Our Milestones
Sister Patricia Daly, OP is the recipient of the 2009 Individual Achievement Award. Sister Pat was honored
at the BENNY Reception and Awards at the 2009 BEN Conference (Business Ethics Network) on October 13 in Berkeley, CA and Washington, D.C.
(The sites were teleconference-connected for much of the program, including the Awards.)Sister Pat has worked in corporate responsibility and socially responsible investing for over 25 years, negotiating with companies on issues of human rights, labor, ecological concerns, militarism, equality, health and tobacco, and international debt and capital flows.
Sister Pat is a Dominican Sister of Caldwell, New Jersey and is Executive Director of the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment, an organization of 40 Roman Catholic dioceses and congregations in the NY metropolitan area. Pat represents these institutional investors to the national Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, an association of hundreds of Roman Catholic, Protestant and Jewish organizations holding billions in investments. Pat's work has been critical in forcing General Electric to pay for a clean-up of the Hudson River, getting Ford and GM to exert pressure on their suppliers to improve working conditions, and in moving the agenda of global warming into the priorities of corporate America. Pat has worked to encourage investors to participate in the work of their companies and is a mentor in effective strategies for systemic change.
Seventeen Caldwell Dominican
Jubilarians
Celebrate 50, 60, 70 Years
of Dominican Life and Mission
Their Story!
17 Sisters Celebrate a Combined Total of 1,020 Years of Ministry
The Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell have 17 reasons to be jubilant! Their 17 Jubilarian Sisters – celebrating Golden (50), Diamond (60) and Platinum (70) Anniversaries of Dominican Life and Mission in 2009 – have a combined total of 1,020 years of preaching the Gospel. These 17 Dominicans, members of the Catholic Church’s Order of Preachers (OP), model for all who know and love them how to live in faithful discipleship Jesus’ Gospel message of love, justice and care for all creation.
Five Sisters celebrated their Golden Jubilee on September 19, 2009: Sisters Arlene Antczak, OP; Anne Halpin, OP; Patricia Hogan, OP; Michael Maurice Leahy, OP; Eleanor Uhl, OP. At the 11:00 AM Liturgy in Our Lady of the Lake Church, Verona, Dominican Sisters, Dominican Associates, Jubilarians’ families and friends gathered to participate in a joy-filled Mass of Thanksgiving. Rev. Robert Antzcak, brother of Sister Arlene, presided as main celebrant. Sister Patricia Hogan, OP offered the reflection on the scripture readings chosen by the Jubilarians for their Mass which was followed by a festive dinner at Mayfair Farms, West Orange. The Golden Jubilarians, who already have a combined total of 250 years of mission and service, continue to minister in Congregational Leadership, School Administration, College-level Education and Pastoral Ministry.
More than 140 Caldwell Sisters gathered in St. Catherine Convent Chapel in Caldwell on October 18 to celebrate the Diamond and Platinum Jubilees of 12 Sisters. Celebrating their 60th Anniversary of Dominican Life and Mission were Sisters Mary Thomas Aussem, OP; Bettyanne Schultz, OP; Ann Murtha, OP; Barbara Jukins, OP; Christine Coakley, OP; Mary Rose Fallon, OP; Mary John Kearny, OP. The five Sisters celebrating their Platinum Jubilee (70 years) were Sisters Anne Francis Moon, OP; Gerardine Mueller, OP; Mary Amelia Cetera, OP; Margaret Virginia Blum, OP; +Rita Francis Dowd, OP. Sister Rita Francis celebrated her jubilee and then was called home to Heaven by God on October 22, 2009.
Msgr. Ben Piazza presided at the 3:00 PM Mass, Rev. Edward Hinds (now recently deceased) con-celebrated and preached, the Jubilarians proclaimed the scriptures and presented the gifts of bread and wine for Eucharist. After Mass, all the Sisters enjoyed a jubilee dinner in the Convent and a wonderful opportunity to be together to celebrate “Being Dominican.”
Five Golden Jubilarians Celebrate 50 Years
Top row: Sisters Arlene Antczak, OP; Anne Halpin, OP; Patricia Hogan, OP.
Bottom row: Sisters Michael Maurice Leahy, OP; Eleanor Uhl, OP
Seven Diamond Jubilarians Celebrate 60 Years
Top row: Sisters Mary Thomas Aussem, OP; Christine Coakley, OP;
Bettyanne Schultz, OP; Mary John Kearny, OP; Barbara Jukins, OP.
Bottom row: Sisters Ann Murtha, OP; Mary Rose Fallon, OP
Five Senior Jubilarians Celebrate 70 Years
(L to R): Sisters Gerardine Mueller, OP;
Margaret Virginia Blum, OP; Mary Amelia Cetera, OP.
Sister Rita Francis Dowd, OP
Sister Anne Francis Moon, OP
Congratulations to
Sister Margaret Thomas McGovern, OP
The Caldwell Dominican congregation celebrates with Sister Margaret Thomas McGovern, OP as she receives the Benemerenti Medal for Religious during Evening Prayer on the occasion of the Conferral of Papal Honors at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, NJ. Archbishop John J. Myers presents this award to Sister in recognition of her many years of service to the People of God, including her current ministry as Delegate for Religious in the Archdiocese of Newark. Evening Prayer with the Conferral of Papal Honors takes place on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 4:00 PM.
