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Moving Ahead
CFN Novices spend Easter Sunday 2003 at the Indiana Dunes
During Lent, the CFN novices prayed the Office of the Passion
Beginning in the summer of 2003, Sr. Kim and Sr. Shannon planned the activities for the second year of their novitiate. During this time, they will participate in several of the ministries of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis giving them time to experience the apostolic mission of the congregation. Sr. Kim will be working at Lourdes Hall, a SSJ-TOSF partnership ministry with the Christian Brothers, in Chicago, Illinois. She will be providing computer support in the high school’s library, substitute teaching and various office responsibilities. In the spring, she will be working at St. Adalbert’s Elementary School in South Bend, Indiana. Sr. Shannon will work at Chiara Home in South Bend, Indiana, assisting Sr. Gretchen Clark in providing respite care for developmentally challenged individuals. In the spring, she plans on extending similar ministry in Cleveland, Ohio.
Patricia Melchert became
Sister Patricia Melchert during the cere-
mony on Saturday,August 2, 2003, marking her transition from candidacy into the novitiate of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis. Sr. Patricia will participate in the Common Franciscan Novitiate in Joliet, Illinois, beginning August 28, 2003. Novices from thirteen Franciscan Congregations come together to enter into the spirit of St. Francis and St. Clare, through study and prayer. Sister Patricia Melchert Sr. Pat was born in Chicago, but spent most of her life in southern California where she worked for GTE (Verizon) in customer service, sales, training and engineering. While in California, Sr. Pat volunteered with Big Brothers/Big Sisters as a mentor,
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