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Jubilee 2010
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On
June 12 at St. Mary of the Pines in Chatawa, MS, sixteen sisters
from the Dallas Province will celebrated jubilee anniversaries
as religious women. The jubilarians were recognized by the
School Sisters of Notre Dame Community, family members, and
friends, with a Mass and reception.
This year’s jubilarians include Sisters
Mary Lester deBlanc, Jane Desaulniers, Joyce desJardins, Theresa
Marie Dietz, Marie Christine Hippler, Dorothy Maniscalco,
Mary Murphy, Mary Serniak and Eymard Marie Singletary celebrating
60th jubilees; and Sisters Marie Dolorette Farias, Rosarine
Gonzales, Agnes Maureen Hornsby, Carol Nishke, Helene Marie
Robin, Helen Roper and Johnette Marie Waguespack celebrating
50th jubilees.
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Sister Mary Lester deBlanc
A native of New Orleans, La., Sister Mary Lester deBlanc professed
her vows as a School Sister of Notre Dame in 1950. She holds a
bachelor’s degree in speech and a master’s of education
degree in administration from Xavier University in New Orleans.
An elementary and junior high school classroom teacher and school
administrator for thirty years, she served in schools in Missouri,
California, Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. In 1981, Sister
Mary Lester responded to the community’s call to ministry
as a staff member at St. Mary of the Pines, the province’s
retirement community in Chatawa, Miss. She returned to the classroom
in 1984, teaching junior high school at Our Lady of Prompt Succor
in
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Chalmette, La., until 2000 when she joined the Development staff
at Archbishop Hannan High School in Meraux, La. Today Sister Mary
Lester serves as the Activities Assistant at the St. Bernard Council
on Aging in Chalmette, La.
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Sister Jane (Mary Edmond) Desaulniers
Sister Jane (Mary Edmond) Desaulniers professed her vows as a
School Sister of Notre Dame in 1950. She holds a bachelor’s
degree in French and English and a master’s degree in English.
From 1950 through 1969, Sister Jane ministered as a teacher and
administrator in schools in Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas and
Texas. In 1969 she began a four year term as the Dallas Province’s
Director of Initial Formation. Sister Jane was elected to the
Provincial Council in 1973, serving two terms as a council member.
Upon leaving office in 1981, Sister Jane began new ministry as
a pastoral associate, first at St. John Parish in Strawn, Tex.,
and then at Our Lady of Guadalupe of in El Porvenir, Oaxaca,
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Mexico. In 1994, Sister Jane returned to pastoral ministry in
the United States, ministering at Our Lady Queen of Angels in
La Joya, Tex., and then at St. Joseph in Gluckstadt, Miss. Retiring
from full-time ministry in 2005, Sister Jane ministered to the
Church community as spiritual advisor and now as a volunteer at
Progressive Education Program, Inc., in New Iberia, La.
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Sister Joyce desJardins
Sister Joyce desJardins professed her vows as a School Sister
of Notre Dame in 1950. A New Orleans, La., native, Sister Joyce
holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and philosophy from
Notre Dame College, St. Louis, Mo. Sister Joyce began her teaching
ministry as a first grade teacher at S. Mary’s School in
Cape Girardeau, Mo., and then at Immaculate Heart of Mary School
in St. Louis, Mo. In 1957 Sister Joyce was asked to join the teaching
staff at Institute of San Jose in El Progresso, Honduras. After
twelve years in Honduras, Sister Joyce returned to the United
States to begin another twenty years of teaching, this time at
the high school level at schools in Missouri, Illinois and Louisiana.
In 1989 she moved to San Antonio, Tex., to
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serve as Pastoral Associate
at Holy Rosary Parish. From 1998 through 2003 Sister Joyce worked
in youth ministry in the Archdiocese of San Antonio and at the Bexar
County Juvenile Detention Center. Upon leaving full-time ministry
in 2003, she continued volunteer ministry in the San Antonio community.
Sister Joyce joined the retirement community of St. Mary of the Pines
in Chatawa, Miss., in 2005. She continues serving the SSND community
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Sister Theresa (Anthony
Ann) Dietz
Born and raised in St. Louis, Mo., Sister Theresa (Anthony Ann) Dietz
professed her vows as a School Sister of Notre Dame in 1950 from her
home parish of Sts Peter and Paul Church. She holds a bachelor’s
degree in art and philosophy and a master’s degree in art. Sister
Theresa began her teaching career as a fourth grade teacher at St.
Peter School in Belleville, Ill. For the next forty-two years she
would teach middle school and high school students at schools in Louisiana,
Missouri, Illinois, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas and Arizona. In 1992,
Sister Theresa was asked to join the staff at St. Mary of the Pines
in Chatawa, Miss. For the next seven years she would serve the St.
Mary of the Pines community as a bookkeeper in the finance office.
From 1999 through 2007, Sister |
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Theresa assisted the St. Mary
of the Pines community with their computer needs. She helped establish
St. Mary of the Pines’ community computer lab and was instrumental
in bringing the internet to the sisters in residence at Chatawa. Since
1999, Sister Theresa has served the SSND community as a resident artist,
a ministry she continues today. |
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Sister Christine Hippler
Sister Christine Hippler entered the School Sisters of Notre from
Redemptorist Parish in New Orleans, La., professing her vows at Sancta
Maria in Ripa, St. Louis, Mo., in 1950. She holds a bachelor’s
degree in education and philosophy and a master’s degree in
elementary education from Xavier University. Sister Christine began
her teaching ministry at St. Hedwig School in St. Louis, Mo. For the
next thirty-two years she would teach elementary, intermediate and
high school students in St. Louis, Mo.; Marrero, New Orleans and Metairie,
La.; and Brookhaven, Miss. In 1982, Sister Christine left classroom
ministry to join the clerical staff at Redeemer High School in New
Orleans, La., a ministry she would enjoy for twenty-four years. Sister |
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Christine remains in the New
Orleans area. She continues to serve the community through volunteer
ministry. |
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Sister Dorothy (Jeannette
Marie) Maniscalco
Born and raised in New Orleans, La., Sister Dorothy (Jeannette Marie)
Maniscalco professed her vows as a School Sisters of Notre Dame in
1950. She holds a bachelor’s degree in education and philosophy
and a master’s degree in elementary education from Xavier University.
Sister Dorothy spent twenty-nine years as an elementary teacher and
school administrator schools in Missouri, California, Texas, Louisiana,
and Mississippi. In 1979 she began thirty-one years of ministry at
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in Chalmette, La. From 1979 through 1982
she ministered as a teacher and Primary Coordinator. From 1982 through
1994 she taught and served as the Primary and Reading Coordinator.
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Sister Dorothy left the classroom
to join the school’s development staff. After sixteen years
in administrative work, she returned to teaching, this time in the
school’s extended daycare program. Sister Dorothy lives in the
New Orleans area. She continues her ministry at Our Lady of Prompt
Succor.
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Sister Mary (Michael
Ann) Murphy
Sister Mary (Michael Ann) Murphy professed her vows as a School Sister
of Notre Dame in 1950. A St. Louis, Mo., native, Sister Mary holds
a bachelor’s degree in home economics and biology and a master’s
degree in home economics and education. Sister Mary began her teaching
ministry as a junior high school teacher at St. Francis de Sales School
in St. Louis, Mo. Her next teaching assignments would be as a high
school teacher and guidance counselor in schools in Mississippi, Louisiana
and Texas. In 1993, Sister Mary was asked to serve the SSND community
as the Director of Food Services at St. Mary of the Pines in Chatawa,
MS, a position she held for eight years. From 2001 through 2006 she
ministered through community service. Today, Sister Mary serves the
community through prayer and presence.
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Sister Mary Elizabeth
Serniak
A St. Louis, Mo., native, Sister Mary Elizabeth Serniak professed
her vows as a School Sister of Notre Dame in 1950 from Sts Peter and
Paul Church. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and
philosophy. An elementary and middle school teacher for thirty-five
years, Sister Mary taught in schools in New Orleans, Bougalusa, and
Chalmette, Louisiana and in Gainesville, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio,
Texas. In 1985, she joined the faculty of St. Peter Elementary in
Pine Bluff, Arkansas. From 1985 through 1990, Sister Mary balanced
teaching and serving as the school’s librarian. From 1990 through
1995, she moved from the classroom to serve as a secretary in the
administrative offices while continuing her library ministry. From
1995 through 2006, she |
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continued to serve St. Peter
School as a secretary and teacher’s aide. Sister Mary joined
the retirement community of St. Mary of the Pines in Chatawa, Miss.,
in 2006. She continues to serve the SSND community through community
service, prayer and hospitality.
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Sister Eymard Marie
Singletary
Sister Eymard Marie Singletary professed her vows as a School Sister
of Notre Dame in 1950 from Sacred Heart Parish in New Orleans, La.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, biology and chemistry
from Notre Dame College, St. Louis, Mo., and a master’s degree
in math from the University of Oklahoma. Although her first teaching
assignment was as a third grade teacher at St. Mary’s Assumption
School in New Orleans, La., Sister Eymard Marie would spend the next
twenty-nine years teaching at the junior high and high school level
in schools in Louisiana, Missouri and Texas. In 1982, Sister Eymard
Marie left the classroom to answer the call to serve the SSND community
as Province Treasurer at the Motherhouse in Irving, Tex. |
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Nine years later, Sister she
would return to classroom ministry at St. Joseph High School in Jackson,
Miss. In 1999, Sister Eymard Marie moved to Marrero, La., where she
served the local community as a tutor. In 2005, she was again asked
to put her financial skills to use as Director of the Finance Office
at St. Mary of the Pines, Chatawa, Miss. Today, she continues to serve
the SSND community through community service, prayer and hospitality.
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Sister Marie Dolorette
Farias
A Corpus Christi, Tex., native, Sister Marie Dolorette Farias professed
her vows as a School Sister of Notre Dame in 1960 from her home parish
of Christ the King. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish
and English, a master’s degree in theology and a Doctorate of
Ministry from the Graduate Theological Foundation in Donaldson, Ill.
An elementary and religious education teacher for nine years in Illinois
and Arizona, Sister Marie Dolorette left the classroom in 1970 for
pastoral ministry in Albuquerque, N.M., then diocesan ministry in
the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. In 1981, Sister Dolorette was elected
to Dallas’ Provincial Council. After four years on the Council,
she would return to pastoral ministry at |
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Mary, Mother of the Church
parish in Brownsville, Tex. From 1991 until 1995, Sister Marie Dolorette
ministered in pastoral administration, staff development and Christian
formation and education in the Diocese of Brownsville. In 1996, she
left Texas to minister as the Executive Director of the Vicariate
for Christian Formation in the Diocese of Phoenix. After nine years
in Phoenix, Sister Marie Dolorette returned to parish ministry in
Texas. Currently she ministers as the Director of Spiritual Leadership
Development at Holy Ghost Church in Houston, Tex.
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Sister Rosarine Gonzales
Born in San Antonio, Tex., Sister Rosarine Gonzales professed her
vows as a School Sister of Notre Dame in 1960. She holds a bachelor’s
degree in American studies and a master’s degree in education
and psychology. An elementary teacher, reading specialist and school
administrator for twenty-two years, Sister Rosarine served in schools
in Nebraska, Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico. In 1982 she left the
classroom to serve as pastoral associate at St. Patrick’s Church
in San Antonio, Tex. Two years later she was asked to move to Dallas
to serve as the Province’s first Development Director. In 1991
Sister Rosarine would return to classroom ministry, this time teaching
adult students working to earn their |
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GEDs at Progressive Education
Program, Inc.(PEPI) in New Iberia, La. In 2001, she left PEPI to serve
the SSND community in the finance office at St. Mary of the Pines
in Chatawa, Miss. Since 2005, Sister Rosarine continues to serve the
SSND community St. Mary of the Pines’ Human Resources Manager.
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Sister Agnes Maureen
Hornsby
Sister Agnes Maureen Hornsby professed her vows as a School Sister
of Notre Dame in 1960 from her home parish of Our Lady of the Most
Holy Rosary Church in Houma, LA. An accomplished seamstress, Sister
Agnes Maureen’s fifty years as a religious have been spent in
community service - as a driver, homemaker and health care provider
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for SSND sponsored ministries and communities in Missouri, Texas,
Mississippi, Louisiana and at the Generalate in Rome, Italy. Currently
living at St. Mary of the Pines in Chatawa, Miss., she continues to
serve the SSND and local community through community service, prayer,
hospitality and as Sacristan at St. Teresa of Avila Church, Chatawa,
Miss.
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Sister Carol Nishke
Sister Carol Nishke professed her vows as a School Sister of Notre
Dame in 1960 from her hometown of East St. Louis, Ill. She holds a
bachelor’s degree in music theory from Notre Dame College, St.
Louis, Mo. An elementary and junior high school teacher and administrator
for twenty-four years, she taught in schools in Quincy, Nokomis and
Caseyville, Illinois and Manchester, St. Louis and Westphalia, Missouri.
In 1984, Sister Carol shifted her focus from classroom education to
parish ministry, moving from Illinois to North Little Rock, Arkansas,
where she would minister at St. Augustine Parish for the next twenty-five
years, five years as a parish minister and outreach coordinator and
then for the next twenty as Executive Director of St. Augustine’s
Center for Children. In 2009, Sister Carol moved to St. Mary of the
Pines in Chatawa, Miss. Her current ministry is as the Archivist for
the Dallas Province.
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Sister Helene Marie
Robin
Sister Helene Marie Robin was introduced to the School Sisters of
Notre Dame by their presence in her hometown of Brookhaven, Miss.
She professed her vows as a School Sister of Notre Dame in 1960. Sister
Helene holds a bachelor’s degree in art and theology from Notre
Dame College, St. Louis, Mo., a master’s degree in elementary
education from University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Tex.,
and a professional certificate in Spiritual Gerontology. Her first
teaching assignment was as a first grade teacher at St. Gabriel School
in New Orleans, La. Sister Helene would spend the next forty years
as an elementary school teacher in Mississippi and Louisiana. Since
2003, Sister Helene has served as a pastoral care minister at the
Wynhoven Healthcare Center for the Elderly in Marrero, La.
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Sister Helen (Marie
Pauline) Roper
Sister Helen (Marie Pauline) Roper entered the congregation of the
School Sisters of Notre Dame from St. Joseph Parish in Conway, Ark.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in music theory and piano from
Notre Dame College, St. Louis, Missouri, and a master’s of music
education degree from North Texas State University, Denton, Tex. For
nine years, Sister Helen taught junior high and high school music
in Illinois, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. In 1970, she joined the
secretarial staff at the Diocese of Dallas. One year later she was
asked to bring her secretarial skills to Mount Carmel High School
in Houston, Texas. From 1975 through 1980, Sister Helen served the
SSND community as the provincial secretary at the Motherhouse
in Irving, Texas. In 1980 she volunteered to |
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work in pastoral ministry
at the parish of San Francisco in Rio Bravo, Suchitepequez, Guatemala.
Sister Helen returned to the United States in 1987. After a sabbatical,
Sister Helen returned to parish ministry in San Antonio, Tex., before
agreeing to again serve the SSND community as provincial secretary
in Dallas, Tex. In 1993, Sister Helen returned to pastoral ministry,
this time focusing on pastoral care in a hospital setting, first at
University Hospital in Little Rock, Ark., and then at Rio Grande Regional
Hospital in McAllen, Tex. In 2009 Sister Helen joined the administrative
team at St. Mary of the Pines in Chatawa, Miss., to serve as Director
of the Province’s Retreat Center.
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Sister Johnette Marie
Waguespack
A Baton Rouge, La., native, Sister Johnette Marie Waguespack professed
vows as a School Sister of Notre Dame in 1960. Holding a bachelor’s
degree in American studies from Notre Dame College, St. Louis, Mo.,
Sister Johnette began four years as a first grade teacher at Holy
Rosary School in Houma, La. She would then teach at St. Theresa School
in Jackson, Miss., from 1966 through 1970. In 1970 she began ten years
of teaching and administration at St. Gerard School in San Antonio,
Tex. While in San Antonio, Sister Johnette continued her education,
earning her master’s degree in early childhood education from
Xavier University, New Orleans, La., in 1975. From 1980 to 1984, she
would teach second grade at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Elementary School
in Houston, Tex. In 1984, Sister Johnette joined the faculty at St. |
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Peter Elementary School in
Pine Bluff, Ark. She would remain at St. Peter’s until 1998
when she was asked by the community to join the staff at St. Mary
of the Pines in Chatawa, Miss. There, in addition to her ministries
of community service, prayer and hospitality, Sister Johnette serves
as the Coordinator of Transportation.
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