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BVM Inspired at Pope Francis Mass in Ecuador
BVMs Receive Governor Volunteer Awards
Sara McAlpin, BVM (Philip Mary) and Mary Agnes O’Connor, BVM
(St. Agnes) were among other Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese
of Dubuque volunteers presented with the Governor Volunteer
Awards on June 11 at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
Each volunteer dedicated over five years of service to the program.
Sara and Mary Agnes volunteer in Dubuque’s Restorative Justice
Program in the Archdiocesan Jail and Prison Ministry Program.
Associates Summer Retreat Focuses on Change
Over 40 associates, sisters, candidates and friends participated in the
Summer 2015 Associate Retreat: “Living With Uncertainty & Change”
at Mount Carmel. Presenters for the retreat weekend were BVM
Virginia Stone (Alice Rose) and BVM Associate Joann Crowley Beers.
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BVM Mary Miguel
Conway feels blessed
to have experienced the
open air Papal Mass in
Quito, Ecuador, in July.
She and Fr. John Halligan, S.J., founders of
the Working Boys’ Center
in Quito, attended the
Mass. She says, “The
expression of faith and
the feeling of the presence of Christ in the man who is our pope
is enough to bring tears to one’s eyes. What an experience! In
the name of Jesus we were greeted and attended to as if each of
us was a special guest. For me, this was an historic day, to be in
the presence of someone who is so simple and so attractive for
the kingdom. I will not forget it.”
The Archivists of Congregations of Women
Religious (ACWR) commemorated the 25th anniversary of its founding this year at its August
Triennial Meeting in Pittsburgh. At the celebration, Anita Therese Hayes, BVM, was honored
as one of nine religious sisters who were founding members. All of these women joined ACWR
in 1990 or 1991. Anita Therese became the archivist for the Sisters of Charity, BVM in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1991,
and continues to volunteer in the Mount Carmel Archives today.
Holy Name Courtyard Dedicated to BVMs
BVM President Teri Hadro, along with 30 sisters and associates,
were present on June 14, as the courtyard behind Holy Name
Cathedral in Chicago was dedicated to the Sisters of Charity,
BVM. A wall-mounted plaque recounts the 102-year history of
the sisters at Holy Name Parish. BVMs were presented with roses
before the ceremony.