Newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford Connecticut
Some of the 60 members of the HomeFront team of St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Oakville pose in front of and atop a home in Oakville that they worked on May 5, designated as HomeFront Day. They were among the more than 4,000 volunteers who provided essential repairs to homes and community centers in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y. This is St. Mary Magdalen’s ninth year of participation in HomeFront, a Stamford-based program that provides free repairs to low-income homeowners and groups. (Photo submitted by Bill Fitzpatrick)
Archbishop Henry J. Mansell poses with nuns from the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem after celebrating Mass there on May 13 in thanksgiving for the 50th anniversary of Mother Abbess David Serna’s profession of her final vows as a member of the Order of St. Benedict of the Strict Observance. The nuns, from left, are Mother Prioress Dolores Hart, Mother David and Mother Subprioress Maria Immaculata Matarese. (Photo by Father Jeffrey V. Romans, assistant chancellor of the Archdiocese of Hartford)
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur celebrated their congregational feast day on Feb. 2 with a special Mass at East Catholic High School in Manchester. Six of the 10 sisters who attended the Mass have worked at East Catholic at some point in their careers. From left are Sisters Barbara-Jean Kubik, Maureen O’Brien, Marie Verrilli, Ellen Agritelley, Mary Ellen O’Keefe, Karen Coakley and Marion Raymond Hurley; school principal Jason S. Hartling; and Sisters Marie Beatrice Janson-LaPlame, Mary Rose Crowley and Peggy Evans. (Photo submitted)
WEST HARTFORD – Eight Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry from the United States Province celebrated 50- and 60-year anniversaries of consecrated life at a recent eucharistic liturgy.
Standing from left, are Sisters Rosalie Bean, Suzanne Brazauskas, Lucy Scata, Ann Kane, Jean Sauntry and Joan Francis Mooney. Seated from left are Sisters Jeanne Hope and Mary Kelly.
Archbishop Henry J. Mansell prepares to celebrate a Mass Nov. 19 at the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph in honor or 18 women religious who are celebrating a total of 940 years in religious life. The honorees in attendance, who led the processional, were: 70 years: Sisters of St. Joseph Mary Fitzgerald and Rita McNally; 65 years: Religious Teacher Filippini Anna Grace Mascolo; 60 years: Sisters of St. Joseph Suzanne Brazauskas, Jeanne Hope, Mary Kelly and Lucy Scata; Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Patrick Marie Doherty; and St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis Marlene Hostetter; 50 years: Daughter of the Holy Spirit Linda Babineau; Sisters of St. Joseph Rosalie Bean and Joan Mooney; Dominican Sister Cornelia Coughlin; Little Sister of the Poor Gabrielle Garrett; and Consecrated Secular of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit Claire Heroux; 25 years: Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary M. Christina Joseph Dolan; Daughter of Mary of the Immaculate Conception Mary Judeanne Johnston; and Daughter of the Holy Spirit Janet Lewis. (Photo by Jack Sheedy)







