Around the Province
A SLIDESHOW OF OUR SISTERS AT WORK & PLAY
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Sister Georgette Dublino brings birthday wishes to Grace Chermack, a resident of Vincentian Home in Pittsburgh, in September.
Sisters Anece Salay (left) and Denise Olshausky (right) share strawberry shortcake with Sister Jeanne Marie Ulica on her feastday in August.
Sisters Hilda Marotta, Marian Sgriccia and Gracy Kundukulam prepare snacks for the first session of thw 2021 Provincial Chapter at Martina Center in April.
Sister Donna Pusch, building manager at Monocacy Manor, and an electrical contractor discuss new security settings to the alarm system at St. Francis Center for Renewal on May 7.
Sisters Loretta Motko and Marie Bernadette Kelleher package homemade kiffles for sale at Monocacy Farm Project’s Spring on the Farm event in May.
Sister Marguerite Stewart gets ready to cut her 90th birthday cake on June 16.
Sister Cecilia Jacko checks out Sister Barbara Ann Webster’s crafts display during a June 18 Sisters-only presale of the Mid-Summer Madness indoor yard sale at Mt. Assisi Place. The sale was hosted by Nicole Buchlmayer to aide in the purchase of her late mother’s headstone.
Sisters Georgette Dublino and Adelina Garcia share a smile outside Mt. Assisi Place on April 19.
Sister Rosalia Giba browses the inventory at the Mid-Summer Madness yard sale at Mt. Assisi Place on June 18.
Sisters Anece Salay and Georgette Dublino catch up with conversation at Mt. Assisi Place on May 20.
Sisters Dorothy Bucko and Gracy Kundukulam cozy up at Monocacy Manor on June 18.
Sisters Joyce Burkhart, Patricia Ann Mahoney and Cecilia Jacko shop for bargains at the Mid-Summer Madness Sisters-only presale on June 18.
Sister Rosalia Giba recently completed this shaped jigsaw puzzle of the Statue of Liberty, which stands more than three feet high.
Googly-eyed luggage tags attached to shelf-top suitcases stare down at Sister Nancy Celaschi upon her return to the Generalate in April.
Sisters Norberta Kralosky, Barbara Ann Webster and Joyce Burkhart create unique structures using toothpicks and gum drops during a party at Mt. Assisi Place on June 11.
Sisters Karen Buco and Eve Blostic play a game during a party at Mt. Assisi Place on June 11.
Sister Marguerite Stewart gives a youngster a ride on her walker during the yard sale encore event at St. Francis Center for Renewal on June 26.
A patron peruses the colorful bargains at the St. Francis Center for Renewal yard sale on June 18.
Laurie Merwin, associate, helps Sister Joyce Burkhart shop for a cane upgrade at the Mid-Summer Madness yard sale at Mt. Assisi Place on June 18.
Sister Marietta Bankos relaxes in her room at Villa Clare on June 19.
The chapter planning committee gathers during Session 1 of the 2021 Provincial Chapter in April at Martina Center.
Sister Georgette Dublino leads weekly bible study with enthusiastic residents of Mt. Assisi Place on April 21.
Sister Lois Jean DiFalco fills out her daily menu slip at Mt. Assisi Place on April 15.
Joanne Osborn, a 1973 graduate of Mount Assisi Academy, and Sister Roselyn Kuzma dig into some spring weeding at Mt. Assisi Place on March 30.
Sister Amata Shina reads the morning paper in the breakfast room at Monocacy Manor on May 7.
Sister Barbara Ann Webster has found another outlet for her creativity — the bulletin board outside the dining room at Mt. Assisi Place. Each design is made of repurposed household items, such as packing paper, bottle caps and plastic shopping bags.
Sisters Eve Blostic (foreground) and Francesca Parana (background) and other residents of Mt. Assisi Place sing along during Alive in the Spirit: A Concert of Praise at Pentecost on May 20.
Sisters Bernadine Marie Stemnock (foreground), Marie Therese Sherwood and other delegates to the 2021 Provincial Chapter wear face masks and remain six feet apart during Session 1 at the Martina Center in April.
A puzzle in progress in the corridor of Villa Clare calls out to passersby.
Sister Anne Kutch enjoys a sunny and warm day at Monocacy Manor on May 7.
Sister Marie Therese Sherwood discusses the San Damiano Cross during a retreat she led for the Pastoral Council at the Catholic Community of St. Matthias on June 25.
Sisters Barbara DeStefano, Mary Martha Zammatore and Anita Kuchera slice watermelon on July 4 at Monocacy Manor.
Sister Lorita Kristufek leads Alive in the Spirit: A Concert of Praise at Pentecost for residents of Mt. Assisi Place on May 20.
Students in Sister Maria Derecola’s second grade class at St. Matthias School in Somerset, N.J., show off their Star Wars-themed puppets on May 4. Fans of the science fiction franchise generally regard that date as May the Fourth Be With You day.
Sister Carol Ann Papp celebrates the last day of school on May 28 with some of her eighth grade students at Northside Catholic Assumption Academy.
The Sisters at Monocacy Manor enjoyed a patriotic and refreshing fruit treat on July 4, made by Sister M. Virginelle Makos. The edible flag was especially meaningful for Sister Gracy Kundukulam, as she celebrated her first Independence Day as a U.S. citizen.
Sister Barbara Brown prepared this display near the ambo at Monocacy Manor to remind our Sisters there to pray for the success of the General Chapter happening in Rome this week. Each province and region is represented with a vigil light.
Sisters Frances Marie Duncan and Jeanne Marie Ulica participate in a July 2 planning committee meeting for the General Chapter in Rome.