“An encounter with beautiful music… is an encounter with the divine.” In this episode of Holy Names Sisters: Women on a Mission, lifelong musicians and music educators Sister Karen Conlin and Sister Claire Durocher discuss what music study can teach us about life and how music helps us persevere.
Newly arrived refugees in Canada face many challenges, from overcoming language barriers to enrolling their children in school. Over the years, more than 300 refugees have found help, friendship and welcome at Angela Rose House, a ministry of the Sisters of the Holy Names in Windsor, Ontario. In this episode, Director Ilda Demir and two former refugees who have lived at the house share amazing stories of hope and transformed lives.
(Sister M. Carolyn Frances)
December 6, 1938 – March 19, 2023
Sister Caryl Bastasch, SNJM departed this life on March 19, 2023 at Mary’s Woods at Marylhurst in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Sister Caryl celebrated 84 years of life and 64 years of her religious profession.
Mercy Housing Northwest operates on the principles of respect, mercy and justice, the core values established by the five religious communities that collaborated to establish the affordable housing organization. As Mercy begins its first project in Oregon, Director of Resident Services Katie Parker and Mercy board member Sister Georgia Yianakulis share Mercy’s successful approach to affordable housing with resident services that has already affected the lives of thousands of families in Washington and Idaho.
We collect experiences throughout our lives that shape who we are and how we act in the world. For Catholic Sisters Week, we’re sharing how some of our recent travel experiences have shaped us.
Schools sponsored by the Holy Names Sisters honor our core value of supporting “the full development of the human person.” Campus ministry staff at our schools work with students to educate and empower them though service projects, leadership training and social justice work. In this episode, Sister Daleen Larkin and Francois Laborie from Ramona Convent Secondary School and Julie Tilghman from Holy Names Academy in Seattle discuss how they nurture the full development of their students.
(Sister M. Jean Adele)
June 18, 1932 – March 5, 2023
Sister Pat Cronin, SNJM departed this life on March 5, 2023 at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, New York.
Sister Joan celebrated 90 years of life and 68 years of her religious profession.
We encourage you to read this powerful statement from the U.S. National Black Sisters Conference on the murder of Tyre Nichols. We, the Sisters of the Holy Names of the U.S.-Ontario Province, stand with our Black Sisters as they speak publicly about Tyre’s death and the urgent need for systemic reform.
January 4, 1937 – January 14, 2023
Sister Pat Cronin, SNJM departed this life on January 14, 2023 at Saratoga Retirement Center in Saratoga, California.
Sister Pat celebrated 86 years of life and 66 years of religious profession.
April 11, 1933 – January 9, 2023
Sister Mary Alice Shannon, SNJM departed this life on January 9, 2023 at Sisters of St. Joseph Provincial House in Latham, New York.
Sister Mary Alice celebrated 89 years of life and 25 years of religious profession.