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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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