Sisters’ Summer 2025 Photos
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Silver and Gold. Thanking God for the grace of perseverance, Sr. Mary Julianna and Sr. Bernardine Marie celebrate their 50th and 25th jubilees of vows.
Temporary profession of vows for three years precedes the taking of final vows. The large brown scapular is received at this step by Sr. Mary Fatima.
Temporary profession of vows for three years precedes the taking of final vows. The large brown scapular is received at this step by Sr. Mary Fatima.
After having had their hair cut by the Bishop, our four postulants, in simple white dresses, receive their white novice veils.
Sr. Dymphna Marie receives the blue veil and crown of roses as she makes her first profession of vows.
Sr. Dymphna Marie receives the blue veil and crown of roses as she makes her first profession of vows.
Our four new novices approach the altar, where they will receive their new names and their copies of the Holy Rule.
While the Litany of the Saints is chanted, the two new perpetually-professed Sisters, Sr. Mariana and Sr. Maria Goretti, lie under a funeral pall, signifying they are now dead to the world.
Sister receives her ring of profession from the Bishop.
Sr. Maria Bosco’s relatives from the East coast join her to celebrate her reception as a novice.
Lovingly prepared shrines and floral archways grace the processional path honoring our Divine Lord on the feast of Corpus Christi.
Major improvements in the landscaping around St. Mary’s convent in Tacoma have been lovingly carried out over the last several months.
Miss Elizabeth Offord presents the workshop on Literacy Essentials to the teaching Sisters while they are at Mount St. Michael during summer break.
Sister prepares to play for a wedding at the magnificent, though unfinished, St. Joseph’s Church in Olathe, Colorado.
The parish choir at Our Lady of Mount Carmel (New Hampshire) was augmented by a guest chorale for the High Mass on the titular parish feast.
Besides classes on teaching, we also had a class and demonstration from Herman Sitzenstock on vehicle care and maintenance.
Father Philip and Thomas were joined by the ladies and Sisters for the chanting of Compline on the feast of the Assumption during the retreat at Mount St. Michael.
Sister Maria Goretti teaching the younger campers at St. Theresa’s in Oakland, Maine.
The Sisters take a few hours to help seminarian Seminarian Thomas Netzel with his annual summer job of repainting the hundreds of windows at Mount St. Michael.
While many Sisters played board games in the gazebo on a recent outing, a few ventured onto the giant checkerboard.
A sample of summer classroom prep projects, taken from St. Joseph’s in Wayne, Michigan where Sister prepares a felt board.
One of the joys of summer is singing at Mass with a choir of Sisters almost doubled in size by the return of our missionaries.
Camp St. Philomena group photo
Camp St. Philomena: Sisters and campers pray in front of the large outdoor crucifix.
Choir practice at Camp St. Philomena
St. Dominic Savio camp in Acton, California. What a great patron saint for a catechism camp! Not to mention that he also happens to be the patron of the pastor, Fr. Dominic Radecki of Queen of Angels Church.
Girls from the southern states met for camp in Fairhope, Alabama, with Fr. Francis Miller and the Sisters.
Girls from the southern states met for camp in Fairhope, Alabama, with Fr. Francis Miller and the Sisters.
Parishioners and catechism campers gather by the new playground at St. Theresa’s in Oakland, Maine.
Sister Maria Goretti teaching the younger campers at St. Theresa’s in Oakland, Maine.