WARWICK — Religious priests, sisters and brothers celebrating jubilee anniversaries will be honored for their years of service to the Church during a noon Mass at St. Kevin Church, Warwick, this Sunday, May 14.
Bishop Thomas J. Tobin will preside at the celebratory Mass, an annual event organized by the diocesan Office for Religious to honor the many religious jubilarians who have dedicated themselves to lives of service and prayer in the Diocese of Providence. Sixty-five jubilarians will be recognized for their work in ministries of teaching, healthcare, parish support and various other charisms in the life of the Church.
Sister Elizabeth Castro, director of the Office for Religious, noted the importance of the annual event for the entire religious community, which includes close to 500 religious priests, sisters and brothers serving in the diocese.
“We want to honor our religious priests, brothers and sisters in the Diocese of Providence for their many years of faithful service to our Lord Jesus Christ and his Church. Their love for Jesus Christ and his Church is itself a blessing to all here in the diocese,” she said.
Sister Castro also noted the importance of the event in celebrating vocations and the willingness of members of the religious life to respond to the vocational call and fulfill their dedication to the Lord through various ministries of the Church.
“Their faithful commitment that they have fulfilled for many years in their ministry and that, with great joy, continue to do through their various charisms is the expression of the profound relationship they have with the Lord in prayer,” she said. “Therefore, it is also a day of thanksgiving to our Lord for his love as he continues calling many to this beautiful vocation of consecrated life.”
All are welcome to join in recognizing those celebrating jubilee anniversaries by attending the jubilarian Mass.
Religious jubilarians celebrating anniversaries
75 years
Sr. Elizabeth Bryson, RSM
Sr. M. Eleanora Crook, RSM
Sr. M. Edwin English, RSM
70 Years
Sr. Alma Dufault, FMM
Sr. Lois Houlihan, FMM
Sr. Antoinette Jacques, RJM
Sr. M. Georgette Chasse, RSM
Sr. Christine Marie Crowley, RSM
Sr. Marie Horoho, RSM
Sr. Jacqueline La Marche, RSM
Sr. M. Edna Lynch, RSM
Sr. Mary Ellen Maytum, RSM
Sr. Jeannette M. Thomas, RSM
Sr. Beverly Thorpe, RSM
65 years
Br. Robert Breault, SC
Sr. Frances Milano, FMM
Sr. Claudette Simard, FMM
Sr. Aline Giroux, FMM
Sr. Cecile Mousseau, SUSC
Sr. Rosamond Ethier, RSM
Sr. Norma Fleming, RSM
Sr. Anna Nancy Griffin, RSM
Sr. M. Mercian Hassett, RSM
Sr. M. Marlene Laliberte, RSM
Sr. Sheila O’Brien, RSM
Sr. Diane Taylor, RSM
60 years
Rev. Francis Royer, SSC
Rev. Paul O’Malley, SSC
Rev. Victor Gaboury, SSC
Br. Alan Drain, SC
Br. Robert Gagne, SC
Br. Robert Hazard, FSC
Br. Brendan Gerrity, FSC
Sister Marian of the Angels
Steffens, OCD
Sr. Janice Farnham, RJM
Sr. Emilie Duchaney, FMM
Sr. Lois Anne Van Delft, FMM
Sr. Lorraine Sirois, SUSC
Sr. Emilie de l’Assomption, LSP
Sr. Rose de l’Assomption Reardon, LSP
Sr. Mary Antoinette, FMH
Sr. M. Therese Antone, RSM
Sr. Marie Michel Brennan, RSM
Sr. Marie Christine Dewhurst, RSM
Sr. Elizabeth Ann Doyle, RSM
Sr. M. Eva Lallo, RSM
Sr. Maureen McElroy, RSM
Sr. Martha Mulligan, RSM
Sr. Carol Anne Murray, RSM
Sr. Patricia A. Oliver, RSM
Sr. Maureen Sadlier, RSM
Sr. M. Carolanne Theroux, RSM
Sr. Margaret Wrobleski, RSM
Sr. Mauricia Stapleton, RSM
Sr. Suzanne White, RSM
Sr. Stella Zarlenga, RSM
50 years
Rev. John Reid, O.P.
Br. Robert Croteau, SC
Br. Ralph Bucci, FSC
Br. Frederick Mueller, FSC
Sr. Luke Parker, CS
Sr. Lois Ann Pereira, FMM
40 years
Sr. Donna Beauregard, FMH
25 years
Rev. Father Joseph Gillespie, LC
Rev. Gabriel Pivarnik, O.P
