Faithful Few: Cedar Rapids Nuns Mark Milestones Amid Shifting Paths
The Cedar Rapids Sisters of Mercy celebrate 60 years of service this weekend, led by Dona hue now 84, reflecting a generation of women committing to religious life amid changing attitudes. Experts note fewer women pursue vows as Vatican II influenced openness and pews emptied.
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Five Sisters of Mercy mark 60 and 50 year jubilees
Five Sisters of Mercy of the West Midwest Community celebrate milestone jubilees with 1 p.m. liturgy on the Mount Mercy campus Cedar Rapids followed by 2:30 to 4 p.m. receptions at Mount Mercy University Commons Sacred Heart Convent and nearby sites. The jubilee honorees include Sister James Marie Donahue Sister Lucy Frien Sister Rose Mary Kucera and Sister Alice Maiers and Sister Kathy Thill who will mark 60 and 50 years respectively. Each nun reflects on decades of teaching nursing education parish ministry child care and community service across Iowa Minnesota Texas and beyond.
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Cedar Rapids
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Mount Vernon
Mercy Board of Trustees
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Mount Mercy University
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Marion
Mount Mercy
University of Minnesota
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
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Mount Mercy College
University of Iowa
Mercy
Board of Mercy Medical Center Foundation
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Sacred Heart
Frien
Iowa
All Saints
St. John
Waterloo
Oelwein
St. Matthew
St. Joseph School
DeWitt
St. Patrick School
Garryowen
Kirkwood Community College
Sacred Heart Convent
Birthright
Harlem
New York City
Mexico
Washington D.C
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Kucera
Our Lady of Grace
Edina
Minn
Rose Mary
Crisis Center
Houston
Texas
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Iowa City
St. Patrick Church
Alice Maiers
Anamosa Community Hospital
Kallispel General Hospital
Montana
St. Nicholas
Evansdale
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Mary’s Villa
House of Mercy
Marian Plaza
Denver
Colo
Hospice of Mercy
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Thill
Dysart
Archdiocesan Office of Education
Dubuque
Ascension Respite Care Center
Chase House
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