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                     FINAL VOWS
                                                       Ceremony
                                                     &

                                                            Celebration



                                                               Held in Peru




                                                        We celebrate with our sisters in Peru the profession
                                                        of final vows of Srs. Diane Rivera Carrera and Sara                Visiting the
                                                        Galvez Rios. Congregation Leader Sr. Rose Marie
                                                        Jasinski participated in the sisters’ vows ceremony,               Democratic
                                                        which took place earlier this year on the Sisters                                                                                           The sisters and aspirants
                                                                                                                                                                                                    are busy gardening, thanks
                                                        of Bon Secours Foundation Day on Jan. 24.                                                                                                   to a generous donation
                                                                                                                           Republic of                                                              of 100 packets of vegetable seeds

                                                                                                                                                                                                    from Ace Hardware. Pictured ( l to r):
                                                                                                                           the Congo                                                                Srs. Nelida and Jacqueline, aspirant
                                                                                                                                                                                                    aspirants Stephanie and Ruphine,
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chanelle, the guard, Sr. Mireille
                                                                                                                                                                                                    and aspirant Clariss.




                                                                                                                           Earlier this year, Congregation Leader              She and Sr. Nancy also met some of the friends
           s                                                                                                               Sr. Rose Marie Jasinski and Sr. Nancy Glynn         Srs. Jacqueline Rebours and Santos Nelida Romero
           Congregation Leader                                                                                             visited the sisters’ mission in the                 Vasquez have made while living in the DRC this past year.

           Sr. Rose Marie Jasinski (c)                                                                                     Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
           celebrates with                                                                                                                                                     SRS. NELIDA AND JACQUELINE
           Srs. Diana Rivera Carrera (l)                                                                                   with each member of the community learning about the ‘‘ HAVE CREATED A VERY WELCOMING
                                                                                                                           Sr. Rose Marie shares, “Our visit to the DRC was very
           and Sara Galvez Rios (r).                                                                                       informative and engaging. Sr. Nancy and I spent time   COMMUNITY AND ARE DILIGENTLY


                                                                                                                           ministries they are engaged in.” During their stay, the   WORKING TO EDUCATE BOTH THE
           Congregation Leader      s                                                                                                                                          ASPIRANTS AS WELL AS THE SISTERS
                                                                                                                           aspirants entertained them with a skit on the founding
           Sr. Rose Marie Jasinski                                                                                                                                             WHO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
                                                                                                                           of the Congregation, including Josephine Potel’s
           joins our Sisters of                                                                                            untimely death and Angelique Geay’s early leadership   TRANSFERRING TO THE SISTERS

           Bon Secours in Peru                                                                                             role in the very young community. “It was a wonderful   OF BON SECOURS FROM OTHER
           to participate in the                                                                                           performance enhanced by their very melodic voices,”   RELIGIOUS ORDERS.”
           vows ceremony.                                                                                                  says Sr. Rose Marie.                                                                 — SR. ROSE MARIE JASINSKI



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