On Sunday, June 26, Sister Ann Rubly, OSF, threw out the first pitch at the Chicago White Sox Game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Sister Ann is retiring after serving for 44 years at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Chicago. …
The Dubuque Franciscan Sisters honored their Golden (50 years), Diamond (60 years) and Double Diamond Jubilarians (70 years) at celebrations on June 25 and 26 at Mount St. Francis Center in Dubuque. To see photos from the celebrations, visit our…
The Dubuque Franciscans, along with 9 other communities of Midwest Catholic Sisters, placed billboards urging communities to welcome refugees in the Quad Cities, Des Moines, Dubuque, and Clinton, Iowa; Kieler and Madison, Wisconsin; and Omaha, Nebraska. The billboards with the…
Sister Sarah Kohles, OSF, and Sister Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, of the Society of the Sacred Heart Sisters, have teamed up to work on a collaborative book project on religious life. Sisters Sarah and Juliet have invited 14 women religious under…
By Dan Russo, for The Witness Sister Cathy (Kate) Katoski was one of 870 attendees at the triennial meeting of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), a worldwide organization that provides a forum for leaders of Institutes of Catholic…
Sister Anna Marie Manternach, OSF, died on May 9, 2016, in the 71st year of her religious life. She was born to John and Susan (Lahr) Manternach on October 5, 1923, in Cascade, Iowa. She was the eighth child in…
Sister Mary Lou (Roman), of Clare House, died Sunday, May 8, at Clare House in the 71st year of her religious life. On December 26, 1926, Mary Lou was born to Louis and Amanda (Jauert) Bigler in Postville, Iowa. She…
Sister Eunice Hittner, OSF, died Saturday, May 7, at Clare House in the 80th year of her religious life. In Cornlea, Nebraska, Eunice Ann was born to William and Emma (Olk) Hittner around midnight December 19, 1919, amid a raging…
By Rhonda Miska St. Josephine Bakhita was born in 1869 in Sudan, where she was kidnapped and sold as a slave to an Italian diplomat. She was taken to Italy where she was freed with the help of the Canossian…
By Jessi Russo, Communication Director, Sisters of St. Francis “I don’t think I’m going to be able to do it, it’s been so long,” said Sister Verna Gaul, OSF, as she stepped outside with her walker to the bicycling event…
