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by Michelle Burns staff writer
Nuns on campus? Where?
Actually there are sisters located in the mansion on the third floor. The difference between a nun and a sister is that nuns are usually cloistered and sisters work with lay people.
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The popular belief that nuns live in the houses located at two of the entrances to the college is not true.
Though it is not widely known, they are more involved than one may realize. The sisters are involved as members on the board of trustees. They are also involved in activities such as being co-sponsors of major events on campus.
Olmstead, MSC, director of vocation ministry, will be participating in Project Appalachia this coming spring.
Sr. Olmstead also held a program called the "Women who Dare" which was a discussion about courageous women in scripture. It took place in the convent last semester.
Sr. Olmstead is also working with campus ministers John DiMucci and Arleen Smith in conjunction with upcoming events for the school year regarding the sisters' further involvement with the campus community.
The sisters are a worldwide institution of educational, medical and social service facilities.
name with 95 other Cabrinian institutions in the United States, Europe, South America and Asia.
Nancy Costello; special assistant to the president for mission integration, participated in the international Cabrini meetings.
Dr. Antionette Iadarola, college president, attended the post-chapter assembly in network, leadership and guidance.
There are four sisters who occupy the convent in the mansion. Each of the sisters are directors in their fields for the entire United States. •
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Sr. Arlene Van Dusen, M.S.C., is the director of retirement and preretirement within the Stella Maris Province.
Sr. Lucille Souza, M.S.C., is the director of Cabrini Mission Corp, which is a volunteer program for men and women who are 21 and over. Sr. Lucille is also on the board of trustees.
Sr. Olmstead, M.S.C., is the vocation director for the Stella Maris Province.
Two Cabrini Mission Corp Missionaries live in the convent while Idalia Cantero, a native of Paraguay, is currently doing ministry in the Senior Sisters residence in West Philadelphia.
In addition, the sisters participate as members of the Mission Integration Committee, which helps the college maintain its identity.
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