Celebrating Christmas 2022
Enjoy this collection of images from around the U.S. Province,
showing how our Sisters celebrated the season.
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The Reception Room mantle at Monocacy Manor is adorned with a Nativity scene from Slovakia.
The creche and tabernacle are illuminated at Christmas in the chapel at Mt. Assisi Place.
Sister Ann Marie Yenca shows off a pair of fuzzy house socks she received during the Christmas Day gift exchange at Monocacy Manor.
Lush poinsettias arranged by Sisters Ancy Francis and Gracy Kundukulam surround the altar at Mt. Assisi Place.
Sister Mary Martha plays Christmas songs on guitar, setting a musical backdrop for the Sisters’ Christmas celebration at Monocacy Manor.
Sister Nancy Celaschi captured this image of the creche outside the Vatican.
Sister Georgette Dublino (left) and resident Dana Funk play guitar during sacred caroling for Residents of Mt. Assisi Place on December 14. At right is Karen Vevers, activities director. Sister Lorita Kristufek accompanied on piano.
A fan of clever jokes and puns, Sister Barbara Ann Webster attended the Mt. Assisi Place Resident Christmas Party as Olive the Other Reindeer, a play on lyrics from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Sister Amata Shina and Renea Lau pose before the giant Christmas tree at Monocacy Manor. Renea is a health aide who helps Sister get ready for the day.
Sisters Hilda Marotta and Adelina Garcia were invited to the St. Margaret of Scotland Parish children’s Christmas pageant on December 15. The day included a wonderful program, an art contest and, of course, a visit by Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Janice Briggs, associate and former employee, joins the Sisters at Monocacy Manor in singing carols on Christmas Day. Janice moved to Florida in January to be near her family there.
Sisters Bernadine Marie Stemnock and Anece Salay enjoy festive accordion music during the Mt. Assisi Place Resident Christmas Party on December 10.
Sister Virginia Rose Carroll makes a festive entrance to the Mt. Assisi Place Resident Christmas Party on December 10.
John Marshall, the caterer at Mt. Assisi Place, outfitted each dining table with rich red poinsettias for the holidays. They remained in vibrant bloom throughout January.
Each Resident of Mt. Assisi Place received this simple but spiritual ornament as a Christmas party favor.
A winter wonderland adorns the mantle in the Library at Monocacy Manor.
Charlie Brown and his beloved Christmas tree adorn the walls of the TV room at Villa Clare, where Sisters Amata Shina, Marietta Bankos and Mary Xavier Bomberger enjoy some relaxation.
This elaborate Nativity display set the scene for the season in the chapel at Monocacy Manor.
Sisters Cecilia Jacko, Roselyn Kuzma, Francesca Parana and Norberta Kralosky celebrate New Year’s Eve at Mt. Assisi Place. Below, Sister Pat Marie Buranosky and Karen Buco do the same.
Sister Barbara Brown models a robe she received during the Christmas gift exchange at Monocacy Manor.
Sister Joyce Burkhart had sugarplums and snowmen dancing in and on her head for the holidays.
Sister M. Virginelle Makos portrayed Mrs. Claus, welcoming vendors and visitors — including Sister Marietta Bankos — to St. Francis Center for Renewal’s Holiday Craft Fair & Bake Sale on November 6.
Sisters Rosalia Giba, Karen Buco and Cecilia Jacko thank members of the Assumption Youth Choir after their dinner-hour performance at Mt. Assisi Place on December 19.
Sister Roselyn Kuzma displayed this beautiful Nativity scene in her bedroom at Mt. Assisi Place.
The Holy Family welcomes visitors to Monocacy Manor.
The Advent wreath illuminates the chapel at Mt. Assisi Place, as Father Richard Zelig prays and Sister Jeanne Marie Ulica reads during Mass.
On December 12, Sisters Hilda Marotta and Adelina Garcia attended Mass at San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas, where the sanctuary was decorated with roses for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.