Year of Consecrated Life
At 92 years of age, Diamond
Jubilarian Anita Therese
Hayes, BVM has much to
share! “Looking back over
the past, I am filled with
heartfelt gratitude,” she
says. “I was born in Cascade, Iowa, to a loving and caring family
and received an excellent education from
the Sisters of Charity, BVM who ministered at St. Martin ES in Cascade. On
Sept. 8, 1941, I entered the BVM community in Dubuque. The novitiate years
were exciting and challenging. During
those years, the Set of ’41 de