A Notre Dame College current trustee, faculty and staff member are commemorating their 50-year anniversaries with the Sisters of Notre Dame in 2019.
A total of 16 College alumnae, including two marking 70 years, one with 65 years and one with 60 years, are among the nearly 40 members of the Chardon, Ohio, province celebrating jubilees this year.
Marking their Golden Jubilee in 2019 are current members of the College community: Sr. Mary Margaret Gorman, ’71, a member of the Notre Dame Board of Trustees; Sr. Mary Karita Ivancic, SND, D.Min., an associate professor of theology at Notre Dame and 1971 graduate of the College; and Sr. Donna Marie Paluf ’71, who currently serves as executive assistant to the president and the office of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation at Notre Dame.
Gorman also worked as advancement and vice president for administration at Notre Dame.
Another eight Sisters with previous service to the College are marking anniversaries with the congregation this year.
Sr. Mary Jane Olatta who reaches her Jubilee of Joy, 75 years as a Sister of Notre Dame, has served as an instructor at the College.
Sr. Mary Margaret Hess, ’58, trustee emerita of the College, commemorates her 70-year Jubilee of Grace with the Sisters of Notre Dame this year. Sr. Mary Catherine Romancik, a 1951 graduate of the College also marks 70 years with the congregation. Romancik has served as an instructor at Notre Dame.
Celebrating 65 years, the Iron Jubilee, is Sr. Mary Margaret Harig, a 1956 graduate of the College who is a former trustee and faculty member, and Sr. Mary Rochelle Walter, a former instructor at Notre Dame.
Sr. Eileen Marie Reardon, who formerly worked in food service at the College, has reached her 60-year Diamond Jubilee.
Sr. Megan Dull ‘71, who retired this year after serving nearly 35 years as an adjunct art instructor in three-dimensional design and ceramics at the College, and Sr. Mary Joela Leinberger, who has worked the Notre Dame Academic Support Center for Students with Learning Differences, both mark their Golden Jubilee in 2019.
Alumna Sr. Anne Marie Robinson ’61 has reached the 60-year Diamond Jubilee. Eight alumnae mark 50-year anniversaries with the Sisters of Notre Dame this year: Sr. Mary Kendra Bottoms ’71, Sr. Mary Elizabeth Daly ’74, Sr. Mary Barbara Daugherty ’74, Sr. Marie Alex Justavich ’72, Sr. Olivia Maria Latiano ’72, Sr. Mary Lenette Marcello’72, Sr. Mary Renee Pastor ’72, and Sr. Mary Gail Sako ’71
Other members of the Chardon province commemorating jubilees in 2019 and their anniversaries with the Sisters of Notre Dame are:
75 YEARS – JUBILEE OF JOY
Sr. Mary Patricia Gannon
70 YEARS – JUBILEE OF GRACE
Sr. Jeanne Mary Nieminen
Sr. Mary Doreen Strahler
Sr. Mary Rosalind Vilics
65 YEARS – IRON JUBILEE
Sr. Mary Anne Glaser
Sr. Mary Margaret Kerr
Sr. Mary Laurette Kramer
Sr. Mary Francismarie Seiler
Sr. Mary Alice Slowey
Sr. Mary Rochelle Walter
60 YEARS – DIAMOND JUBILEE
Sr. Mary Joanne Bonczek
Sr. Mary Kathleen Knechtges
Sr. Mary Popoczy
Sr. Eileen Marie Reardon
Sr. Mary Jacquelyn Sefcovic
Sr. Mary Geralyn Stenger
Sr. Mary Ann Tusai
50 YEARS – GOLDEN JUBILEE
Sr. Mary Emilia Castelletti
June 2019
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