During this Year of Consecrated Life, the Sisters of Christian Charity observed renewals and new beginnings at Mallinckrodt Convent, Mendham, New Jersey.

Renewing their vows August 14 in the Chapel of Mary Immaculate were (back row) Sisters Maria Claire Nagle, Mary Grace Harazim, Maria Angeline Weiss, Marie Jose de la Rosa, (front left) Mary Peter Tartaglia, and Mary Amata Reifsnyder. (On front ends) Sisters Marie del Rosario Castro, superior general and Joan Daniel Healy, provincial, and (back right) Sister Mary Joseph Schultz, Temporary Professed Director. Sister Sophia Marie Peralta renewed vows in Argentina, where she is ministering to youth in the congregation’s Uruguay/Argentina Unit.

On August 16, Sisters Clara Kim, Bridget Harakal, and Mathilde DeLucy professed first vows during a Mass at which Benedictine Abbot Richard Cronin of St. Mary’s Abbey, Morristown, was the main celebrant.

At each liturgy, Sister Maria del Rosario Castro, superior general of the congregation, received the vows of the sisters in the presence of the community. (From the right) Sisters Donna Marie Kemberling, novice director, Maria del Rosario Castro, and Joan Daniel Healy, provincial superior.

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On August 21, the Sisters of Christian Charity observed the 166thanniversary of the order’s founding by Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt, with a Mass celebrating the sisters’ seventy-five, seventy, sixty, fifty, and twenty-five years of faithful service. Bishop Robert Gainer of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was the main celebrant with fourteen priests concelebrating. During the liturgy, the jubilarians renewed their vows as Sisters of Christian Charity. After a festive meal, the women in initial formation presented a program in gratitude for the sister jubilarians and for the outgoing leadership team.

Sisters Joseph Marie Germershausen, and Marjorie Druding celebrate seventy-five years as a Sister of Christian Charity.

The Rite of Investing into the novitiate took place the evening of August 20. Postulant Alyssa Thorley, of Bethlehem Pennsylvania, now Sister John Paul, was received into the community, and welcomed by Sister Maria del Rosario.

HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF SERVICE – Sisters of Christian Charity celebrating jubilees were (seated, from left): Sr. Charlene Verbetich, Our Lady, Help of Christians, Allentown PA, 70 years; Sr. Roberta Patterson, St. Damien Parish, Ocean City NJ, 70 years; Sr. Concetta Einhorn, Mallinckrodt Convent, Mendham NJ, 70 years; Sr. Charles Wilson, Holy Family convent, Danville PA, 60 years; Sr. Marjorie Druding, Holy spirit Hospital Convent, Camp Hill PA, 75 years; (standing, from left) Sr. Joan Daniel Healy, provincial superior; Sr. Camilla Springman, Holy Family Convent, Danville PA, 50 years; Sr. Marlene Weitzel, Mallinckrodt Convent, 50 years; Sr. Mary Lawrence Cassidy, Holy Family Convent, Danville PA, 60 years; Sr. Joseph Marie Germershausen, Mallinckrodt convent, 75 years; Sr. Esther Falzone, St. Gabriel Archangel Parish, Saddle River NJ, 50 years; Sr. Carol Makravitz, Mallinckrodt Convent, 50 years; Sr. Mary Ripp, Our Lady, Help of Christians Convent, Philadelphia PA, 50 years; Sr. Romaine Niemeyer, Holy spirit Hospital Convent, Camp Hill PA, 60 years; Sr. Maria del Rosario Castro, superior general; Sr. Gabrielle Nguyen, Assumption College for Sisters, Denville NJ, 25 years.