2024 Jubiliarian “I was always very grateful for being a twin,” Sister Nancy (Thomas) Hupert says, smiling at a photo of the twenty sets of twins surrounding herself and her sister Carolyn at St. Bernard’s school in Mt. Lebanon, where she began her ministry. An Altoona native, Sister Nancy spent … [Read more...]

2024 Jubiliarian “You never know how you affect people,” Sister Ada (Paul) McMahon says, recalling a note from a former student thanking her for helping him to love education, which became his profession. As a high school teacher who served for nearly 20 years in the Dioceses of Pittsburgh and … [Read more...]

2024 Jubiliarian Serving as a teacher in the segregated South shifted the course of Sister Margaret Ann Parrish’s life. “I loved the kids and loved being around them,” she says, “but I could tell that, emotionally, they needed more help than I could give them,” in reading, writing, and … [Read more...]

2024 Jubiliarian “I always wanted to be a teacher,” Sister Dolores (Immaculate) Partsch says, citing her Mom, Mary, as her inspiration, and later, Sister Ruth Colaianne, “God’s gift to the universe,” and her seventh grade teacher. She recalls helping educate her siblings as a child and being … [Read more...]

2024 Jubiliarian “I think being a Christian means that you open your heart and soul to everybody you meet,” says Sister Patti (Marie Dominic) Rossi, reflecting on experiences as a missionary. Sister Patti spent 15 years working to reduce poverty and disease in a remote jungle village in Brazil … [Read more...]