Back row (L-R): Associate Avis Clendenen, 25 years; Sister Rita Specht, 60 years; Sister Maureen Boyd, 60 years; Sister Margot Schueneman, 70 years; Sister Laurette Betz, 70 years; Associate Joan MacDonald, 25 years. Front row (L-R): Sister Mary Loftus, 70 years; Sister Dolores Boersma, 70 years; Sister Alithea Fields, 75 years; Sister Mary Hanseder, 70 years; Sister Rosemary Connelly, 70 years.
Nine Chicago-area Sisters of Mercy and two Mercy Associates celebrated jubilees in Chicago on April 28. These sisters and associates have served others and followed the Mercy charism for a total of 665 years. For more information, https://www.sistersofmercy.org/west-midwest/west-midwest-2019-jubilarians/