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IHM Newsletter - July 2013page 1 page 1 July 2013

Preparing for the July Chapter Meeting and Assembly, July 25-27

Sister Ann Marie McDonnell and ESL student

The Chapter Coordinating Committee sent out three documents on June 26 via the IHMList to delegates and participants in preparation for the meeting July 25 and 26 which included: the agenda for the meeting along with “Telling Your Leadership Story” and the article by Mary Pat Garvin, RSM, Graced Companionship: A Metaphor for Graced Leadership Today. These documents may be found on the IHM webpage at:http://www.sistersofihm.org/sisters-login-page/ihm-chapter-documents.html Please note that the Chapter meetings are Thursday, July 25 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Friday, July 26, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The Assembly will begin after lunch on Friday, July 26, at 1:15 p.m. and resume on Saturday, July 27, at 9:00 a.m. and conclude around 5:00 p.m. Delegates unable to attend the Chapter meeting must be excused by Sister Terry O’Rourke. Daily Mass will be celebrated at 7:30 a.m. at the IHM Center on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The jubilee Mass on Sunday will be at 11:00 a.m. followed by dinner in the Theresa Maxis Conference Center. Sisters planning to attend any part or any meal of the Chapter/Assembly/Jubilee, and/or in need of housing at Madonna Hall, must register at: http://www.sistersofihm.org/sisters-login-page/forms/assembly-registration.htmlor call the Communications Office at 570-346-5404. The Chapter Coordinating Committee also reminds sisters to reflect, converse, and journal over the next sev-eral weeks using the Reflection Tool and Moving Toward the Future an article by Luisa Saffiotti. These documents may also be found at: http://www.sistersofihm.org/sisters-login-page/ihm-chapter-documents.html

IHM ESL Program Celebrates Five Years Current and former teachers of the IHM ESL Program celebrated the completion of five successful years. This year the program served 54 students from Honduras, Cuba, Peru, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Romania, and several countries in Africa. With a grant obtained from the Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities through the IHM Development Office, two sets of the Rosetta Stone English Program and seven computers were purchased. These tools give students the opportunity to listen, read, and write English. A special thank you to this year’s volunteers: Sisters Alphonsa Concilio, Ann Marie McDonnell, Donna Korba, Geraldine Dranginis, Mary Martha Gardiner, Mary Newett, Mary Rassley, Miriam Joseph Reinhardt, Jacquelin Servick, Anitra Nemotko, Kathryn Kurdziel, Susan Hadzima, Ann Newell, and lay volunteers Judy Kennedy, Mary Ann Garvey, Annette Gaughan, Bridget Moran, Rebecca Schmaeling, Katie Neary, Shannon Lavelle, Brian Price, and Jamie Heenan. Class sizes are typically one teacher to four students. There is a waiting list for September classes. Volunteers interested in teaching ESL classes beginning in September are asked to contact Sister Joan Thompson at [email protected] or 570-955-6550.

Sister Mary Rassley and ESL student

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On June 6 the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart Guild celebrated liturgy and dinner together. Rev. Leo McKernan was the hom-ilist for the liturgy. Rev. Daniel Toomey, spiritual moderator, Sister Celesta Sinisi IHM, sister moderator, and Sister Therese O’Rourke, President of the IHM Sisters, welcomed 178 Guild members to this special occasion. Ernie Pappa and his wife Maria crowned the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary statues during the special dinner program.

Friends of the Poor volunteers were presented with the Stan Hamilton Volunteer Award by the CEO of the Weinberg Food Bank at the People Helping People Celebration on May 22. Friends of the Poor volunteers were selected for this award from among 160 organizations. This award recognized the honorees for their flexibility and generosity in distributing food to those in need.

IHM Friends / Friends of the Poor Carbondale opened June 20 at 92 Lincoln Avenue in Carbondale. Fifty-five families received food packages, and thirty of them were able to get needed house-hold items. The pantry will be open from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the first and third Thursdays of every month (excluding holidays). Pictured above are the volunteers who coordinate the pantry: L-R front: Noreen Carney; Linda Melnick; Elaine Bruno; Laura Melnick. L-R back: Sister Mariette Quinn, IHM, Director IHM Friends: Carbondale; Madolyn Dempsey; Pattie Rudalavage; Mi-chelle Santanna, SNAP Outreach Weinberg Food Bank; Sister Ann Walsh, IHM, Director, Friends of the Poor; Mary T. Ogozaly

Sacred Heart Mass and Dinner Held at IHM Center

L-R: Sister Celesta Sinisi, Father Daniel Toomey, and Sister Therese O’Rourke

L-R: Linda Sepkowski, Sisters Romaine Krug, and Celesta Sinisi

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Altoona-Johnstown Bishop’s Night for Vocations 2013 Sister Kathy Kurdziel repre-sented the IHM Sisters at the an-nual Bishop’s Night for Vocations held on May 15 at Our Lady of Lo-retto Community Hall in Loretto, PA. Sponsored by the Serra Clubs of Altoona and Cambria County, the event included a reception with vocation displays from differ-ent religious communities in the diocese, dinner, and recognition of the winners of the poetry, poster, and essay contests sponsored by the Diocesan Offi ce of Vocations. The theme was “Keeping Our Eyes Fixed on Christ.” Since approximately 90 sisters have entered the IHM Congrega-tion from this area, a number of IHM sisters’ relatives and former students shared fond memories of many IHMs and the impact they have had on their lives. Four hundred and fi fty eight people attended this event.

OSP IHM Haitian Outreach CommitteeAt its March meeting the OSP IHM Haitian Project Committee discussed different ways to support the Little Sisters of Ste. Therese in preparation for their chapter. Their 9th General Chapter will take place from August 6-17 at their Motherhouse in Riviere Froide, Carrefour, Haiti. The IHM Congregations have been closely connected to the Little Sisters since 1995 when the congregations entered into a twinning relationship of friendship, hospitality and fi nancial support. Mindful of their approaching Chapter, the committee decided that a letter of support would be sent to the Little Sisters and the following prayer would be used by all four congregations to show our solidarity. This prayer was crafted from the ones being used by the Little Sisters themselves as they move through their time of prepa-ration. Copies of the prayer are included with the Newsletter. Please let us join together in prayerful support of the Little Sisters.

Prayer for Solidarity with The Little Sisters of Ste. Therese in Haiti for their General Chapter

O God, blessed Trinity, in this year of Faith, you call the Li� le Sisters of Ste. � erese to celebrate their 9th General Chapter around the theme: “Li� le Sisters, rediscover your charism as leaders and sowers of hope.” We thank you for this blessing for these Sisters. May their hearts be open and a� entive to your call to remain faithful to the mission given them, to work in your great mission of salvation. Loving God, let your Spirit � ll each delegate with the faith to experience this chapter in oneness, cohesiveness, transparency and generosity. Mary, you were with the Apostles at Pentecost. Be with the Li� le Sisters as they enter into their chapter. Inspire them with courage. Following your example, may it be a prayerful time of placing their trust in Divine Providence. Amen!

IHMs Help Staff DC “Come and See Day”IHM Sisters Kathleen Lunsmann, Rachel Terry and Myra Gilbart attended a day-long “Come and See” retreat for high school girls at the Washington Retreat Center. The event was sponsored by the Washington Archdiocesan Offi ce of Consecrated Life. Fifty-fi ve young women attended the event. The sisters staffed an IHM display table and spent time in prayer and conversation with many of the participants. Contractors worked on the water main pipe at the IHM Center. An

underground leak necessitated the digging of a 200 foot trench and replacement of the pipe. The project has been completed successfully.


Dear Sisters, The Spiritual Renewal Center Study Committee, under the advisement of the mission board, has been in con-versation around your suggestions and dreams for what a Spiritual Renewal Center might look like for us now. The report was submitted to the Leadership Team and the Mission Board at the April 2013 mission board meeting. (The report can be found on the IHM website under Documents for Mission Board April 26, 2013). The study committee recommended that a team be formed to take these creative ideas and explore them further. It is our pleasure to announce that we are ready to begin the first phase of our spiritual renewal by offering this invitation to all IHM Sisters to discern your call and desire to be a part of this team. The team would meet peri-odically (an established timeframe to be discerned) in prayer, conversation and dreaming about what shape this spiritual renewal group will take. We ask that you spend time in reflection and discernment on your own desire to be a part of this “dream team”. This initial phase is open to anyone who wishes to gather in commitment to this endeavor in order to shape how the next phases may look. We are proposing that your personal discernment take place throughout the summer, and we will ask for sisters to respond to this call by September 1, 2013, to the Spiritual Renewal Committee through Sister Patty Tippen, [email protected]. A first meeting will be scheduled for some time in the fall. More details will follow. We will announce this endeavor at the assembly and also follow up with a piece in the IHM Newsletter. The energy, excitement, commitment, and belief in this Spiritual Renewal Team are shared by the Spiritual Renewal Committee and our Leadership Team. Thank you for your responses to our survey. Your input and dreaming in your mission groups have brought us to this place where we are now with this new endeav-or. May we continue to listen to the Spirit and Holy Wisdom for guidance and next steps on this journey! Gratefully, Spiritual Renewal Committee: Sister Patricia Tippen, Chairperson, and Sisters Beatrice Caulson, Mary Ellen Higgins, Mary Schoberg, & Mindy Welding

From the Spiritual Renewal Center Committee

Celebration of Women Religious, September 15

Over the decades, many dedicated men and women religious and their associates have contributed so much to the life and spirituality of the Dio-cese of Scranton. They have served as teachers, nurses, administrators, counselors, spiritual guides and lead-ers, social workers, retreat directors, parish staff members and friends. In this Year of Faith, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of Scranton, and the people of the diocese wish to recognize these contributions with a special liturgy and reception, Sunday, September 15, 2013, at Marywood University. Please come and let us thank you in person! The Mass will be celebrated in the Sette LaVerghetta Performing Arts Center beginning at 2:00 p.m. A reception will follow in the Latour Room of Nazareth Hall. Members of religious communities who are currently ministering in the diocese, along with those who are no longer serving but have done so in the past, are invited. RSVP to the Office for Parish Life, 570-207-2213 or [email protected].

Presentation on Advance Directive on Healthcare, July 26,OLPH Conference Rm On Thursday, July 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the OLPH Conference Room at the IHM Center, there will be a presentation: Understanding the Advance Directive on Healthcare Document. This is an optional meeting, intended to provide infor-mation on the use of an advance directive in light of today’s health care climate. Health care profes-sionals will be on hand to provide information, as well as to answer questions.


On June 15 Sisters Lisa Perkowski, Denise Montagne, and Carrie Flood gathered at the IHM Spiritual Renewal Center in Cresco for a day of refl ection on our IHM Core Values. Sister Gloria Frank facilitated the day of refl ection for our temporary professed sisters.

Join the Reach Out 2013 Service Group

At the moment there are eleven young women and seven IHMs who will be doing a week of service in

the Carbondale area from July 7-13. They will be praying and living in community with the sisters at either St. Joseph’s Convent in Carbondale or St. Michael’s Convent in Simpson. Any IHM sister who would like to spend some time with the group is welcome. Come for a day or an evening and work, pray, play or eat with the delightful group of young women who will come together for the week. The girls love being with the sisters. This is a perfect vocation promotion opportunity. Participants of Keys to the Future committed themselves to being more visible and interactive among young people. During the day several volunteers will be working on a home with NeighborWorks from about 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A smaller number will be helping Sister Rosemarie Gregorio at Catholic Social Services in Carbondale. Evening events that you might like to join are: Monday, June, 8: supper at St. Michael’s Convent, Simpson at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9: Liturgy at 4:30 p.m. in St. Joseph’s chapel followed by supper at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10: bowling at 6:30 p.m. at Idle Hour Lanes on Route 6. Thursday, June 11: picnic and games at St. Joseph Center residence on Pike Street at 5:30 p.m. If you are coming, please let Sr. Kathy Kurdziel know so that proper preparations can be made. Call or leave a message on Sister Kathy’s cell phone: 570-955-9298.

IHM Summer Service 2013 Carbondale, PA

IHM Summer Service 2013Carbondale, PA

The Gift of Sister-Associate Relationship

For her 60th Anniversary Sister Agnes Shaw chose to celebrate her jubilee with the associates in Vestal, New York. In a joint effort as-sociates from three Circles of Grace gathered at Diane Rigotti’s home, sharing good food and a rich sense of community. Pictured L-R back: Kelley Marconi, Pat O’Connor-Allen, Peg Sever, Jude Byrne, Betty Becker, Yvonne Kay, Diane Rigotti, Eve Jar-rold, Stephanie Nostram, Gloria Sinclair, Marcia Eckerson. L-R front: Joan Eisch, Sister Mary Ann Remus, Sister Agnes Shaw, Sister Robert Mary Murphy, and Jackie Adams.


Sisters Kathleen Lunsmann and Kathleen Clancy joined sisters from various congregations at the Nuns on the Bus rally in Washington, DC. Pictured in the center, Sister Marie Chiodo, DW, (facilitator for past IHM chapters) asked to be remembered to her IHM friends in Scranton.

It was a tearful farewell for the associates who accompanied Sister Kieran Williams from Holy Trinity Parish in Williamston, North Carolina, to the train station in Rocky Mount. Sister Kieran served there as pastoral admin-istrator for fourteen years and is returning to her home town of Scranton. She will stay connected because of the beauty of associate relationship. Pictured L-R: Aren and Rosalyn Linsangan, Sister Kieran Williams, Debra Hardison, Dianne Young, Sister Carol Loughney, and Sister Betty Bullen.

Attend Anthracite Heritage Museum Conference Sister Anitra Nemotko, Congrega-tion Archivist, and Jan Corbett, Congregation Archives volun-teer, attended a historical records workshop at the Anthracite Heri-tage Museum in Scranton, PA. The two-day conference was held on June 25 and 26 and was en-titled “Archives without Tears.” The program was presented by the Pennsylvania State Archives in partnership with the Jefferson County History Center and the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum. On June 25 the topics included the basics of archives and records management: what histori-cal records are – and what they are not; retaining historical records that people want to use; managing, receiving and evaluating collec-tions; dealing with copyright issues and assuring the survival of long-term records. On day two, June 26, the focus was on photographs/spe-cial media care and disaster plan-ning for historical and essential records. The presenters included Jerry Ellis, a Pennsylvania His-torical and Museum Commission (PHMC) archivist who specializes in archival procedure training and record management and Linda Ries, a nationally known historian of photography and archivist with the Pennsylvania State Archives since 1979.


Night of Bowling Be visible! Join the IHM service group for a night of bowling!On Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 6:30 p.m., the sisters and volunteers from the IHM Service Experience will be bowling at Idle Hours Lanes on the Scranton-Carbondale high-way. Come and meet the young women and join in the fun. Show them the IHM spirit of joy and hospitality as well as great bowling team skills. Contact Sister Joan Ma-rie Thompson if you intend to come and bowl or just cheer on the team: 570-955-6550 [email protected]

Keys to the Future: ConCrete next steps

The following are the suggestions of all of the sisters in Peru who gathered in Lima to participate in the Keys to the Future process in February 2013. Sisters Mary Elaine Anderson, Norma Poma Arpi, Jeanne Marie Kearney, Tomasa Fernandez, Eileen Egan and Ancilla Maloney offered the following:• be open and invite women • adapt customs to Latin American culture• be aware that it is hard to welcome new members when we are so busy and work so hard.• socialize and form relationships with more young persons• find ways to participate in events and service opportunities together• stop waiting –we need to start making a plan for a vocation program• meet with young women who are interested; invite them to live with us• include associates to help us organize a vocation program• invite young women that we know to retreat/reflection days to help them discern

In Spanish from the same group:• necesitamos ser más abiertas a la cultura y sus costumbres • el apostolado pone muchas demandas a nuestro tiempo, entonces no es fácil para dedicarnos a encuentros vocationales • ayudar a los nuevos Peruanos conocer nuestra congregación y nuestras costumbres • experiencias en la vida comunitaría: fin de semana y jornadas vocacio- nales mensuales • ser creativas en preparer litúrgias• invitar a mujeres reunirse con nosotros para rezar juntas• invitar alumnus de MU a venir para el Programa del Verano en enero (Sicuani)• celebrar más publicamente Día de la Fundación y 8 de diciembre • comenzar reuniones con mujeres en nuestras casas• comenzar un programa vocacional

A reminder to the mission groups who have not sent a copy of Spring 2013 mission group meeting minutes electronically or by regular email to both your councilor and the congregation archivist. As always, thank you to everyone as we continue to stand together in our mission and ministry as IHMs. Sister Rosemary Goulet: [email protected] Sister Chris Koellhoffer: [email protected] Sister Ellen Maroney: [email protected] Sister Anitra Nemotko: [email protected] - Sister Anitra Nemotko

Reminder to Mission Groups

Beautifying the IHM Center Grounds

Sister Leonnette Bower has been working steadily the past month planting and tending the flowers around the IHM Center. She commented, “I grew up on a farm—this is what we do.”


SOAR! Presents Grant to IHM Sisters

Michael Rodgers, SOAR! Chairman of the Board of Directors, presented a grant check for $25,000 to IHM President Sister Therese O’Rourke, IHM on June 14, 2013. SOAR! has been supporting IHM projects since 1992. SOAR! President Sister Kathleen Lunsmann, IHM (second from right), SOAR! Vice President of Operations Deborah Hudson Vornbrock (not pictured), and Mr. Rodgers also viewed projects at the IHM Center and OLP that SOAR! helped make possible. Joining the check presentation were IHM Director of Development Sister Ann Monica Bubser, IHM (far right) and IHM Councilor for Temporal Resources Sister Ellen Carney, IHM (middle). This SOAR! grant will help to upgrade and repair the IHM Center foyer and chapel air temperature control system.

Pilgrimage to the Graves of the Three Holy WomenA pilgrimage to the graves of Mother Theresa Maxis, Mother Mary Lange, and Mother Elizabeth Seton, will be held Saturday, October 12. The following is the travel plan for the day:• 8:30 a.m. - Depart from St. Mary’s Seminary & University Parking Lot, 5400 Roland Avenue, Baltimore 21210• Baltimore, Md. - Mother Mary Lange Prayer and placing of fl owers at the sarcophagus at the motherhouse of the Oblate Sisters of Providence• Lunch on the bus (individuals are asked to bring a brown bag lunch to eat on the bus)• West Chester, Pa. - Mother Theresa Maxis Prayer at gravesite and placing of fl owers• Emmitsburg, Md. - Mother Elizabeth Seton Celebrate Mass (28th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Prayer at the tomb and placing of fl owers• Dinner at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine (included in price of pilgrimage)• 7:45 p.m. - Estimated time of arrival at St. Mary’s Seminary & University Parking Lot

Total cost of the Pilgrimage is $60.00 per person. A $20.00 non-refundable deposit is required to reserve a seat on the bus with balance due by September 2. Call or e-mail to reserve a seat: 410-728-6464 or [email protected] $20.00 deposit with name and address to: St. Mary’s Spiritual Center & Historic Site, 600 N. Paca Street Baltimore, MD 21201.

IHM EventsChapter Meeting

July 25 & 26

Assembly July 27

JubileeJuly 28, 11:00 a.m.

Mission Board MeetingNovember 15, 2013

Chapter MeetingNovember 16-17, 2013

Discernment DayFebruary 1, 2014

Chapter of AffairsMarch 6-9, 2014

Chapter of ElectionsApril 3-6, 2014


Silver Circle Surpasses Goal A wine and cheese party was held at the IHM Center on June 18 in celebration of surpassing the 2012-13 Silver Circle goal of 7,000 tickets. The following day, more than sixty IHM sisters and supporters were present for the final Silver Circle draw-ing held in the dining room at OLP. A new drum, created by IHM Maintenance Supervisor, Steve Gatto, was unveiled, and Sister Louis Marie Verchick, IHM was crowned the 2012-13 top seller. Other top sellers who sold more than 100 tickets each (in order of most tickets sold) are: Sister Anastasia Quigley, IHM; Sister Kath-leen Joy Steck, IHM; Sister Ann Berendes, IHM; Sister Judith Ann Ziegler, IHM; Sister Dolores M. Banick, IHM; Sister Maryla Far-four, IHM; Sister Rita Ann Naughton, IHM; Sister Celeste Parry, IHM; Sister Rosella Salvato, IHM; Sister Gracette Baker, IHM; Sister Francis Rose Lapitino, IHM; Our Lady of Sorrows Convent, Vestal, NY; Sister Ruthanne Gypalo, IHM; and Sister Theresa Frere, IHM. Thank you to everyone who participated in the first-ever Silver Circle Trivia Challenge and congratulations to the winners! Tying for first place are Sister Michel Keenan and Sister Thomas Mary Dougherty; second place winner is Sister Bernadette Zaytoun; and, third place winner is Sister Mary Ann Adams. Keep an eye out during IHM Days for new Silver Circle packets. Please take as many packets as possible and help to distribute them to IHM communities and friends.

Sisters Joan Thompson and Alphonsa Concilio

Sister Denise Montagne renewed her vows June 14 during evening prayer at the IHM Center. Sisters from the Nazareth community were present along with friends. Pictured L-R front: Sisters Mary Ann Adams, Amy Zychal, Chris Koellhoffer, Jane Meehan, Claude Lenox, CSJ, Rose Marie Mozzachio. L-R back: Mary Newett, Denise Montagne, Anysia Donohue, Mary Martha Gardiner, Fran McGlynn, CSJ, Annmarie Lynott, and Fran Fasolka.

Renews Vows

Help Needed for Cemetery Clean Up, August 3The IHM Forward group has set Saturday, August 3, for clean up of sisters’ graves at St. Catherine Cemetery in Moscow. All sisters, associates, and friends are welcome to join. Gardening tools and a box lunch will be provided. Those needing a ride will meet at the IHM Center chapel parking lot at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 3. Those planning to join the clean up, kindly RSVP to the Communications Office at 570-346-5404 or e-mail [email protected]


Driver Safety Seminar Travelers Insurance Company will present a Driver Safety Seminar on Wednesday, July 24, at 10:00 a.m. in the IHM Center Our Lady of Perpetual Help Conference Room. The session will run approximately 40 minutes. A short fi lm will be shown with a discussion period to follow. All sisters are encouraged to attend. For additional information, please contact Debbie Worlinsky at worlinskyd@sistersofi hm.org or 570-346-5435.

Ministry Agreements Please remember to return your Ministry Services Agreement or Employment Information form for 2013-2014 to the Offi ce of Temporal Resources. Sisters serving in ministries within a Diocesan or Parish setting should complete the Ministry Services Agreement. Sisters employed outside the Diocesan or Parish Settings are asked to complete the Employment Information form. Forms are available on the Congregation website-www.sistersofi hm.org. Select Sisters Login, Business Matters, Ministry/Employment Agreements. For additional information, please contact Jeanne Hill at hillj@sister-sofi hm.org or 570-346-5419.

Budgets 2013-2014 Local Community/Individual Budgets for the new fi scal year 2013-2014 are due in the Business Offi ce by July 8, 2013. Be sure to return the Allot-ment Request, Local Community/Individual Budget Worksheet and Detail and Local Community Data Sheet. Forms are available on the Congregation website-www.sistersofi hm.org. Select Sisters Login, Business Matters, Budgets. For additional information, please contact Debbie Worlinsky at worlins-kyd@sistersofi hm.org or 570-346-5435.

Central Accounting Monthly Central Accounting reconciliations are due in the Business Of-fi ce by the 10th of each month for the preceding month. The congregation’s fi scal year end is August 31, 2013. Please be sure to have all your information to the Business Offi ce no later than September 13, 2013. Anyone needing assistance with Central Accounting can contact Jeanne Hill at hillj@sistersofi hm.org or 570-346-5419.

Fidelity Local Community Checking AccountsSummer is a time for many changes within local communities. Please remember to notify the Business Offi ce of any changes in the local commu-nity treasurer or secondary check signer. For additional information, please contact Jeanne Hill at 570-346-5419 or hillj@sistersofi hm.org

From the IHM Business OfficeNew Life Committee Serves as Resource At a joint meeting of the New Life Committee and the Vocation Team, it was suggested that the contact information of members of the New Life Committee be publicized in order to serve as a resource for sisters and associates who are looking to do something for vocations. We’re grateful for the initiatives taken by a number of individuals and groups in mak-ing IHM more widely known and experienced through a variety of service experiences, prayer and refl ection days, and other opportu-nities for sharing our mission and spirit. We hope to see even more of these efforts throughout the congregation. Aware that each of us is called to nurture new life in our con-gregation, we’re also aware that sometimes getting started can be a challenge, so let us know how we can help. Please contact any of these members of the New Life Committee for conversation, ideas, and assistance, or for sharing your own ideas and insights:

Sister Jean Louise Bachettibachej@sistersofi hm.orgSister Dolores M. [email protected] Linda Anne [email protected] Chris Koellhofferkoellhofferc@sistersofi hm.orgSister Kathy Kurdzielkurdzielk@sistersofi hm.orgSister Beth [email protected] Rita Ann [email protected] Lisa [email protected] John Michele [email protected] Rachel Marie [email protected]


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Private or Directed RetreatThese retreats may be scheduled any time throughout the year at a time convenient for you. Please call 570-595-7548 to arrange for the retreat of your choice.

Private or Directed RetreatJuly 6-11Retreatants may choose to make a directed retreat and have the opportunity to meet daily with a spiritual director to discuss their prayer experience and the move-ment of the spirit. Those choosing to make a private retreat can make use of the many resources in the Spiritual Renewal Center to aid their personal prayer. The silent atmosphere will aid in getting in touch with the Divine.Arrive: Saturday 4:00 p.m.Depart: Thursday 1:00 p.m.

The Blessing WaySeptember 15-20Through refl ection, prayer and ritual we will ponder the Beati-tudes in Matthew and Luke and the examples of the lives of great prophets and mystics of peace in order to grow in our consciousness that everything is holy and all of life is a blessing.Arrive: Sunday, 6:30 p.m.Depart: Friday, 1:00 p.m.Presenter: Reverend Terrence Mo-ran, C.Ss.R.

Our Lady of Grace Spiritual Center

Manhasset, New York 11030 516-627-9255

[email protected]

Directed RetreatWednesday, July 10 (dinner 5:30 p.m.) to Tuesday, July 16 (depar-ture 11 a.m.)Sister Karen Cavanaugh, CSJSister Cathy Smith, OPSister Maria Regina Loures, IHMCost $350

Sun, Fun, and SpiritualityMonday, August 5 (dinner 5:30 p.m.) to Thursday, August 8 (de-parture 12 noon)Memories Are Made of ThisThese days include time for both private and communal prayer, daily liturgy and an environment offer-ing peace, beauty, a pool and good food. There is also the opportunity for personal day trips into the city or to enjoy the beauty of Long Is-land. This experience provides the perfect mixture of peace and play!Brother André Mathieu, CPFather Michael Greene, CPCost $350

Dear Sisters,My brother, Gene, his family and I would like to thank all of you for your prayers for the successful removal of a tumor from his brain last April. It threatened to take away his speech, and the surgery was just in time. We are all so grateful to God that he has made a complete recovery. He especially knows how very powerful your prayers and the prayers of folks from Africa to Peru and around the USA have been! Gratefully, Sister Ancilla Maloney

Sister Lenore McAllister wishes to thank all who offered prayers and sent Mass cards and condolences upon the death of her sister, Betty Lelio.

Dear Sisters, My brother, Dan, his entire family and I would live to thank you for your prayers, thoughts, words of support, memorial enrollments, and sympathy cards. The reality of Barbara’s loss is great for all; please continue to remember the family in prayer during this diffi cult time.With deep gratitude, Janet Jeffers

Sister Ann Newell and her family are deeply grateful for the prayer-ful support and many expressions of kindness extended to them during the illness and subsequent death of their sister/aunt, Dorothea (Dottie) Newell, SSJ.

Gratit�de

God ’s covenant has been fulfilled

Sister Rita Lorraine Burke, IHMJune 11, 2013

in the 66th yearof her religious profession


IHM Directory Updatewww.sistersofi hm.org

Antionette BosakOur Lady of Peace Residence570-330-8551

Ruth HarkinsSt. John the Evangelist Convent10201 Georgia AvenueSilver Spring, MD 20902-5623301-681-5666

Lenore ThomasFox Hall Apartments4 Whitelaw Place, Apt. 1BBaltimore, MD 21236502-320-2704

Joan Marie ThompsonHoly Trinity CommunityIHM Center570-330-0204

Regina WilsonOur Lady of Peace Residence570-330-8568

Janet YurkaninEmmaus CommunityIHM Center

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Professional Photographer at IHM Center and OLP, November 16-17 A professional photographer will be at the IHM Center on November 16 to take portrait photos of IHM Sisters. Sisters are asked to come to the terrace fl oor near the elevator where the photographer will be set up between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Many sisters will already be present for the Chapter meeting that day and are reminded to dress for the photo. The same professional photographer will also be available to take por-trait photo of the sisters at Our Lady of Peace Residence on Sunday, No-vember 17, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The photographer will be located in the OLP dining room. The OLP Administrators and staff will coordinate photo time slots for the sisters. The photographer recommends professional dress and neutral colors.

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure: Scranton, Saturday, September 21 For more than twenty years the Komen NEPA Race for the Cure has been the city’s largest 5K event. The Komen Race is a September tradition in Northeastern Pennsylva-nia with mothers, daughters, friends and families joining together in the fi ght against breast cancer. Join the IHM sisters for the Race for the Cure. Team members will meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Federal Building in downtown Scranton. Please wear your IHM Race for the Cure T-shirt (any year’s shirt will do). Please register as an individual at the link below. Team members will be responsibe for picking up their own Race for the Cure T-shirts that are given with a registration fee of $30. Several IHM Race for the Cure T-shirts are available for new team members. Please contact Maria Celmer at 570-346-5404 or communications@sistersofi hm.org to obtain a T-shirt. Online registration:

https://secure.info-komen.org/site/TRR/RacefortheCure/SCR_NortheasternPennsylvaniaAffi liate/558692332?pg=ptype&fr_id=2305

It takes courage to start a conversation. But if

we don’t start talking to one another, nothing will change. Conversation is

the way we discover how to transform our world

together.- Margaret Wheatley

From the Community Life Committee


IHM Leadership TeamThis is a listing of events and meetings attended by one or more members of the leadership team during the month of June:

July Chapter Meeting Documents: http://www.sistersofi hm.org/sisters-login-page/ihm-chapter-documents.htmlOutline for Leadership Discernment: http://www.sistersofi hm.org/sisters-login-page/mission-board.htmlApril Mission Board Minutes: http://www.sistersofi hm.org/sisters-login-page/mission-board.htmlMass booklet cover art: http://store.ihmheartworks.org/

NEW ON THE IHM WEB

(as of July 3, 2013)Final Profession - 401

Temporary Profession - 4

IHM Congregation VitaeAlso available as E-Book atwww.amazon.com

www.barnesandnoble.com

Lessons from Life1/2 price sale

$4.50 until August 31Order now: 570-346-5404

communications@sistersofi hm.org

Benjamin Franklin by Edmund S. Morgan

Reviewed by Sister Mary Joan Kelleher

Edmund Morgan suggests that while we may regret not having known Franklin personally, we can learn much about him from his writings. It is through them that this former Yale historian describes the Franklin that he uncovered after years of extensive, scholarly research

into the massive collection of this founding father’s writings. While much of this work deals with Franklin’s professional life, it does touch on his personal-ity and private life. Benjamin Franklin’s fascination with the world in which he lived led him to do more than just experiment with electricity, but also to study ocean currents, the causes of the common cold, and chemical elements. It was his concern for his fellow human beings that prompted much of what he did, be it scientifi c, professional, philanthropic or diplomatic. Franklin believed that public interest superseded his own. The book delves extensively into Franklin’s political views before the Stamp Act of 1765. He was a consistent supporter of the English crown until the failure of Parliament and the crown to address colonial rights brought him, somewhat reluctantly, to the opinion that colonial independence must be ac-complished. Franklin’s diplomatic career both in England and France, while well documented by others, receives a fresh appraisal in this book. Franklin’s religious views can, in Morgan’s estimation, be gleaned from his writings. They reveal that one can be moral and God-fearing without the need for organized religion. No doubt this view motivated his staunch defense of separation of church and state in the new republic. The book was critically acclaimed at the time of its publication in 2002 and considered to be one of the best portraits of Benjamin Franklin. While more than a decade has passed since then, the scholarly worth of this biography still stands.

Our Lady of Grace Board meetingEvening of Prayer Committee meetingLeading Contemplative Prayer retreat, CrescoKeynotes and Facilitation for Convoca-tion of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, NYSpiritual Development Team GatheringJoint meeting, New Life Committee and Vocation TeamRenewal of VowsDay of Refl ection on Core Values with Temporary Professed Sisters, CrescoIHM Friends: Carbondale meetingIHM Center RetreatLCWR Region 3 meetingReview of Chapter material at Our Lady of PeaceMeetings regarding IHM Center Kitchen Project—fi re suppression system, etc.Disaster Planning Committee meetingsVisit from SOARCoordinators’ meetingArts Ministry meetingSt. Joseph’s Center Finance Committee meetingSt. Joseph’s Center Executive Committee meetingSt. Joseph’s Center Board meetingCentral Assembly meetingsMission and Ministry Committee meetingSacred Heart Enthronement Liturgy and DinnerIHM Friends: Carbondale Planning SessionMeeting with Monroe IHM Leadership Team in Dallas, PA