A long way from pre-Vatican II

be like everybody else. I think when I met the Sisters of
Loretto at St. Catherine’s and worked with them for four
years woman-to-woman, it was such a strong feeling
within me that I couldn’t ask for any more. They were
happy, and yet they were human. I’ve never looked back.
It’s not like I don’t have bad days and don’t get upset
with the community, but when I really sit down and think
about it, I can’t imagine being any place else.”
A long way from pre-Vatican II
Sister Vicki Schwartz today and as a novice 50 years ago.
the things that are given to me to do. Being with God and with
the people — it’s why we’re in the community.”
Huckleberry Youth Programs Director of Development Vicki
Schwartz SL, in San Francisco, said she has been a part of
Loretto since she was 5 years old. The sisters taught her from
grade school through high school and then on through Webster
College. “What holds me to Loretto are the relationships,”
she said. “I like to say I will lay down my life for the Sisters
of Loretto. It’s the truth. My favorite scripture is, ‘Love one
another.’ That, to me, is what it’s all about. We’re here to help
each other.”
Sister Vicki lives and works in northern California and is very
much a part of her local Loretto community. She also travels
to serve on Loretto’s current executive committee, finance
committee, and Jubilee committee, which is planning the major
celebrations for Loretto’s 200th anniversary in 2012.
Sister Vicki remembers that in 1958 there were not many options
for women. “I knew I wanted more from my life than what it
would mean at that point to be a secretary or nurse or teacher,
or to get married and have kids. That’s not who I was. I have
been very blessed in Loretto. I’ve had numerous educational
and leadership opportunities and a variety of experiences I never
would have had if I’d stayed planted in the middle of the St.
Louis suburbs.”
While Sister Denise Ann is the youngest of this group of
Goldens, Eileen Kersgieter SL is the oldest. Entering at age
27, Sister Eileen’s education was behind her and she’d already
worked for four years as a lay teacher alongside the sisters at St.
Catherine’s School in St. Louis. “My life up to that point was
always a ‘wondering,’” she said. “I wondered about why I was
born, why I was on earth, why was I born at this particular time?
Even as a young child I would think about what I was supposed
to do. There was something in me that knew I wasn’t going to
An old photo of Nerinx Hall in St. Louis belonging to Sister
Charlotte Marie Schwartz. Many of the 2009 Jubilarians either
attended school or taught there during their years as sisters.
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All seven 2009 Golden Jubilarians entered religious life
at a time when their environment was more structured,
comfortably predictable, and set somewhat apart from
the secular world. Their order was 1,200 strong standing
on a rock-solid foundation of 150 years of pioneering
American history. They entered Loretto in the “old days”
under the “old ways” before the sweeping changes initiated
by the Second Vatican Council in the mid-1960s. All have
been mightily affected by these changes. And none could then
conceive what their lives would become today.
Living through such significant changes and walking five decades
together bonds the Golden Jubilarians in a way that can’t be
replicated for newcomers. Sister Vicki said, “We have these
historical connections with each other. There’s no way to recreate
the history. If you don’t have that experience, you don’t have it,
and you can’t make it up.”
Much has been written about Loretto’s part in Vatican II and how
the order became more open in many ways after the Council.
Loretto was the first Catholic order of religious women to change
out of the habit into lay dress, though some sisters continued to
wear it. Soon the sisters were allowed to take more of a role in their
local parish communities, even attending nighttime events. Many
of them spoke of the satisfaction these new opportunities provided.
“The spirit of freedom that was brought about by Vatican II made
Words for Daily Living
Some of our sisters offered a favorite
passage or saying that guides
their daily living.
Marlene Spero, Denise Ann Clifford,
Eileen Kersgieter
“And what does the Lord require of you? To act
justly and to love tenderly and to walk humbly
with God.”
— Micah 6:8
Roberta Hudlow
“Are you sand or oil in the gears?”
Vicki Schwartz
“Love one another.”
— John 15:12
Charlotte Marie Schwartz
“This, too, will pass.”
Jeanne Cushing
“To thine own self be true, and it shall
follow as the night the day, thou shalt not
be false to any man.”
— William Shakespeare
Margaret Rose Knoll
“If today you hear God’s word, harden not
your heart.”
us more visible,” said Sister Denise Ann. “I think we were one
of the classes that walked both lines. We came in when there was
a lot of structure, and then lived through the era of change. The
structure gave us stability; living through the changes energized
us. When we were allowed be a part of the parish community, it
opened up all sorts of opportunities for me. I loved every aspect
of parish life — singing and playing guitar with the choir, being
involved in parish organizations. I, the first-grade teacher, taught
in the adult education programs and was elected to the parish
council.”
Sister Eileen remembered the different schools she taught in
“brought me into getting to know different communities. The
people you taught with and families you worked with in every
parish you went to. It was like a whole different world. . . . You
knew those families intimately, and people were always happy
to have you around. You got invited to things. I guess we were
fortunate insofar as being able to come into religious life before
sisters were allowed to be out among the public.”
Sister Denise Ann said a particular gift of religious life was
becoming a member of many different families throughout her
career in education. “What a joy! I am invited to be present for
weddings of former students, to attend the baptisms of their
children, to be a sponsor for confirmation. I have been part of and
shared life with so many families. I’ve ridden in the ambulance
with a student who broke his arm and served as parent in the
emergency room because his parents were out of town. I filled out
the police report when my students pelted the cars in the Saks 5th
Avenue parking lot with mud-covered rock balls. I’ve sat, cried
and prayed with a family whose 10-year-old was dying. He had
been perfectly healthy three days earlier. We buried him a week
later in his basketball jersey. I know the heartache when a student
takes his own life. You do it all, sharing the joys and the sorrows.
Their newborns become your grandchildren. Does that make us
‘granny-nuns’?”
That’s not a retiring life. It’s life up to the elbows, digging deep to
cultivate the rich ground where young people begin to grow and
flourish, where the realities of life make growth and achievements
even sweeter. It’s a life where the values imparted to students are
the same values those students — now all grown up and parents
themselves — want for their own children, said Sister Denise Ann.
Same mission, different talents
The mission of peace and justice is the same for the entire Loretto
community. “Our mission in everything we do is to follow and
imitate Jesus. He addressed the issues of his day. We cannot
be blind or deaf to those issues we face in our space and in our
time,” said Sister Denise Ann. “And we all can’t do the same
thing. We each try to tailor our response to the needs of the time
according to our own talents and our own gifts. . . . Everyone
finds a place and a way to help — prayer, ministry, volunteer
activity. We’re all in this together.”
The gifts and talents among this group of Golden Jubilarians
vary widely, yet they all share teaching backgrounds, which
was Loretto’s priority for its members until recent years.
Sister Marlene’s experience is a good example of the different
assignments and big career changes these women share in
common.
A science teacher. It may not be well known outside Loretto
circles that Sister Marlene is a chemist. She liked the subject in
high school and majored in it at Webster College. She taught
high school science and math for 14 years at Loretto Academy in
Kansas City. Webster University's programs now extend all over
the world. In fact, during the early 1970s, Sister Marlene and
Eleanor Craig SL developed and directed the first off-campus site
of Webster University when they established a Master of Arts in
Teaching program in Interdisciplinary Studies for teachers in the
Kansas City area.
“In 1977, I returned to my native Denver and was hired to teach
chemistry at Loretto Heights College, a four-year liberal arts
school,” Sister Marlene said. “After a few years I was asked to
chair the Humanities and Sciences program area but continued
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to teach two chemistry classes primarily geared to nursing
and pre-med students. When Loretto Heights closed in 1988,
Sister Barbara Schulte gave me the opportunity to design and
implement a computer program for Havern Center’s learning
disabled students.” Havern is located at the Loretto Center in
Littleton, Colo. “I continued as computer coordinator at Havern
through the 2004-2005 school year. During my 40-plus years of
teaching, I had the privilege of working with students from first
grade through graduate school,” she said.
“In 2000 Sister Anne Greenslade, the Loretto Center bookkeeper,
became ill and I volunteered to help with some bookkeeping
tasks. Sister Anne never recovered from that illness, and
since that time I have served as the Center’s bookkeeper. In
January 2007, Sister Mary Ellen McElroy and I were appointed
coordinators of the Denver Loretto Center, and that is where I
continue my ministry at this time.
“Each facet of my life’s ministry has been enjoyable and lifegiving, and I am grateful for all the wonderful people I have met
and worked with along the way,” Sister Marlene said.
A sculptor. Although Jeanne Dueber taught art history classes
to second-year novices at the Motherhouse for a time, her life’s
work has been as a noted and recognized artist and sculptor. As
one of 10 children, two of whom died in infancy, Sister Jeanne
showed early artistic talent. In fact, it was this talent that brought
her to Loretto. “I got a scholarship to Webster from a display
I’d done for the science fair at Nerinx Hall,” she said. “I made
it in three-dimension. I made a torso that was open, and shaped
the heart, lungs and kidneys. I made the veins and arteries out of
clear plastic tubes, and I tinted the veins blue. I had a pump in the
back and I ran red water through the tubes. I had explanations on
two panels.”
Sister Jeanne Dueber enjoys a lovely day at Badin Pond on the
Motherhouse property.
Most of her brothers and sisters have followed careers in the
sciences. At Webster College Sister Jeanne intended to major in
anatomy and minor in art with the goal of becoming a medical
illustrator. Eventually she found this restricted her creativity,
“so I stuck with art, especially the sculpture.” Now she spends
50 hours a week in her studio and has sculpted pieces large and
small in wood, clay and plaster. She has cast pieces in bronze,
and is proficient in welding. “I have had shows across the
country, my own shows. I’m not currently doing that, but I have
sold work all over. I’ve even sold pieces in England and Canada.”
The tiny nun in her seventies is extremely expressive, but not
in conversation. “Some people talk in words,” she said, “but I
talk with my hands.” And such talk! Her larger works grace the
Motherhouse grounds, and dozens of them are on display at her
gallery there, which is open to the public.
“The medium speaks to me,” she said. “If I’m going to work
in clay, I usually have it planned beforehand. Usually I let the
shapes of the wood suggest a subject, and I do a lot of laminating
and bolting pieces together. It’s heavy work, but it’s not difficult.
I use a hoist. No one assists me except when I need to move the
pieces.”
A photographer. Roberta Hudlow has a studio in a house in St.
Louis where she pursues her painting and photography. She takes
many photos with her single lens reflex digital camera. She has
developed fine-grained black-and-white and color film in the
darkroom, but digital technology has revolutionized and opened
up the way she works. She is curious about everything and has
taken many photography classes.
In 1984 the seven 2009 Golden Jubilarians (named in boldface)
met in the Motherhouse church for their Silver Jubilee. Friends,
mentors and those who played a part in their religious formation
gathered with them. From left to right, front row: Sisters Helen
Jean Siedel, Mary Swain, Marlene Spero, Jeanne Dueber,
Denise Ann Clifford, and Florence Wolff. Second row: Sisters
Jane Marie Richardson, Karen Madden, Vicki Schwartz,
Roberta Hudlow, and Antoinette Doyle. Third row: Sisters
Marian McAvoy, Eileen Kersgieter, Sylvia Pautler (now a Loretto
Co-member), and Mary Frances Lottes.
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Sister Roberta put in her time teaching in Loretto high schools for
11 years. “For a few years, I thought I would be an artist. I’m a
better art teacher.” Although she taught in the parochial system,
she is passionate about public schools. “I believe they are the
cornerstone of democracy,” she said. Her students represent the
highlight of her Loretto life. “I just had some wonderful students
— stand outs I’ll never forget.”
For a time Sister Roberta ran a folk music coffee house in the
Webster Groves area of St. Louis, building another community of
friends and musicians from all over the country, as well as England, Ireland, and other far-flung
places.
An educator, counselor, and Motherhouse coordinator. After Eileen Kersgieter entered the
order and later moved out into teaching assignments, she was sent first to St. Anne’s in Arlington,
Va. Within two years the Loretto executive committee at the time closed the school and convent,
perhaps for financial reasons, but also because it was too far removed from the community. Sister
Eileen was then sent to St. Louis, where she taught first, fifth and eighth grades at two different
parish schools. In 1968 she was sent to St. Pius V parochial school in south St. Louis and served
as principal for the next 20 years.
A big change was in store in 1988 when she applied for the position of Motherhouse Coordinator
and moved to Kentucky for the next 11 years. “It was a whole different way of living. It was a
whole new world — farming, cattle, taking care of buildings and not children,” said Sister Eileen.
She states beautifully what Mary Swain, Jeanne Dueber and others who have spent significant
time there say about the Motherhouse. “I love the peace of it. The quiet. And yet the ‘busy-ness’
that goes on there. People coming and going for retreats. Many guests. You were constantly
having someone coming. It was a very welcoming community, always glad to have people.”
In 1998 Sister Eileen moved to St. Louis for family reasons and lives there today. Her current
work in the counseling office has brought her to Nerinx Hall for the past 10 years.
Loretto beyond today
The Golden Jubilarians will soon gather at the Motherhouse for a special Jubilee celebration. In
preparing for this article, every Jubilarian was given an opportunity to talk about what Loretto has
meant to her. Shades of memory and meaning ran deep, and they triggered equally deep emotions.
Sister Denise Ann said, “Fifty years in Loretto! It gives you reason to pause and reflect about what
you have done for the past 50 years. It’s hard to talk about — the good times, sad times, mistakes
I’ve made and wish I could rectify, hurts I’ve caused others, forgiving those who’ve hurt me,
coming to grips with another season of life. As Golden Jubilarians we are in the autumn of our
lives right now, and we’ll be entering the wintertime. Am I ready to accept that?”
Sister Vicki said she’s uncertain about what life in Loretto will be like 20 years from now. “I
think we are evolving rather than dissolving,” she said. “I want to celebrate all the contributions
we have made, rather than mourning them. My hope is that there will be some sort of Loretto
presence in the world.”
As of today, the Sisters of Loretto remain a vigorous part of their many communities, and their
remarkable work, though mostly unsung, continues to help real people in real circumstances
across the globe, including active missions in Guatemala, Ghana, West Africa, and now starting
in Pakistan. The challenge is carried out closer to home, too. Sister Eileen said, “A big, important
part of our lives is to help the poor. The thing is, I think that we’re still relevant to the people we
work with, to the wider community, to let them know we’re ready to take that step out and help
them in any way that we can.”
Sister Denise Ann recalled, “I will never forget what Father Perusina told me when he interviewed
me for the position of principal [at St. Michael School, a large parish school in Houston]. He said,
‘I know that you and the Sisters of Loretto are dedicated to working with the poor, but those who
are materially blessed also need you to minister to them. They need you to educate their minds,
hearts and souls and challenge them to their role of caring for and sharing what they have received
with the least among us.’ That’s the mission Jesus gives to us.”
Much more awaits this year’s Golden Jubilarians. They are well equipped to help prepare the way
into the future for themselves and for their Loretto Community.
Sister Denise Ann Clifford demonstrates her Loretto evolution from novice
to vowed sister and teacher to principal of St. Michael School in Houston.
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loretto community members to remember
Jeanne d’Arc Schleicher SL
Dec. 20, 1917 — Nov. 23, 2008
Mary Elmo Ulibarri SL
Jan. 22, 1910 — Dec. 14, 2008
ister Jeanne d’Arc was born “Bernice Cecilia” to Louis and Cecile
Meyer Schleicher in St. Louis. She
entered Loretto in 1939 and made final
vows in 1945. A lifelong educator, she
taught chemistry and biology, directed
several National Science Foundation
programs, even traveling to India three
times to conduct a biology institute
there. She studied and loved marine
biology, and continued tutoring high
school and college mathematics well after retirement. She died
peacefully at Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky., at age 91 in
her 69th year as a Sister of Loretto.
“There is nothing in the whole wide world like being able
to go out in the ocean and see tidal pools and get a few
specimens.” — Sister Jeanne d’Arc
ister Mary Elmo Ulibarri was born
“Ramona” to Eduardo and Gabrielita Duran Ulibarri in Las Vegas,
N.M., and was one of 14 children in the
family. She and her sister Margarita
entered Loretto on the same day in
June 1928. Margarita became Sister
Gabrielita, and Ramona took the name
Sister Martiniana, making final vows
in 1933. She changed her name to Sister Mary Elmo in 1959. For more than
50 years she taught elementary school in New Mexico and El
Paso, Texas. Fifth-grade children were her favorites. In 1981 she
retired from teaching and moved to Loretto Academy in El Paso
and continued tutoring students for several years. In 2003 Sister
Elmo moved to Nazareth Hall Nursing Center, and died at age 98
just a week after celebrating her 80th year as a Lorettine.
Laura Jay SL
Oct. 16, 1924 — Dec. 1, 2008
Jean Kramer CoL
July 31, 1937 — Dec. 23, 2008
S
S
ister Laura Jay was born “Marjorie Emmaline” to John and Helen
Pierce Jay in Fort Worth, Texas. She
entered Loretto in 1946 and made final
vows in 1952. She taught elementary
school for 30 years in Illinois and
cities throughout the West. After a
sabbatical in 1980, she managed two
Colorado Springs apartment buildings
for 15 years. Sister Laura moved to the
Motherhouse in 1996 where she served
as a driver and willing helper wherever there was a need. She
died at Loretto Motherhouse at age 84 in her 62nd year as a Sister
of Loretto.
Margaret Grace Elsey SL
Aug. 16, 1929 — Dec. 8, 2008
S
ister Margaret Grace was born
“Shirley” to Wilson and Grace
Elsey in St. Louis. She entered Loretto
in 1951 and made final vows in 1957.
Chemistry, math, and physics were
the subjects she taught in both high
school and college settings. In 1963
she earned her doctorate from Catholic
University in math and physics. She
loved computers and helped several
Loretto locations set up computer
programs. Cooking, reading and good
conversation were among her many interests, which she continued after moving to the Motherhouse in 1991. Sister Margaret
Grace moved to the Infirmary in 2004 where she died four years
later at age 79 in her 67th year as a Sisters of Loretto.
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S
C
anadian Jean Kramer became
a Loretto Co-member in 1977
through her acquaintance with Sisters
Pat Denny and Jean Patrice Golden.
She had graduated from high school
and nursing school in Calgary and
eventually became a nurse at Carter
Place, Sister Jean Patrice’s senior
citizen housing project. She provided
nursing care and later pastoral care to
many elderly people living in downtown Calgary. It has been written of her, “Jean . . . never met a
stranger — always giving food to the hungry, clothes to the poor,
nourishment to strangers, and visiting the lonely.” She died in
Calgary at age 71 in her 32nd year as a Loretto Co-member.
Dorothy C. Wagner CoL
Dec. 5, 1917 — Dec. 29, 2008
D
orothy was born in St. Louis and
was one of five children. She
came to know the Loretto Community
through her associations with Mary
Luke Tobin SL and Ann Patrick Ware
SL when they worked in New York for
Church Women United. She was an
elder in the Presbyterian church and
belonged to the Church of the Master
in Harlem, where she attended for more
than 25 years. During her lifetime, she
served as a missionary in China in the 1940s and on faith-building assignments from the 1950s through the 1980s in Korea,
Lebanon, Ireland, Japan, South Africa and the Caribbean. She
became a Loretto Co-member in 1988. She died at age 91 in her
20th year as a member of the community.
Mary Boland CoL
Sept. 23, 1943 — Jan. 4, 2009
M
ary was born in Chicago, one of
two daughters in a family of six
children. She graduated from Marycrest College in Davenport, Iowa, and
spent the next year in Pueblo, Colo., as
an Extension Volunteer at Cathedral
Elementary School. There she met
another Extension Volunteer, Susan
Kenny, and three Sisters of Loretto
who had just arrived in Pueblo. From
the friendship that developed, Mary
stayed in touch with Loretto, returning to Colorado many years
later to continue studies in social work and a doctoral program
at the University of Northern Colorado. Through her subsequent work as Director of Social Concerns for Denver Catholic
Community Services (now Catholic Charities), she worked with
several Sisters of Loretto, deepening her ties to the community.
She became a Co-member in 1986 and was instrumental in the
development of the Mount Loretto project at Loretto Heights.
Mary died in Denver at age 65 in her 23rd year as a Loretto Comember.
Sara Anne Sharland SL
April 28, 1929 — Feb. 7, 2009
S
ister Sara Anne was born “Sally
Ann” to Joseph F. and Elizabeth
Sharland in Denver. She entered
Loretto in 1951 taking the religious
name Sister Mary Sara Anne and made
final vows in 1956. In 1968 her name
officially changed to Sister Sara Anne
Sharland. She was well known as a
skilled art teacher who also taught
shorthand, typing and business subjects in Alabama and Colorado. She
retired to the Denver Loretto Center in
1994, and moved last year to the Motherhouse. Sara Anne died at age 79 in the 58th year as a Sister of
Loretto. She is pictured on the left.
Mary Christina Cheng SL
Sept. 28, 1922 — Feb. 28, 2009
S
ister Mary Christina Cheng was
born “Cheng Kwei Fang” in
Shanghai, China, to Matthew Cheng
Wen-min and Anna Tcheng and was
baptized the next day at the city’s
cathedral. She was taught in Catholic
schools and met two Loretto sisters
who tutored her in English during
World War II. In 1946, at age 24,
Cheng Kwei Fang immigrated to the
United States to enter Loretto, taking the name Mary Christina at
reception and making first vows in 1949. She earned a bachelor’s
degree in art from Webster College in St. Louis and a master’s
degree in mathematics at St. Louis University. Sister Mary
Christina taught college and high school in Kentucky, Alabama,
Santa Fe, Denver and in several places in New York. She traveled
back to her native China six times and devoted her time and
talents to helping and educating rural Chinese Catholics and
Chinese sisters. She had lived at the Motherhouse in Kentucky
for several years, suffering a stroke in 2002. Seven years later she
died in her 62nd year as a Sister of Loretto.
Full-text memorials of our Loretto
Community members are available
on the Loretto website at
www.lorettocommunity.org.
You may also request a hard copy of any
remembrance by calling Sister Susan
Swain at the Loretto Office,
303-783-0450, ext. 1723, or writing her at
4000 So. Wadsworth Blvd.,
Littleton, CO 80123-1308.
Photo by Donna Mattingly SL
Those we hold most dear
never truly leave us.
They live on in
the kindnesses they showed,
the comfort they shared,
and the love they brought
into our lives.
A Kentucky dogwood heavy with white blossoms at their peak.
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gifts
Memorials and Tributes of Honor
October 2008-January 2009
In Memory of:
Requested by:
Anne & Francis Albin
Marie Bailey
James Albin
Marie Bailey
Leon Albin
Marcia & Edward Aller
Debbie & Carl Bailey
Margaret & Roy E. Bailey
Marie Bailey
Vivian & Sam Brocato
Barbara & John Bryant
Barbara & Howard
Campbell
Linda & Robert Carrier
Catherine L. Chandler
Kay Cozzie
Marian Dailing
Pat & Dennis Darin
Jackie Dusseau
Jennifer Faber
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fijal
Walter R. Fijal
Mary Anne & James
Gaeschke
Catherine & James
Gallagher
Katherine & Brian Hartwell
Arlene & Steve Horvath
Mr. & Mrs. Julius J. Hotovy
Penny & Charles Leffert
Evelyn, John & Deb Loomis
The Loretto Community
Rosemary O’Connor
Dorothy J. Ouellette
Susan & Robert Pierce
The Quilters Group of St.
Thomas Lutheran Church
Kay Rupson
Donna M. Sabatka
Patricia Sabatka
San Jose Sharks
Suzanne & James Schmidt
Leona Scott
Lori & Chris Sitek
Rhoda & George Sitek
Christine Skrzypek
Marge Torak
Jean & Charles Trietch
Jean & Brian York
Anne Zaragoza
Rita J. Zitek
Deceased members of
the Alpers & the Givan
Families
Marianne & Patrick Alpers
Kathryn & Bernard
Ambre
Mary A. & Joseph D.
Highland
Julia T. Amidei
Laverne & Lawrence Amidei
Vincent M. Andrasko
Margaret Andrasko
Marie & Bob Arnold
Monica & Daniel O’Shea
Edwarda Ashe SL
Hubert A. Willard
Dr. Earl Bach
Judy & Robert Allan
Carl Bailey
Marie Bailey
Ellen Barry Ballard
Mary Ann Wyrsch
Deacon Lewis Barbato
Mary & Henry Concha
Deceased members of
the Barrett Family
Ann Barrett SL
Mary Bayer
Phyllis & Joseph Fresta
Beatrice Belanger
Anita L. Belanger
Loretto Belke
David Spalding
Florence & T. D. Bell
Marian A. Bell
A. Bernabe
Cecilia & Armando Mata, MD
Mary Louise Beutner SL
Suzann & John Love
Michaela Sullivan Bishop
Jerry L. Bishop
Ed Boesen
Joann & Joseph Furay
Mary Boland*
Catholic Charities of Denver
Catholic Housing Corp. of
Colorado Springs
Sue & Russell Haskell
Diane & Thomas Hitpas
Cynthia C. Kahn
The Loretto Community
Linda & Daniel Ludwin
Judy & Jim Mauck
Dr. Nancy M. McMahon
Margaret & Tim O’Connor
SHAW Construction
Dorothy A. Bonn
The Loretto Community
Mary Grace Boone SL
Mary & James Rogers
Florence H. Bowdoin
Barbara B. Rancour
Mary Victor Bowling SL
Lucille Jaworowski
Sylvester Bowling SL
Lucille Jaworowski
Mary Roger Brennan SL
Luan Corrigan
Betty Gayle Brian
The Loretto Community
Domitilla Brown SL
Rev. Robert E. Osborne
Maura Campbell SL
Ann C. Vifquain
Biff Carlew
The Loretto Community
Marie & John Carroll
Joan C. Palazzotto
Mary & Robert Cassin
Julie & Stephen Sheridan
Frances Cavanaugh SL
Mary Vincent Breeck
Mary Jane & Paul Cella
Patricia Michalek
Chong Sun Chu
Clemente
Bronwyn C. Young
Jane Winburn Close
Mary Jane McCarthy
Throughout this list of Memorials and Tributes, * indicates Loretto Co-member
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Concepcion Codinach
Marie J. Codinach
Tom Comer
Helen M. Comer
Ann Carita Corbett SL
Margaret Connor
Barbara J. McCarville
Mary Felicia Corrigan SL
Mary & William Pederson
Donald Cyrier
Ruth Cyrier
A. H. de Leon
Cecilia & Armando Mata, MD
Howard Willis Dennis
Heather D. Roark
Mary Ellen Dintelmann
Ann Dintelmann
Aloysius Disch
Arline Disch
Bonifacio Dizon
Elenita & Leonard C. Cruz
Mary Ann & Otto Doerhoff
Elizabeth & William Mariner
Julia Dooling SL
Frances A. Candlin
Marjorie* & Robert* Riggs
Mary & John Dulla
Yvonne D. Harding
Sandra Edelman
Linda Sands Jenkins
Charlotte Ann Ell SL
James W. Lynch
Mary & James Russell
Fr. Joseph C. Spina, OSF
Jim Elliott
Lois E. & James J.
O’Connor
To err is human . . . .
Even with the blessings
of technology, multiple
proofreaders and edits, we
do make mistakes. If we
have omitted your name(s) or
misspelled any names in our
listings, we apologize. Please
notify us so that we may
rectify our errors in the next
issue of Loretto Magazine.
Photo by Sandra Lewis
gifts
A Bradford pear tree in full bloom in Atlanta.
Margaret Grace Elsey SL
Jean Carol Ahrens
Marjorie & Robert Riggs*
Mary Ely SL
Cara Spensieri
Mary Ann Sullivan
Thomas Katherine
Enright SL
Marjorie & Francis
Sweeney
Cecilia Augusta Falnes
John Falnes
Rose Ann Farman SL
Anne L. Chandler
Mary G. & Joseph Fiori
Rosemary Fiori SL
Bernadette Mary
Fischer SL
Wanda & James Edge
Mary & Ethan Fonte
Virginia & Patrick McGrail
Carlotta M. Fugazzi
Mary & Richard Creasey
Ronald L. Fugazzi
Mary Philibert Fuite SL
Mary Martinez
Minerva Victoria Gallegos
Marie E. Connor
Severina Gallegos SL
Catherine & Edward
Schroder
Susan Garry
Patricia B. Barnett
Jody Gates
George I. Gates, Jr.
Marian Gibbs SL
Alice & David Coats
Josephine Mueller Gilbert
Mary Takacs
Germaine G. Knapp
Cathy Mueller SL
Fr. Roman Ginn, OCSO
Mary R. Cross
Jean Patrice Golden SL
Jana L. Meyer Clark
Esther Marie Goodrow SL
Mary LaMantia Boyce
Sophie Sweetman
McConnell
Louise Gordeau SL
Celeste G. French
Matthew Marie Grennan SL
Rita F. Burrows
Joan & Charles Grennan
Florence K. & Lawrence J.
Horan
Paul Mary Grennan SL
Joan & Charles Grennan
Rita F. Burrows
Florence K. & Lawrence J.
Horan
William Clare Grennan SL
Rita F. Burrows
Antonella Marie
Gutterres SL
Beatrice & William
Samaritano
Rita Hafner
Joseph M. Hafner
Mary Ann Hall
Patricia Hummel SL
The Loretto Community
Walter L. Hammett
Mary Ann Hammett
Barbara Hand
Theresa Cannon
Edward Hanifen
The Loretto Community
Theodore R. Hansen
Janet & John O’Connor
Marianna Harkins SL
M. Virginia May
Catherine Hart
Kay Hart Ellgass
Mary Carlann Herman SL
Gabrielle Fitzpatrick
Helen Marie Mahoney
Hickisch
Kathryn & Carl Tanner
Jim Hierath
Teresa & Harry Vogler
Eugenia Warland Hogue
Pauline Mathers
William G. Holzworth
Bertha A. Holzworth
Alban House SL
Deanna & Robert Larger
Celestinita Howard SL
Julia & Douglas Howard
Rose Mary (Genevieve)
Howard SL
Julia & Douglas Howard
Myron Howlett
Norma Howlett
Mary Jane Hummel SL
Jean & Norbert Hummel, Jr.
John Huse
Marie Bailey
Robert E. Ivancic
Jean M. Ivancic
Kerry Ann Jackson
Rosemary Fiori SL
The Loretto Community
Mary McAuliffe SL
James P. Jagger
Emma Jagger
Roy W. Jeffries, Sr.
Margaret R. Jeffries
Carolyn Johanson
Raymond R. Johanson
Laura Hunter Jonakin
Judith J. Miller
John L. (Jack) Jones
Helen A. Jones
Pauline & Fred Kaullen
Barbara Kaullen & John
Marshall
Spring 2009 • 23
gifts
Rosemary Keegan SL
Margaret & Allen Keegan
Carolyn Kelly
Ann Francis Gleason SL
Eileen Kelly SL
Rita Kennedy Hill
Francis Eileen Kelly SL
Rita Kennedy Hill
Marie Therese Koch SL
Linda & Richard Crum
Jean Kramer*
The Loretto Community
William Kranz
Eileen Kranz
Rosa Lee
Doris M. Gettelfinger
Margaret F. Legett
Sarah M. Legett
Mary Edna Lenzen SL
Patricia & Dallas Edwards
Bette Lesch
Edward D. Lesch
24 • Loretto Magazine
Jean Marie Linhares
Patricia L. Kratschmer
Kurt Linn
Rosemary Fiori SL
Mary McAuliffe SL
Sisters of Loretto –
Bethlehem 1940-1951
Charlotte M. Savignac
Sisters of Loretto –
Loretto Heights College
1951-1953
Charlotte M. Savignac
Sisters of Loretto –
St. Patrick High School,
Kankakee, Ill., & Loretto
Heights College
Eleanor A. Small
Sisters who taught at
Loretto High School,
Louisville, Ky.
Alice & John Dearing
Alice Ann Love*
Joy & Roman Gales
Eugene Raymond Lynch, III
Patricia Hummel SL
Eugene Raymond Lynch, Jr.
Patricia Hummel SL
Loretto Anne Madden SL
Leo J. Boyle
Frances Finnegan
Rosemary A. Leberer
Theresa Madden SL
Leo J. Boyle
Rosemary A. Leberer
Mary Agnes Mahoney SL
Karen Cassidy*
Mary Mangan SL
Richard Fox
Marie V. & Robert A.
Markowski
Ann Manganero SL
Barbara & Richard Cook
Joan Markley SL
Cynthia A. Martin
Dr. Quino E. Martinez
Mary Martinez
T. Mata
Cecilia & Armando Mata, MD
The Mattingly Family
Joan & Joseph Burke
Jerome Francis Mayer
Judith & J. Terry McIntire
Susan C. & Gerald E.
McAuliffe
Mary McAuliffe SL
Edwin Mary McBride SL
Jana L. Meyer Clark
Susan T. Congalton
Frances & John Lewis
Cynthia L. Giguere Unrein
Mike McBride
Frances & John Lewis
gifts
Mildred Forster McBride
Frances & John Lewis
John R. McCormack
Roberta McCormack
Harding
Dr. John J. McDonnell
Helen McDonnell
Mr. & Mrs. Gerard C.
McEvoy
Patricia A. Kabler
Francis de Sales
McGarry SL
Frances & John Lewis
Joe & Frank McGivern
Genevieve B. McGivern
Frances de Chantal
McLeese SL
Margaret & Frederick Czufin
Corrine C. Kuester
Antoinette & Gerald Pollack
Terrance McNamee
Jeanne & Michael Hoehn
J. Edward Meiman
Doris M. Gettelfinger
Alice Meredith
Theresa & Dennis Vertrees
Dougy Meredith
Theresa & Dennis Vertrees
Meredith grandparents,
aunts and uncles
Theresa & Dennis Vertrees
Justine Merritt
The Loretto Community
Therese JoAnne Meyer
Janice N. Dunbar
Harold M. Miller, Sr.
Anna C. Miller
Larry Mitchell
Patricia Matte
Jane (Fitzsimons)
Molgaard
Mary Ellen & Allan
Molgaard
Rev. Edward T. Moore
Carole & James Moore
Ann Mueller SL
Linda K. & Robert J. Mueller
Monica Mueller
Robert J. Mueller
Charles Mulhall
Alice O. Mulhall
Robert Murphy
The Loretto Community
Charles L. Murray, Jr.
Heloise R. Murray
Deceased members of
the Newton Family
Helen C. Teter
Penny Nichols
Mary Ann & Gayle Rogers
Doloretta Marie
O’Connor SL
E. Kaye Smith, DVM
Mary Benedict
O’Daniel SL
Nelle & Jerome O’Daniel
Timothy P. O’Leary
Katrina O’Leary
Mary Naomi O’Meara SL
Judy & Robert Allan
Edward & Mercedes
Ochotorena
Corinne & Fernando
Payan, Jr.
Ruth Mary Olszewski SL
Edward W. Olszewski
Thomas Osborne
Viola F. Osborne
Francis Osbourn
The Loretto Community
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Perry
Darlene M. Perry
Anna M. Philipp
Nancy & Fred Schweiger
William R. Pieper
Jim Pieper
Ann Monica Pierce SL
Carol & Lawrence McDaniel
Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Piana
Pisciotta Family
Mary Ann & Leo Kirchner
Marguerite & Leo Polacco
Leanne Polacco
Roberta Marie
Pospischil SL
Dorothy J. Sigman
Jack Pottle, Sr.
Anonymous
Marija A. Puc-Remec
Andrej A. B. Remec
Ann Quinn
Patsy & Woods Martin
Robert P. Quinn
Catherine Quinn
Mary Lou Sherman
Jean Louise Rafferty SL
Sarah & Antonio Jimenez
Lucy Ruth Rawe SL
Donna Marie Campbell
“Our mission in
everything we do is
to follow and imitate
Jesus. He addressed
the issues of his day.
We cannot be blind or
deaf to those issues
we face in our space
and in our time.”
— Sister Denise Ann Clifford
Pauline & Johnie Reed
Pat Reed
Maura Regan SL
Leona Jurkens
Margaret Reidy SL
Jean & Michael Reidy
Mary Catherine Reifert
Ann Marie Flanagan
Joseph J. Reuter
Susan & John Reuter
Sammie Richey
Teresa Vella Richey
Ramona Marie Roberts SL
Gabrielle Fitzpatrick
Ethel & Clay Dean Rogers
Mary Ann & Gayle Rogers
Ann Lucille Ryan SL
Joan & Paul Sheffer
Stan Sabatka
Marie Bailey
Anna Mary Sailors
Jane & Donald Reiman
Helen Sanders SL
Dr. Rita L. Don
William R. Schaefer
Judith Pirone
Bonny & Eugene Boedeker
Joan Deimeke
Marilyn Dunn
Greg Gremaud
Charlotte & Homer Keller
Ann Siemer
Mary & Allan Stewart
Mary & Al Vangelos
Robert B. Vining, Jr.
Dorothy & Louis Vinyard
Spring 2009 • 25
gifts
Rosemary & Don Ward
Edward Wenzel
Glenn Schaeffer
Patricia Hummel SL
Ann Mary Schilling SL
Kenneth C. Haner
Jean Clare Schilling SL
Kenneth C. Haner
Jeanne d’Arc Schleicher SL
Elizabeth & Leon Bachman
Jana L. Meyer Clark
Ann Marie Flanagan
Marjorie & Robert Riggs*
Cynthia L. Giguere Unrein
Paul M. Schmidt
Regina H. Schmidt
Patricia Clancy Schuerger
Thomas R. Schuerger
Martina & Rogue Sedillo
Jeanette & Orlando Sedillo
Jennie Ann Sedita
Jennie & Philip Leman
Helen Jean Seidel SL
Jeanne & Sabet A. Sabet
Clara E. Shaw
Valerie & Albert Antoine
Ann Rita Sheahen SL
Kay Hart Ellgass
Damien Mary Simmons SL
Frances & John Lewis
Helen & George Smith
Sally & William Minelli
Gloria Sullivan
Loretta Felderhoff
Josephine Reddin Taylor
Rae Marie Taylor
Mary Agnita (Pelagia)
Thomas SL
Catherine C. Dowdy
Regina Ann Thomas SL
Joseph M. Hafner
Christine Thompson SL
Frances A. Candlin
Lucy Thompson SL
Betty & John Knapp
Mary Luke Tobin SL
Diane H. & Maynard R.
Bissonnette
Thomas E. Korson
Agnes & Patrick Noonan
Mirta & Julio Ramirez, MD
26 • Loretto Magazine
Mary Emmanuel Tonne SL
Doris & Joseph A. Walsh
Mary A. Masterson
Lillian & Lupe Trujillo
Mary Lou Trujillo
Valerie Usinger SL
Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Piana
Rene Vargas
The Loretto Community
Manuela & Manuel Vasquez
Mary & Joseph Vasquez
Sarita Verstynen SL
Barbara & Thomas Boswell
Jake Vertrees
Theresa & Dennis Vertrees
Bernice Voss
Marianne & Donald Burnes
Ann Patrice Wagner SL
Dr. Ann Stoddard
Tributes in Honor of:
Requested by:
Pauline Albin SL
Marie Bailey
Shirley & Norbert Logsdon
Members of the Alpers &
the Givan Families
Marianne & Patrick Alpers
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J.
Anderson
Mary Sue Anderson
Janyce White Angel
June & Rich Ferguson
Barbara Ann Barbato SL
Donna Marie Campbell
Kati Woodward
Richard Fox
Members of the Barrett
Family
Ann Barrett SL
Cabrini Bartolo SL
Rev. Joseph Mascioli
Mr. & Mrs. James
Bentley, Jr.
Gertrude M. Sharpe
Buffy Boesen SL
Dr. Rita L. Don
Fr. Kevin Bradt
Paula & Alfred Frey
Johanna Brian SL
Angela & Jerome Booth
Mary Peter Bruce SL
Rachel & Robert Bruce
Mary Rhodes Buckler SL
Warren Buckler
Katrina O’Leary
Mary Frances Palumbo
Carole Clark
Richard D. Clark
Denise Ann Clifford SL
Nancy & Jacques Leveille
Rosemary & Jack Oliver
Janice & Ershel Redd, Jr.
Camille Coates
Theresa Cannon
The Colean-Kirchner
Family
Mary Ann & Leo Kirchner
Barbara & Richard Cook
Joan & Mark Parris
Elizabeth Croom SL
Rita Maureen Hurtt SL
Elenita Cruz
Leonard C. Cruz
Deirdre Cryor
Todd Horn
Barbara Dancy
Madelene B. Ferguson
Marian Disch SL
Daria & Joseph Conran
M. A. Dooley, OPMC
Cecilia & Armando Mata, MD
Antoinette Doyle SL
Susan T. Congalton
Terry Macaluso
Cynthia L. Giguere Unrein
Jeanne Dueber SL
Joann & William Fogarty, Jr.
Carol Dunphy SL
Jackie Crawford
Lois Dunphy SL
Jackie Crawford
Eleanor A. Ealy
Ann E. Lawrence
Robert Leona Edelen SL
Wanda & James Edge
Mary & John Geraghty
Annette & Tom Leazer
Christopher Ryan Edge
Christopher James Edge
Margaret Ego
Jean M. Ivancic
Nancy & John Colvin, Jr.
Cornelia R. Dietz
Joan C. Risley &
James Douthit
Prudence & Joseph
Hopkins
Tess Malumphy
Ann B. Salter
Denise L. Elder
Sally & William Minelli
Rosalie Elliott SL
Eleanor A. Ealy
Fassel Family
Mary Jane Fassel
Nancy Finneran SL
Shirley & John Edmonson
Rosemary Fiori SL
Robert F. Fiori
April Fowler
Cecilia & Armando Mata, MD
Mary Lou Geoghan
Robert J. Mueller
Ann Francis Gleason SL
Martha Joan Bennett
Marietta Goy SL
Mary & Glen Goy
Jeannine Gramick SL
Fran Armstrong
Thomas W. Bower
Geraldine & Robert Burns
Peter Cerra
Virginia Anne Day
Stephen J. Metz
Michael Myers
Ryan I. Pratt
Richard R. Rivard
Mary & Richard Rock
Jacqueline Grennan*
Joan & Charles Grennan
Mary Katherine
Hammett SL
Dr. Marilyn Montenegro
Joseph D. Highland
Mary A. Highland
Gabriel Mary Hoare SL
Grace B. Horvat
Rita Maureen Hurtt SL
Celeste & Richards Voyles
Steve Jacobs
John M. LeBedda II
gifts
Patricia Jean Manion SL
Jana L. Meyer Clark
Patricia W. Owen
Ann O’Malley Shake
Ramona Marks
Karen Erwin
Gabriel Mason SL
Jeanne Orrben
Mary McAuliffe SL
Robert F. Fiori
Patricia McCormick SL
Regina Smith
Mary McDonald
Frances & John Lewis
Mary Ellen McElroy SL
Carole & James Moore
Mary McNellis SL
Laverne & William Saxbury
Mr. & Mrs. R.Q. Metzler, Jr.
Katherine & Denis McInerny
Jane Frances Mueller SL
Linda K. & Robert J. Mueller
Angela Murphy SL
Mary Ann & Walter
Schaecher
Mary Lee Murphy SL
Helen & Mark Henderson
Marcella & Joe Kenney
Mary Louise Murphy*
Mary Louise Tidwell
All her teachers at
Nerinx Hall
Clara Ellen Stone
Members of the
Newton Family
Helen C. Teter
Lois E. O’Connor
James J. O’Connor
Lydia Peña SL
Marcia & James Lyons
James M. Lyons
Elaine Marie Prevallet SL
Dale Coski & Alice M. Fritz
Maxe Millery
Patricia W. Owen
Carol Ann Ptacek SL
Cynthia A. Martin
Charlotte Rabbitt
Peggy & Dennis Rabbit
Frances Ratermann SL
Andrew Ratermann
Marie Joann Rekart SL
Carol & Donald Brunnett
Marcia & James Lyons
James M. Lyons
Maryjo & John Pritz
Anna Barbara Sakurai*
Charles Brady
Anthony Mary Sartorius SL
Sheila Beims
Cynthia A. Martin
Virginia St-Cyr
Rose Alma Schuler SL
Alma Schuler*
Barbara Schulte SL
Lynn & Nicholas Davis
Photo by Marie Ego SL
Cecily Jones SL
Jackie Crawford
Betty Standiford
Golden Jubilarians,
May 2009
Mary & James Bruce
Members of the
Kapfensteiner Family
Edith J. Kapfensteiner
Sharon Kassing SL
Nina K. Bryans
Eileen Kersgieter SL
Regina & Steven Hermann
Delores Kincaide SL
Mary C. Nelson
Marie Knowles SL
Carol Ann & Joseph Winkler
Anna Koop SL
Arthur J. Carbonell, Jr.
Kay Lane SL
Paula & Alfred Frey
Vito Lentini
Penny Baskin
Paschalita Linehan SL
Louise Berezny
Mary Birdsall-Jay
Kathleen K. Mohan
Julie McGrenera-Morley
Jayne & David Ruesch
Karen & Stanley Walton, III
Loretto Jubilarians 2008
Mary E. Seematter*
All the Sisters
Natalie S. Ries
All the wonderful Sisters
who taught him in
high school
Richard T. Meredith
Retired Sisters of Loretto
Beverly J. Fiorella
Sisters in Nepal
(Edwena, Nina
& Mary Ward)
Linda Doty Nystrom
Mary Frances Lottes SL
Arthur E. Lottes, Jr.
Mary E. Morrison
Karen Madden SL
Frances Finnegan
Rosemary A. Leberer
Sylvia Sedillo SL
Jeanette & Orlando Sedillo
Barbara Ann Shultz SL
Helen & Mark Henderson
Marcella & Joe Kenney
Joan Spero SL
Carole & James Moore
Marlene Spero SL
Lynn & Nicholas Davis
St. Mary’s Academy
Sandra R. Sugarman
Alice Eugene Tighe SL
Elizabeth & William Mariner
Kathleen Tighe SL
Paula & Alfred Frey
Patricia Toner SL
Mary & John Geraghty
Carina Vetter SL
Carol Ann & Joseph Winkler
Ann Patrick Ware SL
Kathleen M. Owen
Gloria Robb Wells
Ida Marie Weakland SL
Mary Frances Palumbo
Mary Lou Weakland
Ann White SL
Melissa & William Gunter
Margaret & George White
Sandra Tokarski
Natalie Wing SL
Mae Morita
Mirta & Julio Ramirez, M.D.
Nancy Suda
Ruth Ann Zook
John M. Zook
The sculptor's hands at work in her
Nerinx, Ky., studio. Sister Jeanne
Dueber sands away any rough
spots remaining on a carving.
Spring 2009 • 27
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