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Special day marks 50 years as Sister of Charity for Swift
In Washington at St James Church Sister Mary Evangelice Swift of Dubuque Iowa celebrated fifty years as a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Mass at 10 30 a m featured Rev Edward J Shepherd and Sister renewed her vows. Family and friends gathered for a reception at Captain's Table after dining with eleven Swift siblings and relatives from Chicago Rochester North Hollywood and more. The observance recalled her early life in Washington and long career as a music teacher across several states.
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Bunny Swift Murray
Mary Evangelice Swift
Dubuque
Iowa
Washington
St. James Church
Edward J. Shepherd
Redlinger
John Leyden
North Hollywood
California
Bert Murray
Father Shepherd
Charles Swift
Mary Evangelice
Lectern
Rosemary Nemmers
Casey’s
St. James
Bennetta
Ginger
A.B
South Dakota
Wyoming
Tennessee
Illinois
Immaculate Conception Academy
Davenport
Mary St. Lucille Bruty
Mary St. Magdalen Swift
Mary St. Magdalen
Maud Kennedy
Chicago
Ainswroth
Bert
Bunny) Murray
Tom
Robert Swift
Harold Wolf
Albert
Robert Ryan
Rochester
Minnesota
Everette
Everette Swift
Edward F. Shephard
Charles Manhardt
Oskaloosa
Jeanie Swift
Eleanor Wolf
Clarence Wheelan
Cedar Rapids
R.E. Steele
Lori
Lineville
Alabama
Martina Bailey
Hazel Coffey
Ernestine Grady
Kalona
Taylor Flynn
Keota
Clarence Richards
Ainsworth
Rita Vermont
Yucatan
Mexico
Robert F. Kennedy
Venus and
Patrick
Romeoville
Mary St. Lucille
Walter Schoenfelder
Oakdale
Nikki la Fontaine
Sepulveda
A.B. Swift