Vowed religious celebrate their jubilees in consecrated life June 6 at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. (Photo by Mike Stechschulte, The Michigan Catholic)During this special Year of Consecrated Life, The Michigan Catholic is honoring all priests, sisters and brothers who have ministered in any capacity in the Archdiocese of Detroit and are celebrating a milestone anniversary this year. In the following pages, we honor 212 religious individuals and their selfless service to our parishes, schools and institutions. Among them is an astounding 12,855 years of service to God’s people. Please join us in offering our thanks.
Felician Sisters
75 years
Sr. Mary Danatha Suchyta, CSSF, served as president, professor and director of several departments of Madonna University in Livonia over 54 years. She also taught at St. Louis the King and St. Stanislaus in Detroit, St. Florian in Hamtramck and served as vicar of the Felicians’ former Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Province in Livonia.
Sr. Mary Elaine Machlik, CSSF, ministered in education for 48 years at St. Hyacinth, St. Hilary, St. Andrew and St. Christine in Detroit; St. Michael in Livonia; Our Lady Queen of Apostles in Hamtramck; St. Stephen in New Boston; St. Mel in Dearborn; and St. Dunstan in Garden City. She also served as an archivist in Rome and Livonia.
70 years
Sr. Mary DePaul Szankin, CSSF, taught for nearly 50 years at schools of the archdiocese, including St. Michael, Livonia; St. Florian, Hamtramck; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte; Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Hamtramck; St. Stanislaus, Detroit; St. Hyacinth, Detroit; St. Edith, Livonia; Our Lady of Refuge, Orchard Lake; St. Mel, Dearborn; and Our Lady Help of Christians, Detroit.
Sr. Mary Lucy Rezler, CSSF, taught for more than 50 years at schools of the archdiocese, including St. Stanislaus, Resurrection, Patronage of St. Joseph, St. Christine, Our Lady Help of Christians and St. Stephen/Mary, Mother of the Church in Detroit; Our Lady Queen of Apostles and St. Florian, Hamtramck; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Wyandotte; and Our Lady of Refuge, Orchard Lake.
Sr. Mary Thomasine Satkowiak, CSSF, served as administrator of the Senior Clergy Village in Livonia, and taught at several schools: Resurrection, St. Andrew, St. Stephen, Mary Mother of God and St. Christine in Detroit; St. Florian in Hamtramck; St. Hilary in Redford; St. Thecla in Clinton Township; St. Michael in Livonia and Our Lady of Refuge in Orchard Lake.
Sr. Mary Marita Winowiecki, CSSF, ministered in education at Resurrection, Our Lady Help of Christians and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Detroit; St. Florian in Hamtramck; St. Damian in Westland; and the Montessori Center of Our Lady in Livonia. She also assisted at Maryville Retreat Center in Holly.
Sr. Mary Hedwig Zera, CSSF, ministered in education at St. Florian and Queen of Apostles in Hamtramck; Our Lady Help of Christians, St. Stephen, St. Cunegunda and St. Louis the King in Detroit; St. Dunstan in Garden City; St. Michael and St. Genevieve in Livonia; Our Lady of Refuge in Orchard Lake; St. Valentine in Redford; St. Michael in Southfield; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Wyandotte; and the Montessori Center of Our Lady in Livonia.
Sr. Mary Francesca Walicki, CSSF, served in education and pastoral ministry at St. Stephen, St. Hyacinth, St. Stanislaus and St. Christine in Detroit; St. Florian in Hamtramck; St. Valentine in Redford; St. Michael in Livonia; St. Leonard in Warren; St. Stephen in New Boston; St. Mel in Dearborn Heights; and St. Thecla in Clinton Township.
Sr. Mary Nunciata Kazul, CSSF, ministered in education at St. Louis the King, Corpus Christi, Patronage of St. Joseph, St. Josaphat, St. Hyacinth, St. Andrew, St. Ignatius and St. Hilary in Detroit; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Wyandotte; St. Michael in Livonia; St. Leonard in Warren; St. Bernadette in Dearborn; St. Dunstan in Garden City; Our Lady of Refuge in Orchard Lake; and St. Valentine in Redford. She currently serves at Marywood Nursing Care Center in Livonia.
65 years
Sr. Marie Ann Stamm, CSSF, served as chaplain, professor and adviser at Madonna University, Livonia; as chaplain of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department; and taught at St. Ignatius, Patronage of St. Joseph, Holy Ghost, St. Valentine and St. Andrew in Detroit; St. Michael in Livonia; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Wyandotte; Our Lady of Refuge in Orchard Lake; St. Hilary in Redford; and Ladywood High in Livonia.
60 years
Sr. Rose Mary Wolak, CSSF, taught at Madonna University, Ladywood High and St. Michael in Livonia; St. Stanislaus, St. Andrew and Nativity Diocesan High in Detroit; and served eight years in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State in Rome.
50 years
Sr. Thomas Marie Wadowski, CSSF, ministered as a nurse’s aide at St. Joseph Home in Livonia, and taught at Our Lady of Refuge, Orchard Lake; St. Hilary, Redford; St. Michael, Southfield; St. Damian, Westland; and St. Michael, Livonia. She also was library aide at Madonna University in Livonia.
Sr. Mary Juanita Szymanski, CSSF,taught for more than 40 years at schools of the archdiocese, including Our Lady of Refuge, Orchard Lake; St. Michael, Livonia; St. Stephen, New Boston; St. Mel, Dearborn; St. Genevieve, Livonia; Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Hamtramck; St. Sabina, Dearborn Heights; and the Montessori Center of Our Lady, Livonia. She also directed postulants, pre-tertians, temporary professed sisters and as provincial counselor for the Felicians. She currently leads mission integration of the Felicians’ Child Care centers in Livonia.
Sr. Agnes Marie Molitoris, CSSF, served as a nurse’s aide at St. Joseph Home, in the registrar’s office at Madonna University and as a teacher at the Montessori Center of Our Lady, all in Livonia.
Congregation of St. Joseph of Nazareth
75 years
Sr. Clement Stine, CSJ, ministered at St. Francis Home and taught for 38 years in Detroit, Taylor, Alma and St. Clair Shores. She also served as a nurse’s aide at St. John Hospital in Detroit.
65 years
Sr. Sylvia Dimeck, CSJ, taught at Ste. Anne (1952-54), St. Margaret Mary (1954-56), St. Cyril of Jerusalem (1956-60), St. David (1960-64) and St. Philip Neri (1969-70) in Detroit; St. Dennis, Royal Oak (1966-69); and St. Joan of Arc, St. Clair Shores (1964-66). She also ministered at St. John Hospital in Detroit and Fontbonne Auxiliary and Holley Institute, serving in elder care.
60 years
Sr. Rose Clement Canuelle, CSJ, taught at St. John Vianney, Flint; St. Ambrose, Parchment; St. David, Detroit; St. Mark, Warren; Sacred Heart, Birch Run; St. Veronica, Eastpointe. She served in parish ministry at St. Joseph, Lake Orion, and later as chaplain for 31 years at St. John Hospital and Medical Center. She currently ministers to the sick and homebound at St. Joan of Arc Parish, St. Clair Shores.
Sr. Mary Norman Daniels, CSJ, ministered in education, parish ministry and hospital chaplaincy, including at St. Leo Parish and Senior Citizens’ Center and Adult Education in Detroit.
Sr. Joan Hastreiter, CSJ, ministered in education for four years at St. Margaret Mary (1961-62) in Detroit and St. Veronica in East Detroit (1962-65).
Sr. Marie Leonard Richert, CSJ, taught at schools in Lincoln Park, Algonac, Ferndale and Flint. She also ministered at St. Francis Home for Boys (1974-83) and worked with the elderly in Port Huron.
Sr. Elizabeth Veenhuis, CSJ, ministered in education at St. David School in Detroit for two years and St. Cyril School in Taylor as teacher and principal for seven years. She also served for 18 years on the board of trustees at St. John Hospital in Detroit.
Sr. Lynn Roebert, CSJ, taught at St. Dennis, Royal Oak (1964-66); and St. Cyril, Taylor (1968-70).
50 years
Sr. Mildred Werner, CSJ, ministered in health care at St. John Hospital and Medical Center from 1985-2007.
Sr. Patricia Whalen, CSJ, taught at St. Veronica, Eastpointe (1971-80); St. Catherine, Algonac (1980-88); and St. Paul on the Lake, Grosse Pointe Farms (1988-2005), and served as worship coordinator at St. Mary Queen of Creation, New Baltimore (2005-14); and St. Martin de Porres, Warren (2014-present).
Daughters of Charity
60 years
Sr. Joan Drega, DC, served for several years as a teacher and principal, as well as other roles including director of development for the Daughters’ Southeast Province and foundation liaison at St. Vincent HealthCare and St. John Providence Health System.
50 years
Sr. Therese MacKinnon, DC, has served as faith formation director at Corpus Christi Parish in Detroit since 2011.
Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio
75 years
Sr. M. Alicia Eagles, OSF, ministered for 41 years in education, including at St. Ladislaus, Hamtramck (1940), and St. Raphael, Garden City (1948-49).
Sr. M. Lenore Eagles, OSF, ministered for 41 years in education, including at SS. Peter and Paul Elementary School, Detroit (1972-78).
60 years
Sr. M. Francis Klimkowski, OSF, ministered in education as a teacher, principal and college president, including at SS. Peter and Paul (1954-58) and Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Detroit (1958-59); and St. Ladislaus, Hamtramck (1962-72).
Sr. Margaret Metro, OSF, formerly Sr. M. Rose Elizabeth, taught at St. Ladislaus, Hamtramck (1954-55), and SS. Peter and Paul, Detroit (1956-67).
Sr. M. Marguerite Polcyn, OSF, taught at St. Ladislaus, Hamtramck (1954-57), and St. Cunegunda, Detroit (1958-62).
Sr. Nancy Ann Johnson, OSF, formerly Sr. M. John Capistran, served in education and health care, including teaching at Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Detroit (1954-56); and St. Raphael, Garden City (1976-80).
50 years
Sr. M. Ann Lorette Piekarz, OSF, taught at SS. Peter and Paul, Detroit (1976-77).
Sr. Claudia M. Bronsing, OSF, formerly Sr. M. Marvin, ministered in education, retreats and parish work, and served at St. Raphael, Garden City (1969-73).
Sr. Diana Lynn Eckel, OSF, formerly Sr. M. Brian, taught at St. Raphael, Garden City (1967-68); and Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Detroit (1969-70).
Sr. Martha Herkness, OSF, ministered in health care and served at Holy Cross Hospital in Detroit from 1956-66 and 1973-83.
Sr. Mary Frances Reichenberger, OSF, formerly Sr. M. Eymard, ministered in social work and served at St. Raphael, Garden City (1967-69).
Sr. M. Rosine Sobczak, OSF, ministered in education at Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Detroit (1965-66).
Sr. Valerie Grondin, OSF, formerly Sr. M. Sixtus, ministered in education at St. Raphael, Garden City (1968-69), and St. Ladislaus High School, Hamtramck (1972-77).
Franciscan Friars of the Province of St. John the Baptist
65 years
Fr. Frank Geers, OFM, served as associate pastor of St. Michael Parish in Southfield (1966-73).
Fr. Edward Lammert, OFM, was formation director of Duns Scotus College in Southfield (1963-69).
Fr. Thomas Speier, OFM, served on the faculty and was formation director at Duns Scotus College in Southfield (1964-75).
50 years
Fr. Carl Langenderfer, OFM, was formation director of Duns Scotus College in Southfield (1979-85).
25 years
Bro. Edward Gura, OFM, has served as pastoral associate of St. Aloysius Parish and St. Patrick Parish in Detroit since 2013.
Pallottine Fathers
25 years
Fr. Theodore D’Cunha, SAC, currently pastor of St. Priscilla Parish in Livonia, has also served as associate pastor of St. John Neumann Parish, Canton (2007-10).
Augustinians of the Midwest
70 years
Bishop John C. McNabb, OSA, spent the majority of his ministry in education and as a missionary bishop in Peru. After his retirement from the Diocese of Chulucanas, Peru, Bishop McNabb served as pastor of St. Clare of Montefalco Parish in Grosse Pointe Park (2002-06).
50 years
Fr. John M. Ohner, OSA, served as associate pastor of St. Clare of Montefalco Parish, Grosse Pointe Park (1974-77).
Fr. Frederick H. Taggart, OSA, served in education, formation and parish ministry, including as a teacher at Austin Catholic High School, Detroit (1969-74), and pastor of St. Clare of Montefalco Parish, Grosse Pointe Park (1989-95).
Fr. Gerald Van Overbeek, OSA, served in education, formation and chaplaincy, including as teacher and librarian at Austin Catholic High School, Detroit (1965-67).
Brothers of the Christian Schools
50 years
Bro. Joseph Jozwiak, FSC, a native Detroiter now living in Syracuse, N.Y., ministered in education at De La Salle High School, Warren (1983-90, 1994-2001).
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
80 years
Sr. Mary Laubacher, IHM, ministered in education at St. Mary of Redford, Detroit (1936-39); St. Michael, Monroe (1941-45); Gesu, Detroit (1945-49); St. Mary, Monroe (1949-50); St. Gregory, Detroit (1950-52); Sacred Heart, Roseville (principal, 1952-58); St. Stephen, Port Huron (1958-60, principal 1960-66); Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills (librarian, 1980-82); St. Mary Academy, Monroe (principal, 1982-85); in the education department at Marygrove College (1967-74); and at the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe (1986-2005).
75 years
Sr. Joy Halpin, IHM, ministered in education at St. Joseph, Monroe (1941-42); St. Patrick, Detroit (1942-45); Sacred Heart, Roseville (1947-51); Annunciation, Detroit (1951-53); St. Mary of Redford, Detroit (1953-57); Holy Name, Birmingham (1957-61); Our Lady of Good Counsel, Detroit (1961-64); St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1973-75); St. Kieran Parish, Shelby Township (1975-81); and Sacred Heart Parish, Dearborn (1989-91).
Sr. Corita Lear, IHM, ministered in education at St. Patrick, Carleton (1943-45); Holy Redeemer, Detroit (1945-47, 1969-70); All Saints, Detroit (1947-48); St. Joseph, Monroe (1948-50); and St. Catherine (1953-55), St. Cecilia (1957-59), St. Rose (1959-62) and St. Mary of Redford (1958-62), all in Detroit.
Sr. Nila Neill, IHM, ministered in education at St. John, Monroe (1941-42, 1952-53); St. Louis, Mt. Clemens (1942-43); St. Gregory, Detroit (1950-52); Holy Name, Birmingham (1953-57); St. Stephen, Port Huron (1957-58); Our Lady of Good Counsel, Detroit (1958-63); Marian, Bloomfield Hills (1966-69); Holy Redeemer, Detroit (1979-82); Marygrove College, Detroit (1987-88), and the IHM Motherhouse (1988-2002).
Sr. Marie Andre Walsh, IHM, ministered in education at St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1939-41, 1955-66); Immaculata High, Detroit (1942-44); Marygrove College, Detroit (1944-53); and St. Charles Borromeo, Detroit (1953-55).
70 years
Sr. Ann Aseltyne, IHM, ministered in education at Holy Name, Birmingham (1951-56); Hall of the Divine Child, Monroe (1963-64); and St. Raymond (1947-48), Annunciation (1948-51, 1956-60), St. Martin (1968-69), St. Mary of Redford (2004-08), and Holy Redeemer (2008-15), all in Detroit.
Sr. George Ellen Brannick, IHM, taught at St. Hugo of the Hills, Bloomfield Hills (1947-49); and St. Mary, Mt. Clemens (1950-54).
Sr. Marie Clark, IHM, taught at St. Mary of Redford, Detroit, in 1998-99.
Sr. Gloria Glinski, IHM, ministered in education, administration and pastoral ministry at St. Joseph, Monroe (1946-47); St. Boniface, Detroit (1947-48); St. Stephen, Port Huron (1948-55); Our Lady of Good Counsel, Detroit (1955-60); St. Regis, Bloomfield Hills (1970-77); Holy Name, Birmingham (1977-82); Marian Place, Monroe (1983-85); Cadillac Nursing Home, Detroit (1985-90); and St. Mary Health Care Center, Monroe (1997-2000).
Sr. Mary Jane Hicks, IHM, ministered in education at Our Lady of Lourdes, River Rouge (1947-54); Sacred Heart, Roseville (1954-56); St. Frederick Mission/St. Vincent de Paul, Pontiac (1956-61); Gesu, Detroit (1961-65); St. John, Monroe (1969-71); and St. Joseph, Trenton (1971-74).
Sr. Rita Rennell, IHM, ministered in education and health care at St. Mary, Monroe (1946-47); St. Matthew (1947-50), St. Cecilia (1951-52), St. Martin (1955-61) and St. Gregory (1965-68) in Detroit; St. Stephen, Port Huron (1952-55); Marian High, Bloomfield Hills (1968-74); and St. Mary Infirmary, Monroe (1977-87).
Sr. Eileen Semonin, IHM, ministered in education, administration and health care at St. Boniface, Detroit (1947-50); St. Mary Infirmary, Monroe (1954-77); at the Family Medical Center in Temperance (1995-97); and as provincial of the South/West Province, based in Taylor (1990-94).
Sr. Rose Margaret West, IHM, ministered in health care as infirmary staff and physical therapist for foot care at the St. Mary Health Care Center in Monroe for 58 years (1945-2003).
60 years
Sr. Christine Dobrowolski, IHM, co-provincial of the North/West Province from 1976-79, also taught at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Grosse Pointe (1959-62), and ministered in spiritual care at Visitation House of Prayer, Monroe (1975-76), and as novitiate director in Monroe from 1989-94.
Sr. Elizabeth Fleckenstein, IHM, ministered in education at St. Timothy, Trenton (1959-65); St. Joseph (1965-66), St. Mary (1966-67) and Marygrove College (1967-69) in Monroe; St. Leo Convent (1969-71) and Holy Redeemer (1971-2015) in Detroit.
Sr. Janet Hill, IHM, taught at St. Catherine (1959-62) and St. Vincent de Paul (1974-75) in Detroit; and St. Charles Borromeo, Newport (1962-65).
Sr. Lois Jackson, IHM, taught at St. Mary of Redford (1958-59) and Christ the King, Detroit (1959-62); St. Joseph, Erie (1962-67); and Port Huron Catholic High School (1968-71). She served in pastoral ministry at St. Stephen, Port Huron (1971-75); St. Ives, Southfield (1975-77); and Holy Name, Birmingham (1977-83); and at the St. Mary Center for Lifelong Learning (1983-88) and the IHM Council (1988-94).
Sr. Kathleen Koch, IHM, ministered in education and pastoral ministry at Gesu (1959-62), Epiphany (1965-66), St. Mary of Redford (1966-72, 1980-84), St. Boniface (1972-74), Our Lady Queen of Hope (1974-78), and St. Christopher (1979-80), all in Detroit; as well as St. Hugo of the Hills, Bloomfield Hills (1986-94); and the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe (1994-2001). She now volunteers at Providence Hospital.
Sr. Doreen Lynch, IHM, taught at St. Martin, Detroit (1964-66); Our Lady Star of the Sea, Grosse Pointe (1966-70); St. Mary of Redford, Detroit (1970-71); and St. Kieran, Utica (1971-72).
Sr. Maria Miller, IHM, served in education and pastoral ministry at St. Charles Borromeo (1959-62) and Gesu, Detroit (1962-63); St. Columban, Birmingham (1963-67); St. Hugo of the Hills, Bloomfield Hills (1967-76); Shrine Grade School, Royal Oak (1977-79); St. Hilary, Redford; and as novice director in Monroe.
Sr. Genevieve Petrak, IHM, taught at St. Raymond (1959-63) and Blessed Sacrament, Detroit (1963-64), and served on the pastoral care staff at the IHM Health Care Center and Motherhouse in Monroe (1998-2006).
Sr. Kathryn Pierce, IHM, currently serves as executive director of the Intercultural Consultation Service in Detroit. She also taught at St. Bede, Southfield (1959-63).
Sr. Mary Agnes Ryan, IHM, ministered as a psychologist and psychotherapist for more than 30 years in the Detroit area. She also taught at Our Lady Queen of Hope (1959-68) and Immaculata High in Detroit (1968-72), was co-provincial of the Southwest Province (1972-76), and served the Archdiocese of Detroit, Marygrove College and the IHMs in various capacities.
Sr. Julia Ann (Judy) Weirick, IHM, has ministered in education and health care, including at St. Thomas Aquinas (1959-63) and Holy Redeemer, Detroit (1963-69); and St. Charles Borromeo, Newport (1969-76).
50 years
Sr. Elaine Aldridge, IHM, has served as a clinical nurse at the IHM Infirmary, Monroe; Harper Hospital, Detroit; Hospice of Southeast Michigan, Southfield; St. Mary Health Care Center, Monroe; and in administration at ALCC Inc., Advantage Home Care Inc. and the Information Center Clinic in Taylor.
Sr. Juliana Casey, IHM, was provincial of the IHMs’ Northeast Province from 1979-85, and also taught at St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1967-69).
Sr. Paula Cathcart, IHM, taught at St. Mary of Redford (1967-69) and Our Lady Queen of Hope, Detroit (1969-74); was principal at St. Regis, Bloomfield Hills (1975-78), St. Mary, Wayne (1978-79) and St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1981-87). She also has served in environmental advocacy roles in Detroit.
Sr. Evelyn Craig, IHM, taught at St Patrick, Carleton (1969-71), and served in volunteer- and vocation-supporting roles in Monroe (1994-2007).
Sr. Carolina Diez de Andino, IHM, has ministered in education and in missions overseas.
Sr. Judith Anne Eliassen, IHM, ministered in education at St. Mary Academy, Monroe (1967-76); Holy Redeemer, Detroit (1976-2000); and Marygrove College, Detroit (2000-15). She currently serves as director of the college’s Teacher Academic Support Lab.
Sr. Margaret Gearhart, IHM, ministers in social work with the Monroe County Guardian and was formerly a case manager and advocate with the Children’s Center in Monroe (2005-07).
Sr. Susan Mahalik, IHM, taught at St. Patrick, Carleton (1987-91), and has served as a clinical therapist with Catholic Social Services (1999-2002) and Advanced Counseling Services (2002-13). She has been a certified social worker since 2013.
Sr. Anne Marie Murphy, IHM, taught journalism at Marian High, Bloomfield Hills (1970-74), and has ministered as a nurse in Monroe, Detroit and Dearborn Heights since 1978.
Sr. Virginia Pfau, IHM, taught at Meadow Montessori, Monroe (1981-82), was principal at St. Patrick, Carleton (1982-88), and served on the IHM Leadership Council (2000-06).
Sr. Yvonne Spenoso, IHM, taught at St. John, Monroe, from 1969-74.
Sr. Mary Frances Uicker, IHM, has served in music therapy at St. Leo, Detroit; the Detroit Psychiatric Institute; Henry Ford Hospice and Nursing Home, St. Clair Shores; and Sacred Heart, Roseville. She’s also coordinated religious education at Vista Maria High School, Dearborn Heights (1972-76), and St. Christopher Parish, Detroit (1976-80), and directed the IHM associate program (1986-89) and IHM campus spirituality (2009-present).
Sr. Patricia Westover, IHM, taught at Marian High, Bloomfield Hills (1970-71), and ministered as a nurse’s aide at the Motherhouse Infirmary in Monroe (1980-81).
Sisters of Mercy
70 years
Sr. Mary Janice Belen, RSM, served as director of the Practical School of Nursing in Pontiac (1952-56) and the Mercy School of Nursing in Detroit (1957-61).
Sr. Arlene Bennett, RSM, ministered on the faculty and as director of admissions for Mercy College of Detroit (1967-72), and as assistant director of the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Worship Office (1977-85).
Sr. Therese McFarland, RSM, taught at St. Mary Magdalene, Hazel Park; and Our Lady of La Salette, Berkley.
Sr. Mary Maurita Sengelaub, RSM, is the first woman to have been president of the Catholic Hospital Association (now the Catholic Health Association), and was inducted into the Modern Healthcare Hall of Fame in 2013. She also directed the School of Nursing at Mercy College of Detroit and Mercy School of Nursing (1948-51) and was special consultant to the Mercy Health Foundations (1990-94).
Sr. Mary Rosemond Seymour, RSM, ministered in education and social service at St. Monica and Immaculate Heart of Mary Schools (1958-63); COTS, a homeless shelter for children and adults (1988-90); the Poverty and Social Reform Institute (1990-99) and the Mercy Education Project (2000-02).
Sr. Mary Elizabeth Burns, RSM, served as dean of the nursing program at Mercy College beginning in 1963.
60 years
Sr. Carol Campbell, RSM, taught at Mercy High School in Farmington Hills (1987-88), and served as a health therapist and nutritional counselor at the Mercy Center and West Oakland County Senior Centers, and the McAuley Center in Farmington Hills (1992-2006).
Sr. Mary Yvonne Gellise, RSM, served as chief executive of St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Ann Arbor, as board chair of Mercy Health Services, and a member of the Trinity Health board and Catholic Health Ministries. She also ministered with the Washtenaw Housing Alliance serving the homeless. The Catholic Health Association honored her with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.
Sr. Mary Jude Gibfried, RSM, taught at East Detroit Public Schools (2005-10) and has ministered in education outside the archdiocese.
Sr. Monica Kostielney, RSM, influenced public policy for almost 40 years and began her ministry in education at schools in the Grand Rapids area. She began to work with the Michigan Catholic Conference in 1972, serving as president and CEO from 1994-2010, representing the most vulnerable in society by influencing legislation and public opinion. She has been named to numerous boards of directors, received gubernatorial appointments, and was awarded tributes from the state of Michigan. She was given the Holy Cross Pro-Ecclesia et Pontifice (For Church and Pontiff) medal by Pope Benedict XVI.
Sr. Mary DePaul Palaszek, RSM, ministered in education, including 14 years in Mercy Hospital Detroit lab. She currently ministers in Grand Rapids.
Sr. Mary Clare Yates, RSM, formerly Sr. Gertrude Mary, served in education and pastoral ministry at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Detroit (1964-65); Our Lady of La Salette, Berkley (1965-67); Our Lady of Mercy School (1968-73); Mercy College of Detroit (1967); Most Holy Trinity, Detroit (1997); Ste. Anne de Detroit (1992-94); and in theater arts at the Matrix Theatre, Detroit (1998-2009), and as a tutor at Earhart and Maybury School, Detroit (2009-present).
50 years
Sr. Maria Klosowski, RSM, has served many years in ministry to victims of domestic and sexual assault and in other community ministries, including Immigration Outreach in Detroit (2011-13). She currently serves on the Leadership Team for the Sisters of Mercy in Omaha, Neb.
Sr. Mary Ellen Brennan, RSM, has done pastoral work at St. Leo, Detroit (1983-2003); St. Therese of Lisieux, Shelby Township (1993-2005); the Huron Valley State Prison and Mercy Education Project.
Mariannhill Missionaries
60 years
Bro. Otto Waldmueller, CMM, was a missionary in South Africa and worked in building and property maintenance for the Mariannhill community in Dearborn Heights.
50 years
Fr. Andrew Heier, CMM, from Dearborn Heights, has served as a missionary in extreme rural Africa since 1968, primarily in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and South Africa. He retired from mission administration in 2013 and resides in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Adrian Dominican Sisters
Fifty-five Adrian Dominican Sisters who have ministered in the Archdiocese of Detroit are celebrating milestone jubilees in 2015. These jubilarians have served nearly 100 parishes, schools and institutions within the archdiocese, including: Anchor Bay Catholic in Anchorville; Academy of Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills; Guardian Angels, Clawson; Sacred Heart and St. Alphonsus in Dearborn; St. Sabina, Dearborn Heights; Benedictine High School, Dominican Academy and High School, Holy Name, Marygrove College, Our Lady Gate of Heaven, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of the Rosary, Old Redford Academy, Precious Blood, Presentation, Rosary High, St. Agatha High, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine High, St. Brigid, St. Dominic, St. Gabriel, St. Gemma, St. Gerard, St. John Bosco, St. Jude, St. Lawrence, St. Leo Title I Program, St. Martin De Porres High, St. Philomena, St. Raymond, St. Scholastica, St. Suzanne, St. Theresa, St. Thomas Aquinas, Stevens School, Transfiguration Academy and Visitation, all in Detroit; Our Lady of Sorrows, Farmington; St. Paul, Grosse Pointe Farms; Bishop Gallagher High and St. Peter, Harper Woods; Sacred Heart, Hudson; St. Norbert High, Inkster; St. Genevieve, Livonia; St. Joseph, Maybee; St. Mary Catholic Central High, Monroe; St. Mary, New Baltimore; SS Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake; St. Agatha and St. John Bosco, Redford; St. Andrew, Rochester; St. Mary, Rockwood; St. Mary Parish and High School, Royal Oak; St. Mary, St. Clair; St. Lucy and St. Margaret of Scotland, St. Clair Shores; Siena Heights University and St. Bede, Southfield; Aquinas High, Southgate; St. Elizabeth, Tecumseh; St. Anastasia, Troy; St. Lawrence High, Utica; St. William, Walled Lake; St. Edmund, Warren; St. Mary, Wayne; St. Joseph and Wyandotte Catholic, Wyandotte; and St. John, Ypsilanti. Other institutions in which Adrian Dominicans served include: Aids Interfaith Network, the Archdiocese of Detroit, Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Center For Creative Studies, Detroit General Hospital, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Dominican Consultation Center, Dominican Literacy Center, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Emmanuel House, Focus Life Inc., George Crockett Academy, Latin American Pastoral Center, Life Directions, Siena Literacy Center, Women/Infants At Risk and the Center for Creative Studies, all in Detroit; Sisters of Mercy Health Corp., Farmington Hills; the Life Consultation Center and Macomb Family Services in Mt. Clemens.
The Adrian Dominican Sisters celebrating milestone jubilees this year are:
80 years
Sr. Mary Adelaide Eiden, OP
Sr. Mary Rita Gleason, OP
75 years
Sr. Alice Wolski, OP
70 years
Sr. Marie Sheila Beatty, OP
Sr. Madonna Marie Black, OP
Sr. Nadine Foley, OP
Sr. Therese Mary Foote, OP
Sr. Marcelline Fouchey, OP
Sr. Margaret Mary Heinz, OP
Sr. Dorothy Jehle, OP
Sr. Constance Kelly, OP
Sr. Anne L. Lindquist, OP
Sr. Kathryn Lumbrezer, OP
Sr. Margaret Mehigan, OP
Sr. Joan Murphy, OP
Sr. Jeanne Marie O’Laughlin, OP
Sr. Jane Quirk, OP
Sr. Therese Margaret Roberts, OP
60 years
Sr. Therese E. Allgeyer, OP
Sr. Norine Burns, OP
Sr. Leontia Cooney, OP
Sr. Carol Coston, OP
Sr. Sheila Delaney, OP
Sr. Mary Ann Ennis, OP
Sr. Rosalie Esquerra, OP
Sr. Frances Mary Fitzpatrick, OP
Sr. Mary Hemmen, OP
Sr. Rose Bernadette Hoeffner, OP
Sr. Mary Kastens, OP
Sr. Barbara Ann Long, OP
Sr. Jo Ann Lucas, OP
Sr. Margaret Manners, OP
Sr. Joan Mary, OP
Sr. Christine Matthews, OP
Sr. Martha Napior, OP
Sr. Molly Anne Nicholson, OP
Sr. Rose Celeste O’Connell, OP
Sr. Arlene Seckel, OP
Sr. Rita Rose Sieg, OP
Sr. Anneliese Sinnott, OP
Sr. Barbara Ann Stanek, OP
Sr. Jovanna Stein, OP
Sr. Nancyann Turner, OP
Sr. Marilyn Uline, OP
Sr. Kathleen Waters, OP
Sr. Marilyn Winter, OP
Sr. Ann Ziemba, OP
50 years
Sr. Judith Benkert, OP
Sr. Marie Joy Finfera, OP
Sr. Rosemary Thomas Finnegan, OP
Sr. Susan Gardner, OP
Sr. Sister Patricia McDonald, OP
Sr. Maureen McGrath, OP
Sr. Karen Rossman, OP
Sr. Sarajane Seaver, OP
Servants of Mary (Servites)
50 years
Sr. Marcia Haggins, OSM, has served as a teacher at Covenant House Academy Southwest in Detroit.
Dominican Sisters of Peace
75 years
Sr. Rosalyn Seda, OP, lives at the Motherhouse in Oxford and is an expert horticulturist and works in the gardens of the motherhouse.
65 years
Sr. Margaret Therese Baranek, OP, lives at the Motherhouse in Oxford, where she volunteers and engages in prayer ministry.
Sr. Joan Marie Jereb, OP, lives at the Motherhouse in Oxford and is community treasurer.
Sr. Frances Mary Kernasovich, OP, is director of pastoral care at Lourdes Senior Community in Waterford.
Sr. Martina Stegman, OP, lives at the Motherhouse in Oxford, serving in retreat ministry and as sacristan.
60 years
Sr. Corinne Smollar, OP, lives at the Motherhouse in Oxford, is a volunteer and engages in prayer ministry.
50 years
Sr. Rita Birzer, OP, has served as director of the Dominican Sisters of Peace Retreat Ministries in Michigan since 2011. She served in education and pastoral ministry elsewhere and served on the congregation’s formation and leadership teams.
Sr. Teresita Lipar, OP, has served various roles in administration for the congregation, including as prioress (2001-08), vice president (1991-94, 1996-2001), formation director and mission group coordinator at the Oxford Motherhouse. She also served as director at Vivian’s Via Rosa and of pastoral care at Lourdes Senior Community in Waterford. Earlier in ministry, Sr. Lipar taught at St. Sylvester, Warren (1967-69); Holy Rosary, Flint (1969-77); and St. Vincent Ferrer, Madison Heights (1977-81).
Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph
50 years
Sr. Geraldine Kaczynski, FSSJ, is currently principal of St. Sebastian School in Dearborn Heights, a position she has held since 1976. She has ministered at the school since 1974.
Cloistered Dominican Nuns
60 years
Sr. Marie of the Annunciation Marson, OP, serves in prayer ministry of the cloistered community at the Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament in Farmington Hills.
50 years
Sr. Mary of the Compassion Ross, OP,serves in prayer ministry of the cloistered community at the Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament in Farmington Hills.
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
75 years
Sr. Mary Alberta Bodde, SC, was provincial superior in Mt. Clemens (1973-79), taught at Shrine, Royal Oak (1965-66), was director of programming at St. John Provincial Seminary in Plymouth (1980-85) and served as campus and parish minister and St. John Fisher Chapel University Parish, Auburn Hills (1985-2005).
70 years
Sr. Pierre Habel, SC, ministered in health care as a nursing instructor, EKG technician, patient information specialist and volunteer at St. Joseph Hospital in Mt. Clemens from 1960-92.
65 years
Sr. Mary Alicia Bomya, SC, served in education and parish ministry at Wyandotte Catholic (1978-81); as associate superintendent with the Archdiocese of Detroit (1981-87); registrar at Madonna University, Livonia (1987-98); and at Shrine, Royal Oak (1998-2012).
Sr. Roslyn Hafertepe, SC, formerly Sr. Edward Cecile, was assistant administrator at St. Joseph Hospital in Mt. Clemens (1971-75).
Sr. Rose William Herzog, SC, taught at St. Leo, Detroit (1952-53); and Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak (1953-61).
Sr. Ann Christopher Joseph, SC, ministered in pastoral care at St. Joseph Hospital, Mt. Clemens (1975-76); Harper Hospital, Detroit (1976-80); and Hospice Southeast Michigan, Southfield (1980-87).
Sr. Michael Clare Mauntel, SC, ministered in education at Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak (1952-59); St. Louis, Mt. Clemens (1966-75); and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Beverly Hills (1975-2011).
Sr. Carol McCarthy, SC, taught at Guardian Angels (1964-68) and St. Luke, Detroit (1968-70).
Sr. Dolores Maureen McDonald, SC, taught at Guardian Angels, Detroit (1952-56); and St. Louis, Mt. Clemens (1964-65).
Sr. Sue Verbiscus, SC, taught at St. Luke, Detroit (1952-58).
60 years
Sr. Carol Brenner, SC, taught at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Birmingham (1958-66); Guardian Angels, Detroit (1966-72); and St. Martin de Porres, Warren (1972-76).
Sr. Cathy Cahur, SC, taught at Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak (1958-64); and St. Mary, Port Huron (1967-68).
Sr. Annette Frey, SC, taught at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Beverly Hills (1971-76).
Sr. Patricia Sabourin, SC, served as chief pharmacist at St. Joseph Hospital, Mt. Clemens (1970-75).
Sr. Katherine Tardiff, SC, taught at Guardian Angels, Detroit (1968-69); Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak (1969-70); St. Sylvester, Warrren (1973-74); Marian High, Birmingham (1977-78). She served in parish ministry at All Saints, Detroit (1974-77), and St. Basil, East Detroit (1979-81); in campus ministry at Aquinas College in Southgate (1981-88); and as director of the Jesuits’ Romero Center in Detroit from 1989-92.
50 years
Sr. Kevin Patrice Daley, SC, taught at Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak (1978-94).
Racine Dominican Sisters
80 years
Sr. Emeline Bash, OP, was assistant superintendent of Archdiocese of Detroit schools from 1962-71. She also taught at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (1947-48, principal from 1952-55); Madonna College, Livonia (1974-87); St. Joseph, Lake Orion (1987-89); St. Christopher, Marysville (1989-91); and St. Clement, Center Line (1991-2005).
Sr. Catherine (Huberta) Verbeten, OP, taught at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (1932-33, 1941-48).
70 years
Sr. Mary (Mary Thaddeus) Fisher, OP, taught at Assumption Grotto (1950-54) and Nativity, Detroit (1960-63); Madonna College, Livonia (1973-75); St. Mary College, Orchard Lake (1975-76); and the University of Michigan-Dearborn (1976-96).
60 years
Sr. Agnes (Luisa) Schneider, OP, has been coordinator of Socially Responsible Investing for the past 10 years, and has worked with Michigan Mutual Insurance in Detroit (1980-81) and the Automobile Club of Michigan (1981-87).
Capuchins
50 years
Bro. Richard Merling, OFM Cap., is the director of the Father Solanus Guild in Detroit and co-vice postulator for the Cause of Capuchin Fr. Solanus Casey. He has ministered in Detroit in various capacities serving the poor and other ministries of the friars since 1972.
Bro. Robert Kose, OFM Cap., a Detroit native, has served in missions and Hispanic ministry in the Midwest.
Redemptorists
50 years
Fr. Robert W. Halter, CSSR, served Holy Redeemer Parish in Detroit in youth ministry and as associate pastor from 1990-99.
Servants of Jesus
50 years
Sr. Mary Ann Kasper, SJ
Discalced Carmelites
40 years
Sr. Mary Therese Heithaus, OCD, lives in community at the Monastery of St. Therese in Clinton Township.
60 years
Sr. Margaret Mary Otrompke, OCD, serves as an extern sister and in the prayer community at the Monastery of St. Therese in Clinton Township.
Sisters, Home Visitors of Mary
50 years
Sr. Mary Elise Chapman, HVM, served as bookkeeper for the Catholic Information Center and in religious education at Madonna and Epiphany Parishes in Detroit. She also volunteered at the Dominican Literacy Center.
Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis
75 years
Sr. Angelette Gladysz, SSJ-TOSF, taught at St. John the Baptist, Dearborn (1947-50); Ascension, Base Line (1950-53); St. Thomas (1953-55), Sweetest Heart of Mary (1958-62), and St. Bartholomew, Detroit (1963); and Christ the Good Shepherd, Lincoln Park (1966-74, 1976-82).
70 years
Sr. Hyacinth Czerapowicz, SSJ-TOSF, was a teacher and organist at many parishes in the archdiocese, including St. Bartholomew (1947-49) and St. Francis (1950-52) in Detroit; Ascension, Base Line (1952-53); and Regina High School, Harper Woods (1959-60, 1964-2015).
Sr. Regina Wantauch, SSJ-TOSF, taught at Sweetest Heart of Mary (1948-51) and St. Bartholomew, Detroit (1960-61); and was medical records clerk and transcriptionist at Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Heights (1982-2001).
50 years
Sr. Barbara Ann Ennis, SSJ-TOSF, ministered in education and pastoral ministry at St. Thomas the Apostle (1968-69), Sweetest Heart of Mary (1969-70) and St. Stanislaus Kostka (1993-97), Detroit; St. Anselm, Southgate (1997-2000); and St. Albert the Great, Dearborn Heights (2000-12).
Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
75 years
Fr. Eugene F. Hattie, SJ, has served as a teacher and missionary in Africa and Asia, and currently resides at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston.
60 years
Fr. James E. Chambers, SJ, ministered in education and as a hospital chaplain in Cleveland, Chicago and Nepal. He currently resides at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston.
Fr. Frank M. Oppenheim, SJ, served as a writer and philosophy professor at Xavier University and now resides at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston.
Bro. Henry C. Kuhn, SJ, has served as a missionary and as a house minister of the Jesuit community at the University of Detroit Mercy. He now resides at Colombiere Center in Clarkston.
Chaldean Sisters, Daughters of Mary Immaculate
50 years
Sr. Clotilda Kinaya, DMI, ministered in Baghdad, Iraq, before moving to Michigan in 1977. She served at Sacred Heart Chaldean Parish in Detroit from 1986-98.
Bernardine Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis
60 years
Sr. Dorothy Marie Poremba, OSF, has taught at Divine Child, Dearborn, since 1986.
Sr. Maria Christine Keller, OSF, served as provincial minister for the Bernardine Sisters at Our Lady of the Rosary Convent in Farmington Hills; as administrator of Mary’s Manor since 2000; and taught at Holy Innocents, Roseville; Divine Child, Dearborn; St. Robert, Detroit; and St. Bernardine, Garden City.
Sr. Jane Frances Dutkiewicz, OSF, ministered in education from 1957-88 at St. Robert, Detroit; St. Linus, Dearborn Heights; and Divine Child, Dearborn. She has been a chaplain at St. John Hospital since 1990.
50 years
Sr. Shaun Marie Fattal, OSF, taught at Blessed Sacrament, Midland; and St. Robert, Detroit. She also served as group home manager of Raphael House, Angels’ Place in Dearborn and in elder care at Visiting Angels Senior Care. She currently serves at Mary’s Manor.
Sr. Joan Marie Roosa, OSF, taught at St. Angela, Roseville, and St. Robert, Detroit. She has served as faculty and adviser at Madonna University in Livonia since 1998.
Sr. Grace Keane, OSF, has served in pastoral ministry at Gesu and St. Aloysius in Detroit and St. Mary of the Hills in Rochester Hills.
