Sandra and Donald Swider Sister Carmelita Switzer, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Richard Trecy in memory of Yvonne Trecy Patricia Trepkowski Trinity Health Services Susan Trojanowicz John and Cheryl Trujillo Sesario and Angelina Trujillo Donald Truszkowski Rozanne and Jerel Turner Bill and Marguerite Tuttle –U– Bonnie Faber Unwin
Sister Ann Thielen, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Karol Urban
Father John Thome
Mary L. Vaccaro
Harold and Jo Ann Thome
Mary T. Vaccaro
B. Gregory and Ramona Thompson
Sister Aurora Valerio, OP
Darwin Thompson in memory of Mary Lynne VanDeVyere Thompson
Vincent and Rose Vallier in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind
James and Rhea Thompson
Barbara Van Aanhold in memory of Arthur Van Aanhold
Father Thomas Thompson in memory of his parents, Francis and Clara
Philip and Martha Sweedyk in memory of Sr. Francis Agnes Loftus
John and Irene Traverse in memory of Sr. Angus Black, Sr. Faith Mahoney, Sr. Magdalena Conway and all who taught them
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Thomas and Julie Van Hall
Troy and Lois Thompson
Bruce and Michele Van Houten
Mark and Ann Thomson
Gordon and Carolyn VanBoven
Sister Karen Thoreson, OP
Joseph and Helen Vanderlooven
Kenneth Thoreson
Patricia VanderMaas
Rudy Thoreson in honor of Sr. Karen Thoreson
James and Linda VanderSchaaf
Andrea Tiller
Christine and Eric VanDerVeen in memory of Ted and Mary Wigda
Sister Vera Ann Tilmann, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Dale and Mary Ellen Tithof in honor of the 2012 Nuns on the Bus
Godfrey and Geraldine VanderWerff in memory of Remiegia VanderWerff and Dominic VanderWerff
Thomas and Pat Tithof
Mary VanDuinen
Bernice Szocinski
Mark Tober in memory of Henrietta Nevarez
Lawrence and Patricia Szura
Mary Stephanie Tobin
Sister Marjorie Vangsness, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
James Szymanski in memory of Sr. Jeannine Kalisz
Dorothy Tolan in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek
Phillip and Jean VanHuffel
Martha Szymanski
Deborah Tomasik
James and Audrey VanMullekom
Sylvester and Mary Tomaszewski in memory of Sr. Marie Anthony Tomaski
Jerry and Jill VanWeelden
Luis and Gretchen Minnhaar-Tomatis
Daniel and Eileen Vaughan
Robert and Nancy Topham in honor of Sr. Emma Kulhanek
Donald and Julie VeCasey
Gloria and Gary Switzer in honor of the 2012 Jubilarians Gerald and Frances Syrba in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek
–T– Kenneth and Doreen Tacey Alice Tallman in memory of Carolye Lafrinere Julie Tamm Todd and Mary Jo Tanner Louis and Louise Tardani Sister Maria Tardani, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Phillip and Diane Tardani
Rev. Richard VanLente
Varnum, Attorneys at Law
Dean Toriello
Bernard Verellen in memory of Sr. Mary Ferdana Verellen
Abram and Patricia Torres in memory of Sr. Mary A. Morang
Richard and Christine Vettese
Andrew Towers in memory of Angie Gonzoles
Matthew and Paula Vicari
Patricia and John Veysey
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Daniel and Ann Vickstrom in memory of Peg McLoughlin
Sister Verona Wangler, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Gary and Rose Willing
Virginia Vipond in memory of her son Steven Vipond
Gladys Waranica
Leland and Marian Wilson
Susan and David Vislisel in honor of Sr. Sandra Delgado
Betty Warber in memory of Andy Warber and Sr. Jeannette Chiasson and in honor of the Betty Warber family
Marge and Eugene Wilson in memory of Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki
Russell and Christine Visner
Patricia and Duard Warsen
Sonja and John Visser in honor of Sr. Nathalie Meyer and Sr. Joyce Ann Hertzig
James and Diane Weatherhead in memory of Milton Van Andersen
Janet and Michael Vogel in memory of Adam Kalisz
Garrett and Lindsay Weatherhead
Joseph and Anne Wiltrakis
Michael and Maureen Weaver
Gail Wingard
Edward and Irma Vogt in memory of Irma E. Vogt Sr.
Sister Aquinas Weber OP
Sister Catherine Ann Winowiecki, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Marion Vonnegut in memory of Sr. Rose Therese Kunderman and Sr. Herman Joseph Schroeter
Rev. Donald Weber
Barbara Weber in memory of Paul Weber
Dolores and Daniel Wilson
Mary K. Wilson Mary O. Wilson William and Anne Wilson
Gerald Winowiecki John Wisniewski
Julie VonTilius
Jeffrey and Susan Weber in memory of Dylan Weber
Joseph and Jan Voss
Kathleen Weber
Mary Witkowski
William Weber
James and Pamela Witte
John and Susan Weick in honor of their aunt, Sr. Marge Stein
Sister Alice Wittenbach, OP
John and Mary Weiks
Calvin and Marilyn Wittenbach in memory of Tim Wittenbach
David Weinandy in memory of Tim Wittenbach
Richard and Lois Wittkowski
Helen Weisneck
Ronald Wojan in memory of Vera Mae Wojan
Sister Corinne Weiss, SJ in honor of Sr. Nathalie Meyer Welch Law Firm Charles and Diana Wendling Mary Ellen Wendling Robert and Rose Wendling –W– Richard and Mary Wachter Carol Wagner in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek Edward and Susan Wagner Marguerite Wagner in memory of her husband, Richard Wagner
Robert and Audrey Witham
Henry and Louann Werksma in honor of Sr. Rosemary Belanger and in memory of Sr. Mary Lou Houghton and Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki Dorothy Wernette Thomas and Janet Wesholski Westgate Bowl
Harry and Patricia Wojtas Sister Agnes Mary Wojtkowiak, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians Estate of Fr. Michael Wolf Gus and Diane Wolf Michael and Marcia Wolohan Ronald and Jacqueline Wondolowski in memory of Elaine Maternowski Gerard Wood Gordon and Ruth Woodard in memory of Sr. Justyn Krieg Jean Ritcey Woodcock in memory of her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Ritcey
William and Dolores Wagner
Matt and Jennifer Wey
Mary Beth Walen in memory of Sr. Diana Mlynarchek, Sr. Mary Martens and Sr. Mona Schwind
Robert and Deborah White Pamela Whiting
Bruno and Mary Anne Walke in memory of Sr. Norena Downes
Barbara Wilcoxson in memory of Jefferson Wilcoxson
Irene (+Joe) Walker
Jack and Victoria Wilger
Bette Tarte Worley
Barbara Walkley in memory of Sr. Dominica Nellett
Anne Williams
Alice Worth in honor of Dan and Marie
Dennis and Suzanne Haas-Williams
Robert and Christine Worth
Susan Wallis
James and Kathleen Williams in honor of Sr. Mary Donnelly’s Silver Jubilee
Sister Sylvia Wozniak, OP in honor of our 2012 Jubilarians
Sandra Walraven in memory of Vern Walraven
Kenneth and Helen Williams
Debra Walsh
Michael and Mary Alice Williams in memory of Sr. Mona Schwind and Sr. Mary Martens
Helen Wransky in memory of Elmer and Edna Deuster
Marvin and Karen Wallaert
Sister Ann Walters, OP Rex Waltman in honor of all Sisters serving at Blessed Sacrament, GR Judy Walton
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Michael and Elizabeth Wieland
Nancy Woodcock Robert and Mary Ann Woodhouse Robert Woodhouse Jr. Bob and Aleicia Woodrick Marilyn Workman
Marie Wrocklage in memory of Richard Wendling
Ronald and Patricia Williams
WTI
Thomas and Louise Williams
Rosemary Wuellner
James Wurdock in memory of his mother Henrietta Wurdock Patricia Wurtzel Mary Wurz (+) Sister Marie Jude Wysocki, OP –Y–
Richard and Maryann Young
Timothy Ziegler
Donald and Charlotte Yuhasz in memory of Adeline Yuhasz and Dorothy Rabideau
Jack and Ruth Zimmerman
Dennis and Delores Zack in memory of Louis and Jennie Wisniewski
William and Carole Zoller
John Zadvinskis
Daniel and Michelle Yagiela
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Mary Ann Yaklin in memory of Ronald and Brian Yaklin
Claude and Rosemary Zajakowski in honor of the Sisters who taught them on Beaver Island
Barbara Yared
James Zarafonetis
Mary Jane and Brant Yarrington
Robert and Joanne Zayko
Esther Yff-Prins
Gerald and Yoshie Ziarno in memory of Sr. Jeannine Kalisz
John and Gerrie Young
Henry and Audrey Zmudka Mary Zwaanstra in memory of Sr. JoAn Brown Renee Zwiefka in memory of Sr. Mary A. Morang Thomas and Patricia Zwier in memory of Sr. Marie Jude Wysocki
Marywood Legacy Campaign Contributors Received by publication date Martin and Susan Allen
Rev. Paul Milanowski
Msgr. Gaspar Ancona
Patrick and Shirley Miles
Anonymous
Terence and Debra Moore
Willie and Glorianna Atencio
Lyle Morrison
Rev. David Baak and Betty Zylstra
Elizabeth and Mark Murray
Terry and Loretta Baughman
Mary Nelson
Betsy Beaton Borre
Sister Carol Ann Nowak, OP
Daniel and Sharon Bowen
Gen. John and Maureen Nowak
Janet and John Boyles
John and Stella O'Connor Trust Fund
Frank Brechting
Dr. Juan and Mary Olivarez
Randy and Linda Breen
Judith Duffy Palmer
Linda Burpee
Tim Pirochta
Michael and Susan Callahan
Sister Mary Lee Pitre, OP
Thomas and Kathleen Carnegie
Lawrence Inman
Rev. Mark Przybysz
Camille Cebelak
Robert and Paulette Israels
Thomas and Geraldine Quinn
Sister Irene Chrusciel, OP
Michael and Susan Jandernoa
Susan Greiner Scherphorn
Sister Mary Courtade, OP
Jack and Rita Kirkwood
Msgr. Ernest Schneider
Michael and Katherine Cuncannan
Harry and Sheila Knopke
Honorable Sara J. Smolenski
Cecilia Cunningham
Peter Korson
George and Linda Sharpe
Thomas and Jan Czerney
Sister Thaddeus Kowalinski, OP
D. Ted and Rita Thompson
Msgr. William Duncan
John and Arnette Kraus
Mark and Ann Thomson
Joseph and Dawn Erhardt
Sister John Therese Kusba, OP
Patricia Veysey
Larry and Nancy Erhardt
Robert and Linda Lalley
Matthew and Paula Vicari
Erhardt Construction
Carolyn LaRocco, The Atlanta Consulting Group
Russell and Christine Visner
Lawrence and Nancy LeRoy
The Wege Foundation
Paul and Bridget Farr Thomas and Mickie Fox Veronica Gildner Sister Mary Ann Goch, OP Estate of Evelyn Hakeem Michael and Teresa Handlin Sister Barbara Hansen, OP Isabel Hollern Bishop Walter A. Hurley
Drs. Albert and Shirley Lewis Nancy and Brian Malone Kristine Malone The George McAleenan Family Philip and Gayle McCorkle
Richard and Mary Drinan Wachter Dennis and Suzanne Haas Williams Sister Alice Wittenbach, OP Mary Ann Woodhouse Robert Woodhouse Jr.
Sister Marie Kathleen McCrackin, OP Sister Mary Ellen McDonald, OP
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Marywood Legacy Campaign Update
Delivering Hope
Dear Friends of the Dominican Sisters:
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he Dominican Sisters are very dear to us not only for the work they perform so quietly, consistently, and selflessly every day, but for all that they embody. When faced with finding a solution to their own increasing health care needs they not only found one, but made it into a ministry focused on serving others at the same time. The Marywood Legacy Campaign seeks to raise funds in support of this new ministry that also provides health care options for the Sisters. We readily agreed to co-chair this campaign because we believe in the Sisters and know that there is a vital need for these services in the community. The funds raised by this campaign also support a thoughtful strategic plan to ensure that the beautiful Marywood campus remains a vibrant part of the West Michigan community for many years to come. We know how challenging it has been for the Sisters – so used to giving help – to ask for it. So it is on their behalf, and on behalf of all the people this new venture will serve, that we encourage you to support this campaign. It is good for the Sisters. It is good for our area seniors. And it is good for our community as a whole. Delivering hope today and promising hope for tomorrow. That is the Dominican Sisters’ legacy. With Our Sincere Regards, Rita Kirkwood Arnette Kraus Marywood Legacy Campaign Co-Chairs
Marywood Legacy Campaign Co-Chairs Arnette Kraus and Rita Kirkwood learn more about the renovations at Aquinata Hall from Development Director, Sister Patrice Konwinski (center).
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Arnette Kraus points out detail in the striking stained glass window located in the Aquinata Hall reception area.
The Marywood Legacy Campaign supports the transformation of the Marywood campus into a state-of-the-art health care destination capable of providing care for Sisters and other West Michigan seniors. CAMPAIGN CABINET
HONORARY CABINET
Rita Kirkwood, Campaign Co-Chair Arnette Kraus, Campaign Co-Chair Dave Arbanas Micki and John Benz Betsy Beaton Borre Dan and Sherry Bowen Linda Burpee Sue Condit Tom and Jan Czerney Terri Handlin Sue Ann Jabin Jack Kirkwood Sr. Patrice Konwinski, OP John Kraus Rob Lalley Deb Moore Judy Duffy Palmer Mary Ellen Reed Tom and Tracy Rosenbach Matt Vicari Russ and Chris Visner Mary Drinan Wachter
Sue Jandernoa, Honorary Co-Chair Elizabeth Murray, Honorary Co-Chair Marty and Sue Allen Msgr. Gaspar Ancona David Baak Randy Breen, DDS John and Marie Canepa Tom Carnegie Katie Cuncannan Larry and Nancy Erhardt Paul Farr, MD Tom and Mickie Fox Jeff Gietzen Sr. Barbara Hansen, OP Ralph W. Hauenstein Robert Herr Isabel Hollern Sr. Maribeth Holst, OP Sr. Teresa Houlihan, OP Most Rev. Walter A. Hurley John S. Jackoboice Tom and Barb Jackoboice Harry and Sheila Knopke Rabbi Albert and Shirley Lewis Brian and Nancy Malone George and Katie McAleenan Phil McCorkle Sr. Nathalie Meyer, OP Rev. Paul Milanowski Patrick Miles, Sr. Lyle Morrison Sr. Carmelita Murphy, OP Mary Nelson Paul and Ruthie Nelson Lt. Gen. (Ret.) John and Maureen Nowak Juan and Mary Olivarez Rev. Mark Przybysz Pat and Rita Quinn Tom and Gerry Quinn Rev. Jose Quintana Msgr. Ernie Schneider Dr. John and Mary Stepanovich Mark Thomson Sr. Marjorie Vangsness, OP Sr. Aquinas Weber, OP Peter Wege Kate Pew Wolters
Larry Erhardt and Johanna Wege Osman at the November 2012 Marywood Legacy Campaign reception and preview of Aquinata Hall.
Linda Burpee, Sr. Aquinas Weber, and Sara Smolenski share a smile after touring the renovations of Aquinata Hall at a November 2012 reception.
Sr. Patrice Konwinski and Sue Jandernoa, honorary co-chair of Marywood Legacy Campaign, at the November 2012 donor reception and preview of Aquinata Hall renovations.
Tour Our New Campus We will host tours and open houses in the recently renovated facilities on the Marywood campus in Grand Rapids over the next few months. Contact Yvonne Rackow at 616-514-3106 or yrackow@grdominicans.org to express interest.
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ABOUT US We the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids are a community of 229 vowed religious women who follow the Catholic traditions of St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena. Since 1877, we have taught children and ministered to the orphaned, partnered with nonprofit agencies and served in hospital ministries, social service agencies and hospice care. We have created works of art, helped lead liturgical reform and fostered life in parishes and communities. Today, based on the Marywood campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan, we engage in a wide variety of ministries throughout the United States and missions in Peru and Honduras. By your donation you will participate in, and make possible, many creative and innovative responses to unmet needs in our society.
MISSION & MINISTRY EDITORIAL TEAM Mary Ann Barrett, OP Matthew Bergevin – Staff Writer Michael Ellen Carliing, OP James Falk – Art Director Maureen Fitzgerald Penn – Editor Maureen Geary, OP Regina Mary Goeldel, OP Patrice Konwinski, OP Mary Navarre, OP Lucianne Siers, OP – Managing Editor
FOLLOW US ONLINE: Access chapel services and liturgy, upcoming events, and news at www.grdominicans.org Like our facebook page at www.facebook.com/dominicansisters grandrapids Check for articles on Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids at www.domlife.org and in the “Nonprofit Neighbors” section of the Grand Rapids e-magazine The Rapidian at www.rapidian.org
2013 Jubilarians 75 Years – 1938 • • • • • • •
Audrey Kubian Constance Nizol Mary A. Morang Jovita Pekarchik Marianne Meier Donata Judis Harriet Sanborn Mary DeHaus
inflamed with contemplative love
70 Years – 1943
50 Years – 1963
Geraldine Fox • Mary Edward Plamondon Verona Wangler
60 Years – 1953 • Magdalena Conway William Mary Conway • Nancy Ribble • Jacqueline Hudson Donna Jean Thelen • Jo Ann Boucher Michael Ellen Carling • Jacqueline Bennett Jeanne Marie Jones
Orlanda Leyba Mario Pavoni Mary Patricia Beatty Mary Ann Barrett Marie Carla Moeggenborg Anne Breitag Joellen Barkwell Jean Karen Woloszyk
25 Years – 1988
Maureen Geary • Deceased
If you would like to receive a Jubilarian Booklet as a keepsake, please email your name and address to: yrackow@grdominicans.org or call 616-514-3106. The booklets have a separate page for each Sister who is celebrating her Jubilee in 2013, which includes a brief biography, the Sister’s personal statement as she celebrates her Jubilee and photographs. You can also view the 2013 Jubilarians at www.grdominicans.org.