Volume 36 No. 1 • Summer 2018 journeysSisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania

there’s a lot growing on around here!

Mark Bishop oversees the SSJ Neighborhood Network’s 2017 Seeds of Hope Garden development report

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grow! “The garden centers me. Everything within it

Encountering God in Creation, a recent presentation in our Grace in brings me to God.” the Now series (see box), focused on experiencing the divineness of the earth and caring for our environment. Our sisters and ministries shared some of the many ways they are encountering God in cre- ation, a call which was emphasized in Pope Francis’ encyclical, Ladauto ment committee to our ministries which teach those they serve how Si. What a revelation this was for us to hear of the many ways and to cultivate the earth and care for the planet, to our sisters, agrégées, many things “growing on” around us. From the work of our environ- associates and staff who are living this call and experiencing the divineness of creation firsthand. One of the most prominent manifestations seems to be the many gardens that have taken A total of eight gardens, root around our home and ministries. each with a slightly Finding God in the Garden At our Community Living Center, numerous gardens are lovingly tend- different purpose, ed to by our sisters. On a nice day, you will find at least one of our resident gardeners planted amidst the flowers and vegetables that engage more than pepper the landscape. Sisters Josephine DePetro, Mary DePaul Sabella, Carmel Rojek, Millicent Zimmer, Marjorie Adams, 60 families. Lucille DeStefano and André Feulner are the green thumbs in the house and they spend many hours playing in the dirt. But the garden journeysjourneys || 22 is more than just for fun, it’s a place where one can encounter God. “The garden centers me,” says Sister Andre’. “Everything within it brings me to God.” At least four vegetable gardens keep a variety of fresh produce on our tables and flower gardens include the Carol Fischer, SSJ Memorial Garden, the Blessed Mother Shrine garden and others which are enjoyed by sisters and guests alike.

Connecting Neighbor with Neighbor and Neighbor with God in the Garden Food insecurity has long been a concern in the neighborhood’s An urban orchard allows neighbors to freely pick fruit from about 20 served by the SSJ Neighborhood Network. But now, many trees and several strawberry plants. And a fig tree garden has been community gardens provide healthy food as well as spaces of beauty established with the help of students from Cathedral Preparatory and places to gather for the neighbors. A total of eight gardens, each High School. with a slightly different purpose, engage more than 60 families. Some The Namaste Garden is a congregating place for Bhutanese families feature raised beds that residents can adopt and grow what they like, who sow their seeds by scattering them, rathersomething than in a linear fash- such as at the International Flavors Community Garden and ion, and who use branches as trellises and other holistic methods. Seeds of Hope Garden. Four families are involved at the Shanti (Peace) Gardenhere, as well.

Grace in the Now the Gospel of Encounter The term culture of encounter, a phrase often used by Pope Francis, reflects the belief that all real living is meeting. Steeped in Ignation spirituality, which is grounded in the belief that God is an active presence in the world, it seems logical that we encounter God in numerous ways and places. Drawing on inspiration from the theme of last fall’s Religious Formation Conference (RFC), Grace in the Now – the Gospel of Encounter, our formation team offered a 3-part series this spring which explored the various ways we encounter God: in self, others and creation. The first session challenged us to find God by looking beyond our masks and to deepen our understanding of ourselves. The second session brought us to encounter God by getting to know people of other cultures and faiths. During the last session, we joyfully experienced God through the wonder and beauty of creation. By removing our masks and approaching God and life authentically, we see with greater clarity the beauty of all life, celebrated in genuine and inclusive relationships.

3 | journeys Urban Farm Project Standout Workers The Urban Farm Project which was given a Max works at the Urban Farm and the Little blue ribbon by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Italy Farmer’s Market. The booth has become Society as a best urban farm (from more than a source of financial sustainability for the 350 entries), is where teens grow produce to gardens and the work readiness program, sell at the Little Italy Farmer’s Market and to a which tripled its profits over last year. Max holds down two other jobs and is currently saving for a car. Once timid and hesitant to speak up because of his Ukrainian accent, Max has grown to become a real leader. Expanding Horizons Deshawn began working in the SSJNN community gardens in 2017 and this year, he began working at SSJNN Urban Farm Project booth at the Little Italy Farmers Market. Deshawn loves chatting with customers at the market and giving tours of the garden. He is actually learning to enjoy some of the vegetables he grows! local restaurant. For many of these kids, this Hope and Harvest is a first job and it provides opportunities to Eight families helped the “Seeds of Hope” Delores’ Garden Box learn about growing food, a good work ethic garden to thrive this year. They met in early Delores planted her first raised bed in the and volunteerism. spring to map out beds using square foot SSJNN International Flavors community gardening models and, with the help of garden four years ago when she knew very Master Gardener Cindy Sonnenberg, took for many on everything from seeds to harvest. of these kids, this is a little about gardening. The bounty from that first box provided ample motive to keep her first job... planting tomatoes, collard greens, carrots, lettuce, onions and corn each season since. journeys | 4 It’s been a blessing that Dolores enjoys sharing with family and friends and she looks forward to starting her garden every year.

Little Italy Farmers Market In the words of the vendors: “It’s a great of seed saving, spice making and using herbs market in the middle of the city run by people and plants medicinally. This year, the with huge hearts and a desire to help others.” Namaste and three other gardens played associate “I’ll definitely be back next year.” And the host to more than 100 elementary school Mary Beth customers: “What’s not to love?” “It’s great to students who toured the gardens. have healthy and fresh food so readily avail- Smogorzewski “I always wanted to do something with the able!” “It’s grown right here where I live, with Flourishing Flower sisters,” said Mary Beth Smogorzewski. So neighbors that have heart.” “It brings neigh- when her friend, associate Debbie Brasile, bors together for a good purpose.” Gardens mentioned the SSJ Associates, Mary Beth Sprucing up the streetscape in Little Italy has dug right in – literally. She began by volun- been the work of several young adults and teering at the SSJ Neighborhood Network their mentor. Starting with an educational trip soup kitchen and later became active on to Potratz Floral in the spring, the crew chose the SSJNN east neighborhood advisory appropriate flowers for planter benches council. But she found her passion in the Seeds of Hope garden where she maintains a crop of vegetables, including artichokes! “I share the harvest with my neighbors,” she said. Some of them don’t think they can afford fresh produce and resort to eating unhealthy food. This “I appreciate this market because it’s right in allows me to interact and introduce them the city and the generosity of the program to to gardening. It’s ‘ground’ level, working the elderly and the poor.” among the people.” Block parties bring neighbors together, too. “People come out now,” she said, Cultivated Culture “Even the most recluse.” Kids are interacting with each other and asking, and Unity and followed through with the watering and “‘Miss Mary Beth, what can we do?” One weeding throughout the season. They also Twelve families of Bhutanese origin come neighbor now goes to church with her. together to cultivate the Namaste Garden took the curb-side perennial gardens under This is connecting neighbor with their care. where they grow unique varieties of hot pep- neighbor and neighbor with God. “Being pers, beans, greens and more and help to an Associate has opened so many doors educate about their resourceful techniques for me, she says. “It completes my life.”

5 | journeys sister stories queen of the diapers and everything

else! Sister Phyllis Hilbert, SSJ, (r) with Jessica Olszewski, Asst. Mgr., GAP, Erie. by Gretchen Gallagher Durney, Feathered Friends, and Queen of Connecting more importantly they speak to her humor SSJ Associate and SSJ Neighborhood with Neighbors from Many Different Walks around the Neighborhood Network and her Network Neighborhood Manager of Life. ability to keep faith, lightheartedness and There is truth to these titles but perhaps joy, even while meeting with those in crisis If Sister Phyllis Hilbert is asked her title at the or need, or amidst the busy-ness and trials SSJ Neighborhood Network, she’ll often say of our ministries. “Queen of the Diapers and Toilet Paper”. Next time you Beyond wearing these many hats, she also We’ve seen more than a few visitors give shares stories with us from her years spent her a smirk or laugh when she tells them spot “Sister Phyl”, on mission in Tanzania, her time serving as that title. And while no one will argue that ask her about her an educator, her insights from serving in she keeps those items (very) organized and leadership with the SSJs, Erie DAWN, the Crop frequently helps pass them out to neighbors, many titles and Walk and many others in the community. she holds other titles at the Neighborhood Next time you spot “Sister Phyl”, ask her Network, as well: Queen of the Community see which story about her many titles and see which story Gardens, Queen of Hospitality, Queen of inspires you. We bet you can’t choose just Picking up Litter, Queen of Impromptu Prayer inspires you. one. We tip our hat to you, “SP”, for sharing for a Meeting, Queen of Caring for Found your many gifts with our neighbors and all. journeysjourneys || 66 SSJ house a new ministry of presence of blessing

“ . . . I wonder more and more if the first thing shouldn’t be to know people by name, to eat and drink with them, to listen to their stories and tell your own, and to let them know with words, handshakes, and hugs that you do not simply like them, but truly love them.” Henri Nouwen

In the bible, Mary is depicted as being open life,” she says. “Events, prayer, dreams occur and willing to say yes to the unknown; for whose meanings may not be clear in the treasuring all the events of Jesus’ birth and moment, but they stay with me and eventu- reflecting on them in her heart. Elizabeth, in ally understanding comes. As a Sister of St. her old age, welcomes Mary into her home Joseph, hospitality is one of the values we and gives her time to reflect, adjust, explore, embrace. All of this together has been part and share. Sisters Susan Herzing, SSJ, (l) of my decision making process to become a and Clare Marie Beichner, SSJ, Not long ago, we decided to explore the idea part of the SSJ House of Blessing.” at the SSJ House of Blessing. of forming a house of welcome, a ministry Sister Clare Marie Beichner’s heart also that would offer presence and hospitality; a stirred with interest at the idea. “Presence in place where someone could reflect, explore, “The original vision was to create a welcoming a neighborhood was the core of my minis- listen and share. When the former rectory community experience for anyone desiring to tries at Prince of Peace Center and Catholic at St. Paul’s parish in Erie became available, grow in relationship with God,” said Sr. Susan. Rural Ministry. I was at home there,” she we knew this was the right thing to do. The “How it will evolve, what it will become, is in explained. “I know I am being called to live location is ideal, in the center of Erie’s Little God’s hands.” at the SSJ House of Blessing.” Italy neighborhood, an area where our SSJ “I foresee this being a haven for people who Neighborhood Network ministry flourishes. Sisters Clare Marie and Susan recently need some sabbath time: space apart to We asked our sisters to discern if they were moved into their new home at the SSJ House listen, pray, discern and reflect upon their called to this new ministry of presence. Sister of Blessing. After a period of settling in and own journey,” said Sister Clare Marie Susan Herzing drew a parallel to Mary and adjusting to their new surroundings and Beichner. “Our mission is to bring unity Elizabeth, her favorite biblical figures, in her each other, they will offer short and among our neighbors through inclusive response. “God has worked similarly in my long-term hospitality to others. love and presence.”

7 | journeys Nancy Fischer, SSJ 50 years Nancy Fischer, SSJ entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from St. John the Baptist parish in Erie. She currently ministers as the Director of the Office of Religious for the Erie Diocese, as well as Director for small communities and lay ministry training. Prior to that, she was a school social worker and family minister at Sacred Heart Parish. Her earlier ministries included serving as the Director of RENEW and teaching at Villa Maria Elementary, St. Andrew, Sacred Heart and St. John schools in Erie. She was also a home school visitor for the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit. Sister Nancy was honored as a Serra Club Woman Religious of the Year and she serves on the boards of the North American forum for small communities and the National Alliance of parishes restructuring into small communities. jubilarians Sr. Nancy’s passion is the building of community among members of the church. She believes that everyone is entitled, by baptism, to be supported in living out their faith.

75 years SSJ Associates Gail Smith 5 years Jean Baptiste DiLuzio, SSJ Milestone Ronald Visnoski Gina Adams Mary Julia Scully, SSJ Anniversaries Jane Zawacki Cynthia Bielanin Welcome New Associates 15 years Linda Dougherty 35 years Sandy Clark Donna Geiger After a year of preparation, we welcomed 70 years five new SSJ Associates on June 24, 2018. Mary Ann Zarnick Mary Alice Haibach Deborah Maciak Kathleen Kirsch, SSJ Deacon John Mang They have each expressed a desire to 30 years Robert Haibach become closer to God through fellowship Tammie Mang Linda Gier Jean Hausmann with the sisters, agrégées and associates. Pat Moyer 60 years Karen Grove Judi Janke They are, (l-r) Edith Benson, Jeannette Susan Reda Barczynski, Paul Wilkosz, Penny Guelcher Ann Marie Cappello, SSJ Debra Hamilton Rev. Dennis Martin Dave Sharie and Janet Demjanenko. Joseph Marie Fitzgerald, SSJ Agnes Priscaro Cecelia Shatem Mary Fromknecht, SSJ Anna Turco 25 years Frances Therese Matia, SSJ Gratia Wittman Barbara Alward Elizabeth Ann Niebauer, SSJ Shirley Byers 10 years Rosemary O’Brien, SSJ Sandra Greggs Debbie Brasili Margaret Pellerite, SSJ Mary Ann Jankowski Shelly Brown Naomi Wood, SSJ Barbara Jones Wally Brown Jeanne Costa Judith Lynch Mary Ann Cox Marilyn Mead Kathy Davis Tim Natale Kay Mannino Evelyn Visnoski Christine Opron 20 years Peggy Rusnak Marlene Lyda Mary Wright Ellen McNerney Ted Wright Linda McQueen journeys | 8 leadership message

Growth is abundant! We see it all around us, especially this time of year. But along with the obvious, outward signs of growth such as the inch or two a child grows in a year or the size of the tomatoes ripening on the vine, we experience a much deeper, and sometimes less obvious, spiritual growth. Just as the growth from the garden sustains us physically, the relationship we cultivate with God throughout our lives sustains us in an even greater way, and even through periods of hunger. Let’s joyfully celebrate the abundant harvest of all our gardens—external and internal—as we express our gratitude to God and share our harvests with others.

Clare Marie Beichner, SSJ On behalf of SSJ Leadership

hometown hero here. I just see them pulling together to help sister with everything,” said Sister Margaret Pellerite isn’t one to boast Debbie Williamson, administrator. “It news about the service she does for those around impacts everyone in the Shenango Catholic her and was surprised to be recognized as family of schools.” Nicolina Risevi, an Action a Hometown Hero by TV station 33 WYTV Club member said, “She really inspires all Clare Marie (Youngstown, Ohio). For 49 years, Sister of us to give a little more and to be better Beichner, SSJ, Margaret taught algebra and geometry at versions of ourselves.” Sister Margaret knows Religious of the Year Kennedy Catholic in Hermitage (PA). She also she has an obligation to do what she can. “It runs the school’s Action Club, a service or- is important that we live a good Christian life The Serra Club of Erie recently recognized ganization which provided 250 Thanksgiving based on Christ’s life, where he was forever Clare Marie Beichner, SSJ, as the Religious baskets to families this past year. out and doing whatever could be of the Year at its annual banquet. Other hon- “She’s made a huge impact done to help other people,” orees included Denis Coan, Deacon of the on the student body Sister Margaret said. Year; Bishop Lawrence Persico, Priest of the Sister Margaret Pellerite, SSJ Source: WKBN/WYTV staff Year; and the late James Spiece, Layperson of (l) with Rosie DeMarco at www.wytv.com the Year. the Shenango reunion (see page 35).

9 | journeys Saint Mary’s living the value, and optimal outcomes of services. Service Awards mission Organizations with SSJ employee Sheila Mack, Food Service CARF–CCAC accreditation Director, received the SSJ Living the have undergone a Mission Distinguished Employee Award rigorous peer review for 2018. The award is given annually to an process and demonstrated employee(s) of the Sisters of St. Joseph who a commitment to conforming to CARF–CCAC exemplifies the characteristics of the SSJ standards. “I am very proud of our employ- employee mission statement. Employees are ees for achieving CARF Accreditation at both nominated by their peers and a selection facilities,” said Sister Phyllis McCracken, SSJ, Three sisters were recognized for milestone committee determines the honoree(s). Sheila President/CEO. “Saint Mary’s has a long anniversaries at Saint Mary’s Home of Erie. is one of three SSJ staff members who grad- history of seeking quality in our resident pro- Pictured are, (l-r) Sister Phyllis McCracken, uated from Villa Maria Academy in the class grams and services through our SSJ, who is celebrating 35 years of service; of 1979! Stephanie Hall is the SSJ Director of mission of “loving to care.” Sister Mary Herrmann, SSJ, who was in atten- Communications and Betsy (Amthor) Wiest dance at the dinner; Sister Joseph Marie serves as SSJ Social Justice Coordinator. Fitzgerald, SSJ, who is celebrating 15 years Medaille D’Or Award of service; and Sister Nancy Prenatt, SSJ, Sister Lucille DeStefano who is also celebrating 15 years of service. was honored with the Saint Mary’s Home Unity Award of Erie Medaille D’Or Award at its Unity Awards are given annually to the Villa 2017 Board and Friends Christmas SSJ staff from VMA Class of ’79: (l-r) Stephanie Hall, Sheila (Scully) Mack, and Betsy (Amthor) Wiest Dinner. This presti- gious award is given to individuals who live the SSJ mission of unity of neighbor with neighbor Saint Mary’s and neighbor with God; exemplify the Loving to Care mission of Saint Mary’s Home of Maria Academy students who most exemplify Awarded CARF– Erie; have worked and/or volunteered in our mission of unity in their everyday lives. CCAC Accreditation the senior services field and/or provided This year’s Unity Award recipient was Saint Mary’s Home of Erie East and Saint meritorious services to Saint Mary’s. Pictured Kevina Oduho. Mary’s at Asbury Ridge were both awarded, are Sister Phyllis McCracken, SSJ, (l) for the first time, five-year accreditation from with Sister Lucille DeStefano, SSJ. CARF–CCAC, an independent, nonprofit ac- crediting body that promotes the quality, journeysjourneys || 1010 Jeanne Marie Costa becomes agrégée candidate During a private ceremony in the chapel of the Community Living Center, SSJ Associate, Jeanne Costa began her journey as an SSJ agrégées candidate. Her sister, Sister Rebecca Ann Costa was appointed her mentor. Agrégées candidates we Judi Janke and Teresa Cieslikowski, along remember with their mentors, were also in attendance. Jeanne resides at the Community Living Center where she lives the prayer, participation, and personal Sister Rebecca Ann Costa, SSJ relationships asked of (left) with her sister and Agrégée Deceased Sisters: Deceased Associates: candidate, Jeanne Costa. SSJ Agrégée candidates. Hildegarde Boxer, SSJ Virginia Pacuraw For more information on February 5, 2018 December 11, 2017 the SSJ Agrégées, contact Marie Eileen Moyer, SSJ Maryanne Niewiedomski Sister Susan Herzing at 836-4066 or [email protected]. February 18, 2018 January 3, 2018 Mary Alice Reed, SSJ Renee Calabrese March 2, 2018 January 12, 2018 Dorinda Young, SSJ Rachelle (Rae) Bishop Don’t forget March 18, 2018 February 18, 2018 Erie Gives Day 2018 Joachim Onuffer, SSJ Carol Mando Tuesday, August 14 May 5, 2018 April 29, 2018 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Jean McKee July 20, 2018 eriegives.org (see page 31)

11journeys | journeys | 11 for 2018. The award is given annually to an ees for achieving CARF Accreditation at both be forever remembered. employee(s) of the Sisters of St. Joseph facilities,” said Sister Phyllis McCracken, SSJ, where’swho exemplifies the characteristics of thethe President/CEO. justice? “Saint Mary’s has a long histobody- Associate Jeanne SSJ employee mission statement. 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Bombaaccrediting body socksthat promotes are the quality, “the Honoringbomb” Sister Ma- value,St. Patrick’s and optimal Haven, outcomes a homeless of shelterrie for menEileen in the find a sister services.City of Erie, Organizations was the beneficiary with of 144 pairs of socks A plaque in the lobby green applesHave a favorite are sister sweet you would rewards like to CARF–CCACthrough a unique accreditation partnership with Bomba, a sock of St. Patrick’s Haven honorsIn celebration Sister Marie of Earthconnect Day, with?the JPIC Go Team to our presented website Green and Apple manufacturerhave undergone with a rigorousa commitment to helping others. search! ssjerie.org/sister-search Eileen Moyer, SSJ, who Awardsdied earlier to nine this Catholic year. Elementary School teachers in recognition peer review process, a dedicated and St. Patrick’s Haven volun- Barb Fischer Sister Marie Eileen was aof dedicated their classroom servant initiatives relating to awareness of the earth and teer,demonstrated contacted Bombaa commitment and submitted the Haven for to St. Patrick’s Haven for themany environment. years. Her The teachers were presented their awards in consideration.to conforming For every pair to CARF–CCAC of socks Bomba sells, it donates a pair of guidance, leadership andtheir loving classrooms care will and the students were also applauded for their standards. “I am very proud of our employ- journeys | 12 participation and encouraged to continue gerrymandering— it matters to learn about our Earth. Each teacher received a commemorative green Gerrymandering is the dividing of an area into election districts giving apple and a packet of seeds along with one party a majority in many districts while concentrating the other a Green Apple certificate to display. The party into as few districts as possible. This influences who and how JPIC Team is looking forward to expanding many representatives are elected and, ultimately, decisions on social the Green Apple program next year. justice issues. Both parties use gerrymandering to their advantage. District lines are drawn using sophisticated data-analysis and mapping technologies. Who draws the lines and how impacts the outcome of sustainability elections and the makeup of the House of Representatives. Pennsyl- Julia McGregor, a Gannon University senior vania is one of the worst states for gerrymandering. Retired Allegheny who participates in the school’s Transforming College Professor, Donald Goldstein, spoke to our sisters about its Residents Abroad Via Engaged Learning impact on Pennsylvania elections and efforts underway to ensure (TRAVEL) program, shared her passion for that redistricting power is given to an independent commission. Fair a sustainable lifestyle with our sisters and Districts PA, a nonpartisan, citizen-led, statewide coalition, encourages talked about the TRAVEL program’s trip to lawmakers to change how districts are drawn. Costa Rica, a world leader in sustainability. Costa Ricans produce 93% of their electricity from renewable resources and are working to- family ward becoming the first carbon-neutral country by 2021. Costa Rica is separation: the number one ecotourism destination in the world and protects its natural environment by creating social and economic benefits. is this how we want to act? In joining with the U.S. Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph, we honoring Sister Marie Eileen “strongly oppose the Trump administration’s decision to forcibly separate parents from their children in an effort to punish families A plaque in the lobby of St. Patrick’s Haven honors Sister Marie seeking safety in the United States. Our country was founded by Eileen Moyer, SSJ, who died earlier this year. Sister Marie Eileen immigrants. A plaque on the Statue of Liberty reads: Give me your was a dedicated servant to St. Patrick’s Haven for many years. Her tired, your poor, your guidance, leadership and loving care will be forever remembered. huddled masses yearning to breathe SSJs support Haiti Project free”. We are called to welcome those who During Lent, we participated in the annual CSSJ Haiti Lenten Calendar come to us for refuge Project and collected $1,139.24! Sisters of St. Joseph have collabo- just as the Holy Family rated with Mission Haiti to help rebuild the lives of the Haitian people was welcomed when after the 2010 earthquake. Our focus is on educating girls at the they sought refuge. Annunciation School in Leogane, Haiti. For five years, dedicated people have come together to make life-changing differences for girls now and into the future.

13 | journeys we are all called By Stephanie Hall, Director of Communications and Public Relations This past spring, I wrote an editorial for National Catholic Sisters Week, a celebration which occurred not long after the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida. I couldn’t help but be moved by the media coverage of students organizing rallies, speaking out in interviews and town hall meetings and participating in marches and peaceful protests demanding that their voices be heard as they advocate for change. And I couldn’t help see the parallel to the work of Catholic sisters. The students and sisters alike are filled with deep and committed passion —passion born of pain. Catholic sisters have long spoken out, organized vigils, participated in protests and marches, even to the point of being arrested, as they, too, demanded their voices be heard and change happen. And though they may not have endured the same tragedy of those in Parkland, their passion is similar because it, too, is born of pain. It’s the No matter how daunting pain that comes through empathy and compassion for the hungry, for the work may seem, our the discriminated against, for the hurting and for the underserved. True empathy means being aware of, sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing response will surely make the feelings of others; compassion means to “suffer with.” That’s exactly a difference. what compels Catholic sisters to do the work they do. Their social justice advocacy emanates from a deep and committed passion born from the pain of others. Catholic Sisters are called to their vocation. But what does that mean – to be called? They describe a knowing deep inside that allowed them to respond with complete faith in God, sometimes amidst personal conflict and struggle and family and societal opposition. Really, we are ALL called to an empathetic and compassionate response to the pain of others. The work may seem insurmountable, responding to the needs of a country, a society, and a world so troubled and divided. But our response, if we too listen, comes from a knowing deep inside that, like sisters, allows us to respond with complete faith in God, sometimes amidst personal conflict and struggle as well.

journeys | 14 the CSSJ response when will it end? to increasing violence by Betsy Wiest, Social Justice Coordinator

Our country is plagued with increasing violent acts: school shootings, Baden, PA random shootings in public places, domestic abuse and human Fifteen sisters participated in an outdoor prayer vigil following trafficking. With each occurrence, we all experience the pain of the Parkland shootings. A simultaneous Holy Hour was held in those affected as well as the pain of a country crying out for change. the Motherhouse Chapel. And we feel called to take action to address the problem and work for a solution. Sisters are learning more about Pennsylvania legislation on gun laws through CeaseFirePA and are planning to meet with Sisters of St. Joseph across the country are responding to the growing legislators to discuss the issue. violence in their communities and in our country in many ways. Following are some of these congregation’s initiatives: Wichita, Kansas Erie Sisters are focusing on education. They have hosted films followed by discussions on gun violence and are contacting Sisters and Agrégées participated in one of the many March for legislators concerning pending gun law action in their state. Life rallies that took place throughout the country in March. Albany, NY SSJs continue to collaborate with Erie’s other Catholic Sisters in  Since the mid 1980’s, the Sisters have hosted an annual Peace holding Take Back the Site Vigils whenever a violent act leads to  a death in the community. Four deaths as a result of domestic Retreat on Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. violence occurred in Erie this year alone within a two-week Sisters collaborate on activities with the local Women Against time period. War group and participate on its Pathways to Peace and Sisters participate in Silent Peace Walks to promote inner peace Grannies for Peace committees. The Grannies conduct four and to pray for an end to fear, divisions and hatred are held vigils each year and hold press conferences on national security regularly at our Community Living Center. issues throughout the year. Sisters sponsor presentations in the community, generate a weekly blog in the Albany Times Union and participate in radio interviews. Buffalo, NY A ceremony to plant a peace pole on July 4 Included speakers in each of the eight languages included on the pole. Sisters sponsor the SSJ Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence (www.sisterkarencenter.org) which was founded in 2007 after Sister Karen was murdered.

In our efforts to live the charism of love of neighbor with neighbor and neighbor with God, the Sisters of St. Joseph throughout the country are quietly praying, educating and advocating for the dear neighbor in hopes of making their communities and our world a better place.

(l-r) Sister Marianne Stuckert, SSJ with Agrégées Deb Seng, Cindy Brown and Betsy Wiest. 15 | journeys paying 2018 SSJ Mission and Ministry it forward Foundation grants

It’s a simple concept. You help someone, students in Erie’s McKinley Elementary and then that person helps someone else, and Woodrow Wilson Middle schools. on and on it goes. “The most effective career awareness That’s how it is with the Sisters of St. Joseph programs start in grade school,” explains Mission & Ministries Foundation. Generous Heather Caspar, executive director of the SSJ donors give to the Foundation. With gifts Neighborhood Network. “When you excite received from generous donors, along children about learning and teach them with investment income, the Foundation makes grants to support the sisters, SSJ sponsored ministries and other “Women come community organizations. Colleeen Burbles, Program Director, SSJNN East, with students at Erie’s McKinley Elementary School. In May, the Foundation made grants totaling to Erie DAWN $120,000 to four SSJ ministries. for a variety of Network staff teaches age-appropriate career Thanks to staff and volunteers at the Sisters education in 23 classrooms on 40 school of St. Joseph Neighborhood Network, Erie reasons. But they days – reaching all students. And at Woodrow DAWN, St. Patrick’s Haven and St. James Wilson Middle School, students receive Haven, this year’s grants are already hard all share a desire instruction in study skills, learning styles and at work in inner-city schools and homeless to get back on career clusters. They also hear from profes- shelters, and providing support services. sionals who share information about their their feet.” jobs and the education required to follow career awareness similar paths. “While it’s only one of many programs we This year’s grant to the SSJ Neighborhood about career opportunities, you lay a offer, this one is unmatched in outreach and Network supports an early intervention/ca- foundation to combat poverty.” relationship-building potential in our new reer awareness program for more than 1,200 At McKinley Elementary, SSJ Neighborhood eastside location.” journeys | 16 havens for “We help women and their children transition from homelessness to permanent housing, homeless men from dependence to self-sufficiency,” ex- Foundation grants will support SSJ ministries plains Maureen Dunn, Erie DAWN executive for homeless men in Erie and Meadville, Pa. director. Erie DAWN Within the past year, both St. Patrick’s Haven Grant funding for Erie DAWN’s Housing and Success and St. James Haven have moved to new Hope Project supports the critical services facilities, increased capacity and, in doing so, needed to make this transition possible. Through Erie DAWN, Julie has “Women come to Erie DAWN for a variety been living in Bethany House since of reasons, including loss of employment, December 2017. Having a safe, domestic violence, skyrocketing medical bills, stable home has allowed her to lack of insurance and unlivable wages. But they all share a desire to get back on their have her children with her and feet,” Dunn adds. to focus on finding suitable “We identify safe and affordable housing, employment. Julie recently move families into these homes, help with secured a position with a local goal setting, budgeting and life skills, assist increased operating expenses. Safety non-profit that will provide her the with resume-building and job searches, and improvements are needed on both connect women with additional resources. opportunity to find permanent properties. In addition, we offer financial aid for rent, housing. This would not have been Grant funds will be used to support day-to- utilities, transportation and childcare.” possible without SSJ support of day operations, including on-site staffing as Foundation funding will also help create a Bethany House and grant funds well as food, supply and utility costs. new resource and outreach center – com- from the SSJ Mission and At St. Patrick’s Haven in Erie, funding will plete with a computer lab, library and art also allow for the addition of fencing and room – for client use, meetings and af- Ministry Foundation. development of green space which may ter-school programs. include a community garden. At St. James Haven in Meadville, grant funds will replace a cracked, worn driveway. just the beginning “This is an exciting time for the Foundation,” says Tina Mengine, board chair. “It’s a privi- housing and hope lege to help raise funds to support the sisters’ “All people have the right to live in a setting mission. But it’s truly a joy to be able to pay that safeguards human dignity.” These words, it forward. Our hope is that the Foundation from Erie DAWN’s mission statement, capture will inspire even more connectedness, more the essence of this ministry which is co-spon- neighbors helping neighbors – not only today, sored by the Sisters of St. Joseph, Sisters of but long into the future.” Mercy and the Benedictine Sisters of Erie.

17 | journeys Mr. and Mrs. William Bolash Mr. and Mrs. G. Michael Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Boller in honor of Marjorie Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bond Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Carver with gratitude in memory of Frank Haraczy and in Ms. Sarah M. Cavicchio and honor of Sr. Ricarda Vincent, SSJ Ms. Orienta Iesue Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bouquin Our thanks to the many generous donors Mr. and Mrs. James Chadwick Ms. Marilyn Bowers in memory of James and Patrick Melia who supported the Sisters and the SSJ Mr. and Mrs. George J. Boxer Ms. Marion A. Chaney and in honor of Sr. M. Hildegarde Boxer, SSJ Mission & Ministries Foundation in 2017. Ms. Jeanne M. Ryan Ms. Kathy Boxer Ms. Albia Chimenti in honor of Sr. M. Hildegarde Boxer, SSJ Mr. Ronald Chimenti CDR Patricia S. Boyer and Ms. Sarah J. McAuliffe-Bellin Capt. Robert Boyer in memory of Art Chimenti ANNUAL Ms. Virginia A. Bello Mr. and Ms. Stephen Branton Mr. John B. Chism and APPEAL The Hon. Alfred L. Benedict Atty. Nancy J. Brent Dr. Barbara A. Chism in honor of Sr. Jean Baptiste DiLuzio, SSJ Ms. Carolina Briffault in memory of Mary Rossi Mr. and Mrs. Ron Bennardi Anonymous in honor of Sr. Millicent Zimmer, SSJ Dr. Betty Jo Chitester in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Gina Adams Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brown Ms. Dorothy Chohrach in memory and in honor of the living in memory of Jack Hilbert and Karen Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Allegretto in memory of the deceased members of and deceased members of the Bradford Todd and in honor of Sr. Phyllis Hilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Allgeier the Chohrach family Central Christian High School Class of ‘63 SSJ, and the Todd, Hilbert and Mr. Alfred Church Mr. and Mrs. Edward Amicucci in memory of the deceased members of Brown families in honor of Sr. Mary Arlene Menz, SSJ the Bennardi and Ross families and in Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruno Rev. Vincent P. Cieslewicz honor of the Sisters of St. Joseph from Mr. Robert G. Angelucci in memory of Mildred Funk Ms. Teresa Cieslikowski in memory of Cathy Angelucci Lewis Run and Bradford, Pa. Ms. Elizabeth J. Bucarelli Ms. Vienna Cocuzzi Ms. Maureen F. Anger Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bennett Ms. Lorraine Bucklin in memory of Mario R. Cocuzzi Mr. Joseph F. Anselmo in memory of the deceased members of the Susmarski family in memory of Jim Bucklin Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cohen in memory of John A. Anselmo Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Bensur Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bull in memory of Ambrose, Eleanor and Ms. Veronica L. Antoske in honor of Mary Bensur Mr. and Mrs. William F. Burns Michael Mulligan in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Ms. Janet C. Bergkessel in memory of deceased family members Ms. Kathy Anysz Mr. and Mrs. David Colonna in memory of Ernest Bergkessel Ms. Cheryl E. Buscemi in memory of Robert A Pirrello Jr. Mr. William Colt and Ms. Rosemary Bernato in memory of John Anthony Buscemi Rev. Msgr. Daniel K. Arnold Dr. Mary Russo-Colt Mr. and Mrs. Henry Biernacki Ms. Diane V. Byrne Ms. Mary Anne Ashworth in memory of Rosemary Roberts in memory of Sr. Marcia Marie Ms. Elizabeth A. Calupca in memory of Sr. Marie Paul Ashworth, SSJ Rear Admiral and Dieteman, SSJ in honor of Sr. Phyllis Hilbert, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Auer Mrs. Christopher C. Colvin Mr. and Mrs. James Bindseil Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Camas in memory of John Auer and David Auer Ms. Alice Connelly in honor of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ* in honor of the Camas and Ms. Lisa Austin in memory of all deceased members of Ms. Nancy J. Birtsch Donohue families Mr. and Mrs. James Babo the Young and Connelly families Rev. Jack Bittler Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Cappello in memory of Paul J. Hess Ms. Martha J. Connelly Ms. Helen L. Black in memory of Angie and Tom Cappello Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Badach in memory of Marge Szewczyk and Ms. Lore J. Blair Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cappello Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Baird Carol Todd in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ in memory of Angie and Tom Cappello in memory of Sr. Elise Ann Haener, SSJ and all deceased Sisters Dr. Joanne Carlburg Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Conti Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Baker Mr. Philip L. Blasco/ in memory of James and Joan Curry, and Ms. Jacqueline Conticelli Ms. Jeannette Barczynski Philip L. Blasco Trust Stan Carlburg and in honor of Sr. André Ms. Ann Cook and Mr. Daniel Siivola in honor of Sr. Susan Herzing, SSJ The Bloomstine Family Fund #1 Feulner, SSJ Ms. Janet Coombes Mr. and Mrs. Gary F. Bauschard of the Erie Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Carloni in honor of Srs. Mary Rita Kuhn, SSJ, and in honor of Msgr. Ernest Daly Rev. Msgr. Casimir A. Bogniak in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Mary Arnold Tann, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Larry Beauseigneur Ms. Patricia Bojarski Mr. Lester A. Carr Dr. and Mrs. Warren J. Beaver Ms. Sally A. Bojarski in memory of the deceased members of Mr. and Mrs. David Cooney Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Bednarski in memory of Raymond Bojarski the Carr and Culbertson families journeys | 18 Ms. Jeanne Costa Ms. Linda L. DiRienzo in memory of Joseph and Marian Costa in honor of Sue Ann Wisniewski Ms. Judith Coughlin Ms. Amy Dittman donor profile Ms. Mary A. Craft and in memory of Sr. Emilie Rose LeBoeuf, SSJ Ms. Cathleen A. Craft Mr. and Mrs. Greg Doerfler in memory of Sr. Margaret Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Donaldson myron Mokes, SSJ in memory of Sr. Helen Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Crolli Mary Donaldson, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Crotty Ms. Linda Dougherty jones Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Cucuzza Ms. Debra M. Dragovan in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cucuzza in memory of Sr. Leonella Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dankesreiter Gingenbach, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Dattalo Dr. James F. Drane For more than 60 years, Myron Jones in honor of Sr. André Feulner, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Drexler Dr. and Mrs. Mario E. D’Aurora Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Drexler made significant contributions to the Erie area. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Davis Ms. Roberta F. Duberow Ms. Linda D. Davis in memory of Paul J. Duberow As a radio and television pioneer, he founded in memory of Sr. Jeanette Connor, SSJ Ms. Domnika Duloglo WJET Radio, WJET-TV and launched the broadcast Ms. Marie DeCarlucci Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Dunkle Ms. Grace Ann DeCecco in honor of Sr. Dorothy Wilwohl, SSJ, and careers of many young disc jockeys and news in honor of a new baby coming Sr. Michelle Wilwohl, OSB reporters. Dec. 22, 2017 Ms. Mary Duval* Deacon and Mrs. Ralph A. DeCecco Ear Nose & Throat Specialists of Ms. Mary A. DeFabio Northwestern PA Myron was known for his quiet, gentle nature in memory of Robert, Marie Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Easly and Chris Gutting Mr. John W. Eberlein as well as his vision, hard work and generosity Ms. Jacqueline A. DeFazio in memory of Sr. M. Marcella Dugan, SSJ to organizations such as Penn State Behrend, in memory of Jimmy and Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Ehrman Yolanda DeFazio Mr. Charles J. Eisert* Mercyhurst University and the Sisters of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Delano Ms. Grace Emig St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Mr. Dale DeMarco Ms. Mary Enroth Mr. and Mrs. Michael DePanfilis Ms. Barbara J. Ertl/The Ertl Trust Over the past two decades, Myron and his Ms. Angela M. DeStefano Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon P. Estep in memory of Susan T. DeStefano Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Extein wife, Marlene, have been loyal supporters of the Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. DeStefano in memory of Sr. Carolyn Extein, SSJ Ms. Diane M. DeVallance Mr. and Mrs. Russell R. Johnson Sisters of St. Joseph in so many ways – sponsor- in memory of Linda Fischer Ms. Christine A. Fedorko ing the Spirit of Courage Dinner, giving to the Mr. and Mrs. David J. Devine Mr. John C. Fedorko Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Devlin Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Felix Thanksgiving Dinner and general fund and, in honor of Sr. Marianne Stuckert, SSJ in memory of Sr. Marcella Dugan, SSJ, Ms. Martha K. Devlin and in honor of Sr. Barbara Ann in 2014, donating their former home on in memory of Sr. Anastasia Valimont, SSJ Zakutney, SSJ California Drive to the Congregation. Ms. Susan J. DiCara Ms. Joan Fels Ms. Geraldine L. DiCarlo in memory of Raymond L. Fels Mr. Anthony R. DiLuzio Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fenton Sadly, Myron passed away this June at the age in memory of Dorothy DiLuzio Mr.* and Mrs. Michael Ferrick of 92. He will be missed by so many. Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. DiPanfilo in honor of Srs. Mary Fromknecht, SSJ, Carol Morehouse, SSJ, and Marianne Ms. Deborah M. DiPlacido Godspeed, Myron. We will forever hold you and in honor of all the Sisters’ good works “Stuckey” Stuckert, SSJ Marlene in our prayers. *deceased journeys | 19 19 | journeys Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Fessler Mr. and Ms. Richard Gosnell Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hilbert Jr. in memory of Mary Ann Fessler Mr. and Mrs. Michael Grab Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hilbrich Mr. John J. Figurski Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Granatosky in honor of Sr. Veronica Mittal, SSJ in memory of Emily Figurski and family Mr. Jeffrey L. Hileman Mr. and Mrs. David A. Filippi in memory of Frank and Josephine White in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. James Fisher Ms. Helene C. Grande Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hixenbaugh Mr. John A. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Rick W. Greaves in memory of our siblings, Helen, Mr. William J. Flaherty Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gredler Virginia, Gert, Don and Joe Tronoski Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Very Rev. Joseph C. Gregorek Ms. Sylvia C. Holland who’s H. Fledderman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Greulich Ms. Joanne Homicz Dr. Cynthia Fleischer Mr. and Mrs. J. James Griffey Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Hughes calling? Ms. Barbara M. Flett Mr. Edward Grotkowski Mr. Charles J. Iannello Mr. James R. Flynn in memory of E. and D. Grotkowski in honor of Sr. Jean Baptiste DiLuzio, SSJ For Sisters Jean Baptiste Mr. and Mrs. James F. Flynn Dr. and Mrs. Joshua Gunther Ms. June M. Janson DiLuzio and Michele Healy, Ms. Ashley Frego Prof. David J. Gustafson Joe B’s Carpet Connection serving in the SSJ Mission and in memory of Mary Ann Kaczkowski Ms. Katherine A. Gustafson Ms. Jeanne M. Johannesmeyer Ministries Foundation office is Mr. and Mrs. John F. Frego Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gutting in memory of R. B. Johannesmeyer all about relationships. Ms. Frances Anne Freitas Ms. Teresa S. Guyton John Ehrman Allburn Florist Mr. and Mrs. Craig Frisina in memory of John M. Guyton Sr. Ms. Georgia Johnson “We send cards and call donors in honor of Sr. Jean Baptiste DiLuzio, SSJ Ms. Barbara A. Haas Mr. and Mrs. John W. Jones and other friends just to check Ms. Patricia J. Fronzaglia in memory of Dr. David A. Haas in memory of Kevin P. Mullarkey in, say ‘thank you,’ and to see Ms. Alice M. Fuhrman Ms. Jeanen L. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Larry Jones if there’s anything we might do Dr. Carl R. Fuhrman Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hall Ms. Donna M. Juniewicz to be of service,” explains Ms. Charlotte M. Fuhrman Ms. Helen L. Hamilton Dr. Walter T. Kalista Sister Jean Baptiste. Atty. and Mrs. Guy C. Fustine Mr. and Mrs. Larry K. Hammon in memory of Carrie Kalista Mr. and Mrs. Charles Galbraith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Hanes Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Kalivoda “It’s such a joy to catch up with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Hannah Ms. Dolores M. Kase old friends and to make new in memory of John (Jack) Steadman Ms. Mary Ann Hannon in honor of the nursing SSJs past and ones,” adds Sister Michele. Rev. Leo J. Gallina in memory of Sara Hannon and present Mr. and Mrs. James W. Garvey in honor of Barbara Mr. and Mrs. Tate Kaufmann Together, these sisters make Ms. Rose Gasbarre Ms. Maureen Haraczy in memory of Sally and William DiSantis nearly 2,000 phone calls and in memory of Dan Martin in memory of Helen Keegan Ms. Joan E. Kautsky send more than 1,200 cards Ms. June L. Gehrlein Ms. Patricia A. Hardner Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Kaveney each year. They also help with in memory of Margaret Gehrlein Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Hasenhuettl Rev. Msgr. Charles A. Kaza special functions such as St. Geiger and Sons Ms. Suzanne Haynes Mr. and Mrs. Dean Keefer Ms. Donna Geiger Mr. and Mrs. John Heintzel/ in memory of Danny Keefer Joseph Day, Circle of Friends Heintzel Trust Ms. Marilyn Gerrell Ms. Charlene Kellerman and our Thanksgiving Dinner. Ms. Susan Henschel Ms. Yvonne M. Gersims Ms. Mary Kelly in memory of Katherine Henschel “It’s life-giving for me,” adds Sister in memory of Kay Miller in memory of Bernard and Mr. and Mrs. James Hermann Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Gilewicz Katherine Kelly Jean. “After all, life’s all about in memory of Steve and Bernie Easly Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Glennon Ms. Jeanne Kennedy* being present to one another, in memory of Betsy Ertter in honor of Sr. Mary Claire Kennedy, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Glover isn’t it?” Ms. Kathryn Hershock in memory of Sr. Marie Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Kennedy in memory of Victor and Vittoria Aiello Mr. and Mrs. John C. Kennedy So the next time our number Therese Decker, SSJ Ms. Joan Hersperger Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Glover in memory of Rita and Fred Kantz shows up on your caller ID, Mr. and Mrs. Neil R. Herzog Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goetz Ms. Mary Kathleen Kern please answer. It’s likely Sister Ms. Denise A. Hetherington Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Goff Ms. Charlene Kerr Piper Jean or Sister Michele just in memory of Ora Orinko Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Higgins Ms. Joan F. Kessler in memory of Fern Saternow, Fr. Edward checking in. You’ll make Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. Gorniak Ms. Mary Ann Kiehlmeier Zeitler and in honor of the SSJs from their day! in memory of Irene and Ed Gorniak in loving memory of Sr. Narcise ministry at Notre Dame Church Reasbeck, SSJ journeys | 20 Ms. Jane M. Kirk Lore Consultant Services Mr. and Mrs. John M. McGaughey Ms. Mary M. Narus in memory of Jack Kirk and in Ms. Olga I. Loundes in memory of Mary L. and “Smitty” in memory of V.T. Narus, MD honor of Ellen Matheis in memory of Derek Mills Kornacki Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Nawrocki Mr. Joseph E. Kloecker Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowther Jr. Mr. Edwin McKean Mr. and Mrs. John R. Nemergut Ms. Renee A. Kloecker Mr. and Mrs. John P. Lye Ms. Jean M. McKee Dr. Paul Newell in memory of Francis V. Kloecker Jr. in memory of Jay Lye in memory of Frank Bernatowicz and in Ms. Jeanne S. Niedzielski honor of the Steger and Moser families Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Kohler, III Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lyle in memory of Anne Bohen McCuskey Ms. Elizabeth R. McLaren Koldrock Waters Inc. Ms. Nancy C. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Nielsen in memory of Dr. Harold McLaren in memory of Shirley Herrmann in memory of Claire J. Lynch in memory of Bennett Reeger Dr. and Mrs. David N. McNelis Ms. Jo Ann Kostelas Ms. Shirley Mack Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Nielsen Dr. and Mrs. Peter McNelis Ms. Denise Krainski Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mackowski Ms. Jean M. Nies in honor of Sr. Mary Kay McNelis, SSJ in memory of Antoinette and in honor of Sr. Mary Fromknecht, SSJ Ms. Alberta M. Nikolai Mr. and Mrs. David G. Mead Leo Krainski Ms. Angelia M. Madalena Ms. Nancy Noir in memory of Leona Harrington Ms. Katherine Krainski Ms. Dolores Makowski in memory of Robert J. Noir Ms. Michelle J. Mealie Rev. Henry L. Krebs in memory of the deceased members Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Noonen in memory of Margaret E. Krebs and of the Makowski family Ms. Tina Mengine in memory of Sr. Gerarda Tiernan, SSJ in honor of the Hilbert family Ms. Madeline S. Miele Ms. Carol E. Mando* Mr. Norman J. Novello Mr. and Mrs. Karl Krepcho Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Mifsud Ms. Thelma Manendo Mr. and Mrs. James O’Brien in memory of the deceased members of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Mikula in memory of Louis M. Manendo Ms. Rosemary Oehmler the Krepcho and Downing families in memory of Roy Bernardini Mr. Christopher Maras in memory of Sonny Smith Ms. Margaret Krivonak Mr. and Mrs. Richard Millard in memory of Raymond E. Maras Rev. Mark A. O’Hern Ms. Kathleen Kuhn in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Mr. and Mrs. James L. Marnella Ms. Gemma Ohm Mr. and Mrs. Dal Ladymon Bindseil, SSJ in honor of Sr. Veronica (Andrene) in memory of Sr. Doloretta Thorn, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. David J. Laird Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Miller Mittal, SSJ Ms. Marlene Ohmer Ms. Mary T. Lamp in honor of Margaret Chrymko Mr. and Mrs. Dave Marsden in honor of Sr. Marilyn Zimmerman, SSJ in memory of Albert L. Lamp Mr. and Mrs. Glen Miller Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ohmer Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Landini Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Miller Rev. Dennis A. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Olson Mr. and Mrs. H. Jack Langer in memory of Sr. Michaela Fox, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Jack Martin Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. O’Neil in honor of the Sisters of St. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Miller in memory of Jim, Jean and John Peters, in memory of Giuliana M. O’Neil of NWPA and Jack and Emma Martin Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Minichelli Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Onofrey Ms. Janice L. Larrey in memory of the deceased members of Mr. and Mrs. Art R. Martinucci in memory of Jackie Halas in honor of Sr. Mary Claire Kennedy, SSJ, the Minichelli and Rufini families Mr. Joseph P. Martone Mr. and Mrs. George Opron in thanks for her peace and justice work Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mittelmeier Ms. Marion Mateicka Mr. and Mrs. James E. Oskin Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lashinger in memory of John and Dolores Thomas in memory of Catheine Pirrello Mr. and Mrs. Merle Owens in memory of Mary Lashinger and in honor of my husband and Ms. Connie Monahan Mr. William Pangratz Ms. Lillian Laukaitis children Mr. and Mrs. Ben Montifiori Rev. Gregory P. Passauer Ms. Christine Laythe in memory of John and Dolores Thomas in memory of our parents in memory of Emma Passauer Ms. Carol LeCorchick Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Matha Ms. Mary E. Moroco Mr. Robert Pears in memory of Jim and Rita Dougherty Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Mattis Ms. Julianne Mosora Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Pellegrini Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lindenberger in memory of Sr. Joan Thomas, SSJ, and Ms. Betty Motsch Ms. Concetta A. Pellerite Mr. John M. Lindsay Marian Thomas Mr. and Mrs. James Motter in honor of Sr. Margaret Pellerite, SSJ Dr. Anne-Marie Liszka Mr. and Mrs. John Matts in memory of Sr. Michaela Fox, SSJ and Mr. Todd Liszka Mr. and Mrs. Michael Perry Mr. and Mrs. Leslye D. McAnulty Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Mountjoy in memory of George and Jessie Madbak Atty. Lynette Petruska Ms. Joan McCain Ms. Kathleen A. Mroczkowski Ms. Lisa M. Locke Mr. and Mrs. Ward McCracken Dr. Roberta W. Pfingstler Ms. Patricia T. Mundy and Mr. James Pfingstler in memory of Marilyn Swanson in memory of Sr. Joan Thomas, SSJ in memory of Dorothy and Del Tully in honor of Sr. Ann Loretta Urmann, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Loftus Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey McCreary Mr. and Mrs. Michael Murnock Mr. and Mrs. Michael Piccirillo Ms. Cathy Longacre Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. McCurdy Mr. and Mrs. Owen J. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Pilewski in memory of Sr. Mary Louise Weaver, SSJ in memory of Clemens and in memory of Judith Donovan Dowd in honor of grandchildren, Ms. Orla Lord Mildred Herrmann in memory of Olga Banko Mr. and Mrs. Michael McElhinny Mr. James J. Musarra Del, Evie and Cal *deceased 21 | journeys Ms. Mary Piunno Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Salvia Mr. Harold A. Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Swift in memory of Sr. Charlene Ende, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Melvin J. Samick Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Simpson Jr. Rev. Msgr. John W. Swoger Deacon and Mrs. David Pratt The Catholic Community at Dr. and Mrs. Kripa S. Singh Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Symington Mr. and Mrs. Glen W. Pratt St. Joseph Apartments Ms. Charlene Sisson* Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Symoski in honor of Diana O’Rourke Ms. Beth Sammartino Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Sitzler Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Szoszorek Sr. in memory of Paul and Betty Blood Ms. Marie A. Przepierski Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Skrypek in memory of Mr. and Rev. Msgr. James E. Sanner Ms. Cynthia Quadri and Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Smith Mrs. Richard McBride Mr. Patrick Robinson Ms. Marion E. Sansone in memory of my parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Szychowski in honor of Norm and Donna Stark in memory of deceased members Ms. Sara E. Smith in memory of Jean and Bud Hill Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Quinn of the Sansone family Ms. Uta Smith Ms. Mary D. Tellers Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Rahner Mr. Vincent A. Savelli in memory of the deceased members of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Tempestini Ms. Mary Raker Mr. and Mrs. John M. Schell the Pisczcek, Smith and Krauss families Mr. and Mrs. Brian Tenney in memory of Carl Tulanko, Mary A. in memory of Margaret Wise Ms. Mary Ellen Snyder Mr. Robert Theiss Schell and John B. Schell Ms. Carolyn J. Rarick in memory and in honor of the in memory of Dolly Theiss Ms. Concetta M. Schillinger Ms. Janis E. Ray Clancy and Snyder families Ms. Rosemary A. Thomas in memory of Molly Schillinger and in Mr. and Mrs. William E. Reinhold Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Soety in memory of Rita Davidson honor of those suffering with serious Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Reisenberg Ms. Margaret Spahr Ms. Phyllis Thornbloom illness in memory of George and Mr. and Mrs. George Spaulding Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tinti Ms. Nancy R. Schmeltz Ralph Reisenberg Ms. Mary Louise Speice in memory of the deceased members in memory of Sr. Loretta Berry, SSJ Ms. Marilyn E. Reiser Mr. and Mrs. Richard Squeglia of the Ricci and Tinti families Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Schmidt Ms. Carol L. Restifo Rev. Rocco A. Tito in memory of Mrs. Marion Killmeyer Stairways Behavioral Health Ms. Joan M. Reynolds Dr. Michele J. Tomczak Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Schmitt Ms. Toni Stebell in memory of Sr. Mary Ms. Sonja M. Toner Ms. Elaine M. Schwab Ms. Laureen V. Steele Carmel Skeabeck, SSJ in memory of Luke Toner and Doris Hus in memory and honor of my VMA in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Ms. Mary Georgia Rezsutek classmates, Class of 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Stefanelli Atty. and Mrs. James F. Toohey in memory of Sr. Kathryn Connolly, SSJ in honor of all the jubilarians Ms. Jane A. Schwab Ms. Mary Jo Stephenson Rick Griffith Properties Ms. Michelle Tortorelli Dr. and Mrs. Peter Scibetta in memory of Chuck Stephenson Ms. Patricia Riddle Mr. Gerard T. Uht Sr. Ms. Mary Lou Scottino Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan H. Stone in memory of Jean, Jerome in memory of Sr. Michaela Fox, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. James M. Urmann and Mary Alice Riddle Mr. Frank Scozzie Mr. Bernard A. Straub in memory of Joseph and Jean Urmann Mr. Daniel E. Riley Ms. Helen L. Selker in memory of Sr. Marie Mr. James M. Urmann in memory of Katherine M. Riley Ms. Marie T. Senger Celeste Bindseil, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Erik H. Van Der Kaay Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Riley Mr. and Mrs. Henry Serafini Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strobel Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Vargas Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ringwelski in memory of the deceased members of in honor of Marlene Scully in memory of Debra S. Burke in memory of Sr. Antonia Domeracki, SSJ the Serafini and Hahn families Mr. and Mrs. James M. Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Martin Vavreck Rev. Msgr. Gerald T. Ritchie Ms. Dolores J. Serra in memory of Srs. Seraphim McCafferty, in honor of Sr. Barbara Ann Vavreck, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Shaffer Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rohrbach SSJ, and M. Cecilia, SSJ, and in honor of in honor of Sr. Jude Marie Talerico, SSJ Ms. Jean Ann Verdecchia Dr. and Mrs. Carmen A. Romeo Sr. Ann Stephanie Stano, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Terrence D. Shannon Dr. Douglas Villella Mr. and Mrs. Carmen J. Romeo Mr. and Mrs. John G. Stuckert in memory of Carolyn and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Vinca Mr. and Mrs. Frank Romeo in memory of the deceased Rachel Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Visnoski Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Romeo members of the Stuckert family Ms. Joy Sherred Atty. and Mrs. Michael J. Visnosky Ms. Theresa Rotunda Dr. Thomas Suddes in honor of all God’s blessings Drs. Sambasivarao and Bharathi Ms. Joyce Rowane in memory of Msgr. Joseph J. Wehrle Voora Fund of the Erie Community Maj. Rose Marie A. Shramick in memory of Dr. William A. Rowane and Ms. Kathleen C. Sullivan Foundation in memory of Cecilia Shawn Thomas Rowane in memory of Sr. Helen Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Wade and Edward Shramick Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Rudolph Claire Sullivan, SSJ in memory of Dr. Anthony E. Kaminsky Ms. Marcheta Shrefler in honor of all the good Sisters Rev. Robert P. Susa and Anthony E. Kaminsky Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Sidelinger Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rusnak in memory of the deceased Ms. Ann Marie Waite Ms. Roselyn C. Simchick Mr. and Mrs. Tony Ryan members of the Paul Susa family in memory of Clara MaeAnn Roman in memory of Deacon Cy Simchick Saint Mary’s Home of Erie Dr. Robert E. Sweeney Deacon and Mrs. Robert L. Walker Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Simkins in memory of Mary Devota Sweeney, SSJ journeys | 22 Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ward Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Althof Ms. Judie Lamberton Ms. Diane Whitney Dr. and Mrs. James Warden Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Barrett Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Lechner Ms. Florence Willis Ms. Barbara Weaver Mr. and Mrs. William J. Becker Ms. Marilyn Losapio Mr. and Mrs. George H. Willis Ms. Marguerite M. Weibel Ms. Christa Blose Ms. Olga I. Loundes Mr. and Mrs. John T. Young in memory of Richard Weibel Mr. Paul Bressan Sr. Joyce Lowrey, SSJ Ms. Mary Ann Zarnick Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Weimer Deacon and Mrs. Richard Brogdon Mr. Michael P. Martin Ms. Sue Zich in honor of Sr. Mary Fromknecht, SSJ Mr. Lawrence R. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Art R. Martinucci Ms. Mary Anne Weiner Ms. Barbara Brozovic Mr. Joseph P. Martone in memory of Betty Timmons Stoner Ms. Elizabeth J. Bucarelli Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Mattis Mrs. Jack Widener Ms. Katheryn R. Buffington Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. McCormick in memory of Helen Miller ESTATES Ms. Noel J. Burgoyne Mr. and Mrs. Michael McElhinny Ms. Margaret Albaugh Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Widomski Dr. Joanne Carlburg Ms. Karen McEnery Mr. Martin G. Albaugh Mr. and Mrs. David Wiest Dr. and Mrs. Jestin Carlson Mr. Dennis P. McGuire Rev. Msgr. William E. Biebel Ms. Terese Wieszczyk Dr. Margaret Chrymko Ms. Tina Mengine Ms. Mary T. Hoffman in memory of Laura Mehler Penna Mr. and Mrs. Roger Clark Ms. Karen Miller Mr. Louis J. Porreco Ms. Florence Willis Ms. Margaret McMahon Collins Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Miller Ms. Thomasina Seery-Bodemann in memory of Raymond Bojarski Mr. and Mrs. James E. Dailey Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Nielsen Mr. and Mrs. William J. Winarski Dr. and Mrs. Paul Demjanenko Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Nill Ms. Janet O. Windahl Sr. Ann Donohue, SSJ Mr. Herb Palmer in memory of Jack Blatt Mr. William Douglas Ms. Joan M. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wisniewski General Ms. Mary Duval* Ms. Mary A. Piscitelli Ms. Gratia Wittmann Ms. Kathryn E. Emling and Mr. Paul Phillips Fund in memory of Richard Wittmann Mr. and Mrs. Steven Porter Erie Insurance Group Anonymous (multiple) Ms. Rita T. Wood Dr. Deborah Ranish matching gift on behalf of in memory and in honor of the Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Wuenschel Ronald Passauer Ms. Marilyn E. Reiser members of the VMC Class of 1952 Mr. Siegfried Wunner Ms. Sharon Evans Ms. Christine Riehl in memory of Anthony J. Costa and in Ms. Nancy Wurst Ms. Joan Fels Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rohrbach honor of Jeanne Costa, SSJA Mr. William E. Yezzi Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Fischer Dr. and Mrs. Carmen A. Romeo in memory of Dolores DiVecchio in memory of Jean M. Yezzi Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Fromknecht Dr. and Mrs. Steven Ropski Mr. and Mrs. Don J. Abbott Ms. Janet M. Yoke Mr. and Mrs. Jon Fuhrman Ms. Joan Schaaf Ms. Karen Adams in honor of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Ms. Joan Galli Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Schmitt in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Mr. John S. Young Ms. Donna Geiger Ms. Mary Lou Scottino Mr. Francis T. Albaugh Mr. and Mrs. John T. Yuhn Ms. Linda Gier Dr. and Mrs. James Semple in memory of Mary M. Albaugh Ms. Geraldine M. Zacherl Mr. Edward L. Hammer Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Skarupski Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Allegretto in memory of Bernard Zacherl in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hanke Mr. and Mrs. John C. Skuce Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Zatorsky in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. William Hanna Ms. Donna C. Smith Ms. Jane M. Zawacki Ms. Alyson Amendola Mr. and Mrs. James Hermann Jr. Ms. Gail A. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Zeigler in memory of Dolores DiVecchio Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Smith in memory of Josephine Bennett Dr. and Mrs. Christian Amoroso Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hitchcock Dr. and Mrs. Barry D. Stamm Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zeiner in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Ms. Ginny Hughes Sr. Marianne Stuckert, SSJ in honor of the Romeo family Ms. G. Louise Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Huya Ms. Ruth Swaney for past kindness in memory of Roy Bernardini Mr. Charles J. Iannello The Erie Community Foundation Ms. Dora Zimmer Ms. Margaret A. Anderson Infinity Resources Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Thompson in honor of Sr. Stephanie Wagner, SSJ in memory of deceased family members Ms. Michelle Tortorelli Ms. Helen Zimmerman Ms. Eileen G. Jolls and in honor of my years at “Villa” Ms. Pam Tylwalk Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Kalivoda Mr. Michael Anderson Mr. Dale E. Uplinger Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Koseff Dr. and Mrs. Hal J. Angeloff Ms. Tammy Van Buren Erie Gives Deacon and Mrs. Dennis M. Kudlak Ms. Jane Angelotti Mr. R. Michael Vincent Dr. and Mrs. Rogelio M. Allanigue Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kurtzhals Mr. Joseph F. Anselmo Ms. Theresa A. Walkiewicz Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Allen Ms. Patricia Lacy in memory of John A. Anselmo *deceased 23 | journeys Ms. Millie Anzenberger Ms. Valerie H. Bolaris Mr. and Mrs. Francis N. Carducci Congregation of the Sisters of Mr. Louis C. Arcovio Mr. Allen L. Bonace Ms. and Mr. Jody L. Carlucci St. Joseph Ms. Barbara Aronson in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Mr. Lester A. Carr Ms. Rita A. Connelly in memory of Barbara Burch Ms. Emily Bond in memory of the deceased members of in memory of Martin and Kathryn Connelly, Sr. Gervase Dempsey, SSJ, Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Auer Mr. and Mrs. John Bondanella the Carr-Culbertson families and Sr. Bernadette Sullivan, SSJ in memory of our son, David Auer (2016), in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Caryl Ms. Constance K. Cooper and brother Jack Auer (2016) Ms. Jeanne Brady in honor of Jean Caryl Donovan in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Babarsky in memory of Charlene Sisson Ms. Marion A. Chaney and Ms. Jeanne M. Ryan Dr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Coppola in memory of William and Ms. Barbara L. Brairton Ms. Marjorie Corritore Anna Babarsky in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Mary Frances Chapman in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Rosalie Bablak Ms. Mary L. Breyley Ms. Nancy L. Chiodo in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste in memory of Sr. Virginia Ann Gardner, Ms. Mary A. Craft and Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Brinig Ms. Cathleen A. Craft Bindseil, SSJ SSJ, and Michael V. Chioda in honor of Sr. Jean Baptiste DiLuzio, SSJ in memory of Sr. Margaret Mr. and Mrs. James Babo and in honor of Sr. Michele Healy, SSJ Deacon and Mrs. Richard Brogdon Joseph Mokes, SSJ Ms. Ann M. Bach Ms. Dorothy Chohrach Ms. Ann W. Brown Ms. Patricia Cronin Boehm in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of deceased Chohrach in memory of Roy Bernardini in memory of Mary Lou Cronin Ms. Jane M. Barber family members Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brown Ms. Helen Christensen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Cucuzza Ms. Mary Barnhart in honor of those who serve others; and in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski in memory of Bob Cuthbertson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Barrett the Todd, Brown and Hilbert families Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Christy Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Cummings in memory of Joseph and Mr. and Mrs. Wally Brown in honor of Sr. Mary Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Dahlkemper Theresa Wisniewski in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Downing, SSJ Ms. Mary J. Daugherty Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bebko Ms. Barbara Brozovic Ms. Evalyn C. Churchill in honor of Sr. Mary Carol Hoke, SSJ The Behan Fund of the Erie Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Bruno Community Foundation in memory of Sr. Marie Ms. Kathleen D’Aurora and Ms. Lottie Bubrzyk Ms. Stacy Buczynski Mr. and Mrs. Austin Behan Celeste Bindseil, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Buchanan in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza in memory of Adelaide Greiner Behan Deacon Joseph Cicero in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Mr. and Mrs. Mark I. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Urban R. Behringer Mr. Hubert Cioccio Mr. and Mrs. David Buckel in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski in memory of Mary Jean Cioccio Ms. Noel J. Burgoyne Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Delano Belle Valley Fireman’s Relief Ms. Cynthia A. Clark and Association in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Janice DeHaven in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ in memory of Roy Bernardini Ms. Kathleen M. Burke in memory of James and Mary Clark Mr. and Mrs. Douglas DelPorto Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Bender in memory of Norann Brugger Ms. Amelia Clemente and Ms. Mary Elyn Demetter Mr. Tony Clemente in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Cheryl E. Buscemi in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Mr. Julio Berarducci in memory of John Anthony Buscemi Mr. and Mrs.* James Denny Ms. Alice M. Clifford in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Buseck, Barger, Bleil & Co. Inc. in memory of Joseph J Denny in memory of the deceased Mr. Arnold E. Bergquist in memory of Dr. Albert Lamp Ms. Rosemary DeSantis members of the Dwyer family in memory of Michael Joseph Bergquist Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Buseck in memory of Dolores DiVecchio and in honor of Sr. Mary Ellen Dwyer, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. John W. Berry Ms. Diane V. Byrne Ms. Shirley DeSimone Ms. Vienna Cocuzzi in memory of Harry J. Hahn in memory of William and Margaret in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza in memory of Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Bertges Verdecchia Ms. Angela M. DeStefano in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Terrence R. Calabrese in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Mr. Lawrence J. Bindseil in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in honor of Gilda Calabrese Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. DeStefano in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste in memory of Dolores DiVecchio Bindseil, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. John L. Calcagno Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Devlin in memory of Sr. Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ Ms. Nancy J. Birtsch in memory of Diane Burkhouse in honor of Sr. Marianne Stuckert, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Camas Mr. and Mrs. Bob A. Dilley Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bloomstine in memory of Robert and Jeanne Cole in memory of the deceased members Mr. Anthony R. DiLuzio Sr. Dr. Carol A. Bocan Mr. and Mrs. James Colvin of the Camas and Donohue families in memory of Dorothy DiLuzio Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bodine Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Colvin in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza Ms. Rita M. Cappello Ms. Nancy DiLuzio in memory of Julie VanVolkenburg Rev. Msgr. Casimir A. Bogniak in memory of Angeline and Ms. Deborah M. DiPlacido Thomas Cappello and Ms. Teresa M. Conboy and Mr. Ray Bojarski* Mr. Timothy J. Smith in honor of all the good works in honor of Sr. Ann Marie Cappello, SSJ in memory of Lorraine Bojarski in memory of Dr. Albert Lamp the Sisters do journeys | 24 Ms. Linda L. DiRienzo in memory of Tyler R. Culp Ms. Fran Disanti in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Amy Dittman in memory of Sr. Emilie Rose LeBeouf, SSJ the (l-r) Linda King, Executive Sr. Ann Donohue, SSJ Director of SafeNet in Erie; Ms. Shirley Dovichow blessing Betsy Wiest, Site Supervisor for in memory of Lois Hyzy St. Patrick’s Haven in Erie; Mary in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza Herrmann, SSJ, Leadership Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Downing of leftovers in memory of Dolores Downing Cottrell When you give to the SSJ Thanksgiving Fund, you help us serve Thanksgiving dinner to nearly 800 Ms. Debra M. Dragovan in memory of Anthony and neighbors who are hungry, lonely or homebound. And you know that we give the leftover funds to Margaret Dragovan agencies that fight hunger, food insecurity and poverty year-round. Ms. Joan M. Dramble in memory of Peg Fasenmyer and in But do you really know how far these leftovers go? These comments – taken from a few thank-you honor of Sr. Mary Kevin Palazzetti, SSJ notes – just begin to give you an idea. Atty. and Mrs. Stephen P. Drexler Mr. and Mrs. Barney Dugan “Our pantry serves an area that is 122 square miles….” in memory of Srs. Rita Claire Dugan, SSJ, Marcella Dugan, SSJ, “We are currently distributing over 10,000 pounds of food, fresh produce and Anne Jane Dugan, SSJ and personal items each month.” Mr. and Mrs. Harold Durlofsky “We serve approximately 700 families per week, including an inordinate in memory of Msgr. Richard McGuire Ms. Gretchen Durney number of elderly and children.” in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ “We have an emergency food pantry as well as the ‘specially scheduled’ one… Mr. and Mrs. George Dutczak You just funded it for the year!” in memory of Daniel Deck and in honor of Sr. Mary Fromknecht, SSJ Thanks to the 720 generous donors who gave to the 2017 SSJ Thanksgiving drive, we were able to The Albert & Mary Duval Fund of the Erie Community Foundation support 38 organizations – 36 within the Erie Diocese, and two that serve internationally. Mr. and Mrs. James Eaton Agencies benefitting from the 2017 fund include: Mr. Eugene R. Ebrom in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ • Asbury United Methodist Church • L’Arche Erie Inc. • St. Ann’s Church Food Bank Mr. and Mrs. Demaris L. Edwards • Blessed Sacrament Food Bank • MHEDS • St. Boniface Food Pantry in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza • Bread for the World (New York) • Northwestern Food Pantry (Albion, • St. Elizabeth Center (Oil City, PA) Mr. Gerald R. Ehrman • Catholic Rural Ministries PA) • St. George Food Pantry in memory of Philip and (Oil City, PA) • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Food • St. James Food Pantry Pantry Marguerite Ehrman • Erie County Crime Victim Center • St. James Haven (Meadville, PA) • Prince of Peace (Farrell, PA) Ms. Kathryn E. Emling • Ella Cochran Food Pantry (Our Lady • St. John/Holy Rosary Food Pantry of Mercy in Harborcreek) • Sacred Heart Food Pantry – St. Ms. Amy Erdely Vincent DePaul Food Program • St. Joseph/Bread of Life Food Pantry in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ • Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church • SafeNet • St. Luke Food Pantry Erie Philharmonic Inc. • Erie DAWN Inc. • Saint Martin’s Center • St. Patrick Haven in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza • Good Samaritan Center (Clearfield, • Shankar Service Foundation (India) • St. Paul Food Bank Ms. Zeline E. Euler PA) • Sister Mary Pascal Food Pantry • St. Peter Cathedral Food Pantry in memory of Sr. Leonella • Habitat for Humanity • SNOOPS Neighborhood Association • St. Teresa Ministerial Association Gingenbach, SSJ (Union City, PA) • Inter-Church Ministries Voucher • SSJ Neighborhood Network in memory of Sr. Miriam Fuhrman, SSJ Program (60th year jubilarian) • St. Andrew Food Bank Mr. Thomas Falvey *deceased 25 | journeys Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fenton Dr. and Mrs. David German Prof. David J. Gustafson Ms. Lisa Hughes in honor of Anastasia McMahon Fenton Atty. and Mrs. James Geronimo in memory of Sr. Lawreace Antoun, SSJ in memory of Charlene Sisson Ms. Phyllis Ferguson Ms. Linda Gier Rev. James G. Gutting Ms. Ginny Hughes in memory of Charlene Sisson in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in gratitude for all the Sisters have in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Ms. Melissa Ferrell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Glennon done over the years Mr. Denis Hurley Rev. Thomas M. Fialkowski in memory of Audrey Ohman Ms. Barbara A. Haas in honor of Nancy Sullivan in memory of John and Marcella Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glowacki in memory of David A. Haas Mr. Charles J. Iannello Fialkowski in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Rev. and Mrs. James Haas in honor of Sr. Jean Baptiste DiLuzio, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Matt Filippi Mr. and Mrs. William D. Gocella in honor of Sr. Rosemary O’Brien, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Jackson in honor of Sr. Marianne Stuckert, SSJ in honor of Sr. Josette Marie Gocella, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. G. Jay Habas in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza The Rita I. Finigan Fund of the Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Goebel Jr. in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Ms. Theresa A. Jackson Erie Community Foundation Mr. William Gonda Mr. and Mrs. William Hagan in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Mr. John A. Fitzgerald in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Mary C. Haibach Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Janke Ms. Audrie Fogleboch Mr. Dan Goodemote in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ in memory of Robert C. Janke and in Ms. Mary Forgenie in honor of Sr. Dorinda Young, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hall honor of Frances Lanks Janke, VMC 1964 in thanks to the Sisters of St. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. Gorniak Ms. Carolyn J. Hammer Ms. Jeanne M. Johannesmeyer who taught my sister-in-law, my in memory of Ed and Irene Gorniak, in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ in memory of R.B. Johannesmeyer children and me at Our Lady’s Christian Msgr. William Biebel and Dr. Bertl Weber in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ, Mr. Allan Johnson School, Villa Maria Academy and Villa and Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Min Johnson and Maria College Mr. Bernard Graf in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. William Hanna Mr. Joseph Santone* Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Fornalczyk in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Ms. Maureen Haraczy in memory of my mother and in memory of Roy Bernardini grandmother Bindseil, SSJ Ms. Patricia A. Hardner Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Forquer in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Johnson in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ and Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in honor of Richard Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Conrad R. Franz in memory of Sr. Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ Ms. Alicia Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Brian Jones The Robert and Kathleen Frenzel Ms. Yvonne M. Gralak in memory of Sr. Adele Ms. Roberta J. Jones Fund of the Erie Community Foundation in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Hasenhuettl in memory of Charlene Sisson Mr. and Mrs. James Freytag Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heasley Ms. Carol L. Joyce in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Fried in memory of my aunt, Sr. Angelica in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ Ms. Marjorie Kaminsky Ms. Carol A. Frigo Rutemiller, SSJ, and in honor of Sr. Jean Ms. Karen A. Hein Baptiste DiLuzio, SSJ, who attended my in honor of Sr. Joachim Onuffer, SSJ in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. David Kaplan 50th Prep reunion Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Fromknecht Ms. Glenda Henderson Ms. Mary T. Karpen Mr. Thomas E. Gray in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ in memory of Charlene Sisson in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ in honor of the prayer call ministry Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Fromknecht Sr. Mary Herrmann, SSJ Ms. Kathryn M. Kase Mr. Thomas E. Gray in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Herrmann in honor of Sr. Josette Marie Gocella, SSJ Ms. Alice E. Grealy Ms. Patricia J. Fronzaglia in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ Ms. Joan E. Kautsky Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gredler in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ Ms. Alice M. Fuhrman Sr. Susan Herzing, SSJ Ms. Sandra L. Greggs in memory of Jim Fuhrman Sr. in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Ms. Charlene Kellerman and Ali Fuhrman in memory of John Hartley Ms. Mary Hickin in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Atty. and Mrs. Guy C. Fustine Mr. and Mrs. Monte Griffith Ms. Jackie Hill Sr. Barbara Kennedy, SFCC in honor of Sr. Catherine Manning, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gallagher in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski in memory of Carol Fleming, SFCC in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Ms. Shirley A. Grobson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hixenbaugh Ms. Rita A. Kennerknecht in memory of my son, Lonnie Grobson in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Rev. Leo J. Gallina in memory of Gertrude (Tronoski) and in honor of time served with in memory of Leo and Jessie Gallina, and Cinquanta, and Roman and Mary Ms. Karen Keough-Huff and Sr. Phyllis Hilbert, SSJ Ms. Christine Keough-Huff Philip John Gallina Tronoski Mr. Edward Grotkowski Rev. Neil Kilty, OSFS Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gallivan Ms. Barbara C. Hood in memory of Dorothy Grotkowski Dr. and Mrs. A. Paul King Ms. Susan Gannon Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Huff in memory of Sr. Mary Karen Crawford, Ms. Jennifer M. King in memory of Dolores DiVecchio Ms. Tish Hosick SSJ, and in honor of the Sisters at Ms. Kathleen Kinzig Mr. William H. Gausman in honor of Pat Stahl St. Joseph School, 1961-1968 in honor of Sr. James Francis Mulligan, SSJ in memory of Sr. Mary Judith Gausman, Dr. John Hrinda SSJ, and Sr. Anita James Gausman, SSJ in honor of St. Joseph’s Day 26 | journeys Sr. Kathleen Kirsch, SSJ Ms. Leslie R. Lundy Mr. and Mrs. James A. Meko Ms. Mary M. Narus in thanksgiving for all God’s gifts in memory of Dolores DiVecchio in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of V.T. Narus, MD Ms. Margaret Kishton and Ms. Kathy A. Luschini Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mennini Mr. and Mrs. Angelo M. Natalie the Cancilla family in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ in honor of Robert Wallace National Fuel Gas in memory of Roy Bernardini Dr. Judith Lynch Ms. Kathleen R. Metz Company Foundation The Richard and Carol in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza matching gift on behalf of Maureen Koehler Family Fund Haraczy in memory of James Terrence Lynch Mr. Ed Metzger Koldrock Waters Inc. Nexstar Broadcasting Inc. Ms. Debra A. Majewski Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Michael Jr. Ms. Sadie Konkol in memory of Dolores DiVecchio in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ and in memory of Edward Konkol Rev. Robert A. Manning in honor of Sr. Margaret O’Brien, SSJ Ms. Patricia L. Nicewonger Ms. Denise Krainski in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Mikielski in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Dr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Kraus Manning Mr. and Mrs. Donald Miller Mr. and Mrs. James Nies Dr. Martin Krepcho and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Marsden and in memory of Dolores DiVecchio Mr. and Mrs. John F. Noal Dr. Elaine M. Ellis the Stumpf Cousins Mr. and Mrs. Glen Miller in memory of Roy Bernardini Rev. Daniel J. Kresinski in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Ms. Joan M. Miller Ms. Nancy Noir Ms. Lynell Krull Bindseil, SSJ in memory of Robert J Noir Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Miller in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza Ms. Dorothy Marsh in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Norman Ms. Kathleen Kuhn in memory of Sr. Marie Paul Ashworth, in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Miller in memory of Dr. Richard Kuhn SSJ, and in honor of Srs. Mary Rita Mr. Norman J. Novello Kuhn, SSJ, and Hildegarde Boxer, SSJ in memory of Sr. Michaela Fox, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kuhn in memory of Mary K. Novello Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mittelmeier in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Dr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Mathew Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. O’Brien in honor of Sr. Mary Thomas Downing, in memory of Catherine Pirrello Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kurtzhals in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Ms. Eileen T. Mohr in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ SSJ, on her 90th birthday Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. O’Brien Dr. Carol Maurer and Mr. Ken Maurer in memory of Dr. Albert Lamp Ms. Jeanne M. Lamb in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Ms. Connie Monahan in memory of Jeanne Cucuzza in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Mr. Max J. Obuszewski Ms. Janice L. Larrey Ms. Mary Maxwell in memory of Sr. Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ Ms. Marlene Ohmer in honor of the Marycrest Sisters and staff in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Moore in honor of Sr. Marilyn Zimmerman, SSJ in memory of Sr. Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ in honor of Sr. Mary Kay McNelis, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ohmer in memory of Srs. Carol Wilcox, SSJ, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher May Ms. Cindi M. Olesky Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ, in honor of Marjorie Williams Ms. Betty Motsch in memory of Sr. Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ Ann Amen, SSJ, and Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Linda Maydak in memory of William R. Motsch Deacon Ronald Onslow Mr. and Mrs. David Lash Ms. Mary C. McCarthy* Ms. Joanne D. Mowrey in honor of Sr. Rebecca Ann Costa, SSJ in memory of Rev. D.G. Henry in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Sr. Lawreace Antoun, SSJ Ms. Pamela J. Ormsbee Mr. and Mrs. James Lazas in memory of Sr. Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ Dr. and Mrs. James E. Mraz in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza in memory of Charlene Sisson in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza Ms. Barbara Mulligan Our Lady of the Lake Mr. and Mrs. John J. Letterio Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. McCormick in memory of Richard Mulligan Campus Parish in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Terry Murphy in gratitude for Sr. Rosemary O’Brien, SSJ Ms. Kathleen A. Levis Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. McCurdy in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Pace, Sr. Ms. Tena Lidgett in memory of Clemens and Mr. and Mrs. Owen J. Murray in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Sr. Anastasia Valimont, SSJ, Mildred Herrmann in honor of the education received Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Packard on her birthday The McGarvey Family Fund of the by the Sisters of St. Joseph in memory of Sr. M. Agnes Clare Krepcho, in memory of Sr. Anastasia Valimont, SSJ Erie Community Foundation Mr. James J. Musarra SSJ, and Sr. Seraphim McCafferty, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. David G. Lindenberger Mr. A. James McGill Ms. Marcelline M. Myers Atty. Douglas P. Painter and in memory of John E. Fries Sr. in memory of Kathleen Hamric in memory of Roy Bernardini Dr. Joann D. Painter Ms. Barb Lorei Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. McGuire Ms. Elinor D. Nally in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Paul F. Lorei in memory of Jay Armbruster in memory of James Nally Rev. Thomas G. Parthenakis and Cathy G. Parthenakis Ms. Olga I. Loundes Ms. Eileen McLaughlin Ms. Marie A. Namey in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Michael Namey, Victoria Rev. Gregory P. Passauer Bindseil, SSJ Ms. Patricia E. McLaughlin Namey and Dr. Michael Namey Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Lucas Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. McNerney Sr. Mary Agnes Nance, CSJ Pelletier

*deceased 27 | journeys Rev. David A. Perry Ms. Marilyn E. Reiser Ms. Claudia Schneider Mr. Mark E. Smith in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ in memory of Gertrude Milkowski in memory of Roy Bernardini Mr. and Mrs. James R. Peterson in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schroeck Ms. Uta Smith Ms. Claire Petruso in appreciation for the St. Joseph Day in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Mr. Sam Petruso celebration at the CLC Bindseil, SSJ Bindseil, SSJ Mr. James A. Pfadt Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rhone Ms. Suzanne E. Schuerman Dr. and Mrs. Maurice F. Snyder and the Schuerman sisters Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccirillo Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rich in memory of Sr. Joan Thomas, SSJ in memory of Dr. Albert Lamp in honor of Sisters of St. Joseph who Mr. and Mrs. William L. Riddle, III Mr. and Mrs. David Sonnenfeld Ms. Elaine M. Schwab served at St. Joseph’s Home for Children in honor of Sr. Marilyn Zimmerman, SSJ in honor of Sr. Nancy Sonnenfeld, in honor of St. Joseph Day Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccirillo Mr. Daniel E. Riley SSJ, on her Jubilee in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Ms. Carol Picheco in memory of Katherine M. Riley Mr. and Mrs. David Sonnenfeld in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Pilewski Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Riley Ms. Gina Spadacene In memory and honor of members of the in honor of Sr. Josephine (Sr. Mary in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of the deceased VMA Class of 1955 Anthony) DePetro, SSJ in memory of Sr. Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ members of the Frattolillo family Ms. Mary Lou Scottino PNC Bank Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rinkevich Ms. Margaret Spahr in memory of Charlene Sisson Wealth Management in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski in honor of Sr. Lucille DeStefano, SSJ Department Ms. Helen L. Selker Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rojek Ms. Anita Squeglia in memory of Dr. Albert Lamp Ms. Deborah Seng Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie SSJ Associates Ms. Mary Ann Poli, OCDS Ms. Marie T. Senger in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ in memory of Marcia Bongiorno in memory of the deceased educators Ms. Cecily Sesler Mr. Andrew Romeo in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski and staff of Villa Maria College in memory of Roy Bernardini in memory of Sr. Seraphim McCafferty, SSJ and Kathleen Hamric Ms. Kathleen Pomorski Mr. and Mrs. George F. Seymour in memory of John “Jay” Armbruster Dr. and Mrs. Carmen A. Romeo in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ in memory of Gertrude Milkowski in gratitude Ms. Fran Pontoriero Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Shaffer in memory of Virgina Pacuraw Mr. and Mrs. David Roney in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Judith Holland Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence States in memory of Kathleen Hamric Ms. Margaret Potocki in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Steenberge Ms. Mary Ann Roney in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ The Chip and Teresa Shamburg in honor of Sr. Ann Stephanie Stano, SSJ in memory of Kathleen Hamric Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Pouliot Family Fund of the Ms. Audrey Steinker Mr. and Mrs. James Ross Erie Community Foundation Deacon and Mrs. David Pratt in memory of Sr. Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Mr. and Mrs. Yehuda Sherman in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ Ms. Alexis Stephany, Ms. Elizabeth Ms. Elizabeth Rowand in memory of all teachers at VMA and VMC in memory of Dolores DiVecchio Stephany and Mr. Matthew Stephany in memory of Edwin R. Rowand Mr. and Mrs. John E. Sidelinger Mr. and Mrs. Glen W. Pratt in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Rudolph in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza Ms. Judith Simon Dr. Thomas Suddes Mr. Guerrino Ruta in honor of Sr. Ann Donohue, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. John L. Price Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Sullivan in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski in memory of Margie and Gerry Costa Mr. and Mrs. Robert Simons in honor of Sr. Mary Thomas Downing, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ruta in memory of Jack Geer Mr. and Mrs. Sunil Raina SSJ, on her 90th Birthday in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski in honor of St. Joseph for his Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sinclair Ms. Teresa A. Sullivan many blessings Ms. Mary Martha Ryan in memory of Charlene Sisson in memory of William A. Sullivan in memory of Catherine McGrath (VMC Ms. Martha Randall* Dr. and Mrs. Ravi S. Singh Ms. Susan Sutter ’33) and Marie Rizzuti McGrath (VMC ’33) in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza Mr. Mark S. Sitter in memory of Marian Okert Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rys Ms. Carolyn J. Rarick in memory of Helen Sitter Ms. Ruth Swaney in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Rathers Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Sitzler in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Ms. Janis E. Ray in honor of survivors of abuse Rev. Msgr. John W. Swoger Saint Mary’s Home of Erie Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reese Mr. and Mrs. Kent R. Sivillo Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Symington in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ms. Evelyn Smith in memory of Kathleen Hamric Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Sanfratello Harchuck in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Elvira Sanfratello Rehrig Pacific Co. Bindseil, SSJ in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ and Betty Miller Ms. Gail A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Szychowski Ms. Jetta L. Savelli in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste in memory of Bud and Jean Hill in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Bindseil, SSJ Sr. Jude Marie Talerico, SSJ

in memory of Judith Holland journeys | 28 Ms. Cleonice Tavani Mr. David Watkins Mr. John G. Wood The John and Nancy Hilbert Fund of in memory of my sisters, Mary Ann and in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ in memory of Bobbie Wood the Erie Community Foundation Lois, and in honor of Sr. Mary Claire Mr. and Mrs. James F. Weber Jr. in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ The Richard and Carol Koehler Family Fund Kennedy, SSJ Ms. Mary Jane Weed Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wright The McGarvey Family Fund of the Ms. Mary D. Tellers in memory of Sr. Ann Louis Grandinetti, SSJ Ms. Marguerite M. Weibel Erie Community Foundation in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. James Yadeski Ms. Mary Dolores Weir The MAO Charitable Fund/ Ms. Naomi F. Teperow in memory of Sr. Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ in memory of Dr. Albert Lamp Dr. Edward and Mary Ann Overfield Mr. and Mrs. William Tereniak Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wellington Ms. Anne M. Yapello-Davis National Religious Retirement Office in memory of Paul E. Snyder in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ in memory of Mary & Dolly Barrtley The Chip and Teresa Shamburg Ms. Lois S. Teufel Mr. Gregg A. Westover and Mary Ann Yapello Family Fund of the Erie Community Foundation in memory of Sr. Mary Karen Crawford, SSJ in memory of Dr. C.B. Westover Mr. William E. Yezzi The Spaeder/Sisters of St. Joseph in memory of Jean M. Yezzi The Spaeder/Sisters of St. Joseph Sr. Mary Ann White, SSJ Fund of the Erie Community Fund of the Erie Community Mr. John S. Young Foundation Ms. Mary Ann White Foundation in memory of Maryann Young Mr. Robert Theiss in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ Dr. Sambasivarao and Dr. Bharathi and Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Nancy S. Young Voora Fund of the Erie Community Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Timmons Foundation in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ in gratitude for the presentation on in honor of Sr. Marie Timmons, SSJ in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ St. Joseph Orphanage to the St. Jude in memory of E. Stoner, R. Stoner, Mary Over 50 group Timmons, and Bea and Jim Timmons and Ms. Thelma J. White Ms. Pauline Young in honor of Sr. Marie Timmons, SSJ in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ Restricted in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tinti Mr. and Mrs. David Wiest Ms. Jean Marie Yurkovic Ms. Virginia Titus in honor of Srs. Mary Fromknecht, SSJ, Gifts Nancy Fischer, SSJ, and Marianne in memory of James Yurkovic in memory of Sr. Virginia Ann Gardner, SSJ Stuckert, SSJ and Kathy Yurkovic Atty. and Mrs. James F. Toohey in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ Sr. Rita Zattosky, OSB in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ Associates in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ and Dr. Margaret Chrymko Ms. Andrea Tracey Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Zawistowski Jr. in memory of Elizabeth Grace Boudreau Mr. and Mrs. Gary Flick in thanksgiving for Srs. Nancy Fischer, Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Zeigler in memory of Jane Heidt Mr. and Mrs. Mark Truitt SSJ, Mary Fromknecht, SSJ, and in memory of Lillian Stigliano in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Yvonne M. Gersims Marianne Stuckert, SSJ Ms. Dora Zimmer Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ulmer Mr. Ron Wilga in memory of Thomas Zimmer in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ William H. Motsch & Son Plumbing Ms. Helen J. Zipper Mr. and Mrs. David T. Urban in memory of William R. Motsch Circle of Friends in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Patricia M. Williams Anonymous Sr. Ann Loretta Urmann, SSJ in memory of Dewey Williams Mr. and Mrs. John Bongiovanni Dr. and Mrs. Mark K. Vatavuk Ms. Lynn Wilson Grants and Mr. and Mrs. Steve P. Mizner in memory of Charlene Sisson Mr. and Mrs. William J. Winarski Foundation Ms. Connie Monahan in memory of Dr. Albert Lamp in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ Ms. Marilyn G. Rositer Mr. and Mrs. Emmett T. Verdecchia in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Gifts Dr. and Mrs. Kripa S. Singh in memory of Marie (McGaughey) Nedza in memory of Sr. Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ The Behan Fund of the Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Zeigler Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Visnoski in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Erie Community Foundation in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ in memory of Sr. Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Bertges from the in memory of Sr. Ann Amen, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wisniewski San Francisco Foundation Employee Ms. Lois Vosmus in honor of the diamond jubilarians The Bloomstine Family Fund #1 of the Erie Community Foundation in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Gratia Wittmann Emergency Fund The Albert & Mary Duval Fund of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Wagener in memory of Richard Wittmann the Erie Community Foundation Ms. Barbara McGaughey Ms. Ruth E. Waidley Ms. Carol A. Woeppel and The Rita I. Finigan Fund of the Rev. Jerome S. Simmons in memory of Sr. Leonie Shanley, SSJ Ms. Carol Inman Erie Community Foundation Mr. William Winarski Ms. Theresa A. Walkiewicz in memory of Helen and Vincent Woeppel The Robert and Kathleen Frenzel Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ward Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Wolf Fund of the Erie Community Foundation Ms. Joan Warzeski in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Haiti Relief Fund The Norbert H. Hardner Foundation in memory of Ersilia “Sil” Danowski Mr. and Mrs. David Wiest *deceased 29 | journeys SSJ Congregation/ Atty. and Mrs. Evan Adair Ms. Helen L. Black Mr. and Mrs. Terrence W. Cavanaugh Ms. Dolores Y. Adams Ms. Lore J. Blair Ms. Sarah M. Cavicchio Care of the Sisters Ms. Gina Adams Mr. Philip L. Blasco and Ms. Orienta Iesue Dr. Anthony Cerminara Atty. and Mrs. Carl M. Carlotti Ms. Mary E. Adams Ms. Susan Blecki Mr. and Mrs. James Chadwick Ms. Marion A. Chaney and The Hon. and Mrs. Thomas P. Agresti Mr. and Mrs. John Bloomstine Ms. Jeanne M. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ahrens Ms. Christa Blose Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Chandler Congregation of the Sisters Aiello Cafe Inc. Bob Ferrando Ford Mr. Ronald Chimenti of St. Joseph Ms. Linda K. Aldrich Lincoln-Mercury Sales Inc. Dr. Betty Jo Chitester Ms. Jeanne Costa Dr. and Mrs. Rogelio M. Allanigue Rev. Msgr. Casimir A. Bogniak Ms. Dorothy Chohrach Ms. Eloise Amenta Coxe Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Allen Ms. Sally A. Bojarski Dr. Margaret Chrymko in gratitude to the Sisters who taught Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Allender Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Bootes Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Chylinski at St. Gregory’s School and later at Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Althof Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Bosner Ms. Doris T. Cipolla Villa Maria College Ms. Judith A. Althof Mr. and Mrs. George J. Boxer Mr. and Mrs. Dario Cipriani Mr. Matthew DePetro Ms. Kathy Boxer Drs. Chris and Caitlin Clark in honor of Sr. Josephine DePetro, Amark Environmental LLC Dr. Richard Boyle Dr. and Mrs. Edward Clark SSJ, on her 80th birthday Dr. and Mrs. Hal J. Angeloff The Hon. Daniel J. Brabender Jr. Ms. Eilene Clemente Ms. Marjorie F. Fischer Ms. Jane Angelotti Mr. and Mrs. Randall A. Brace Ms. Kathleen Coates Ms. Margaret C. Gerrity Mr. Joseph F. Anselmo Ms. Barbara L. Brairton Mr. Carl Cohen Ms. Jeanen L. Hall Ms. Mary Jane Antoon Mr. and Ms. Stephen Branton Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cohen Ms. Rita K. Hessley Ms. Kathy Anysz Ms. Constance C. Brereton Mr. Philip J. Collura in honor of Sr. Marianne Stuckert, SSJ Rev. Msgr. Daniel K. Arnold on her 50th jubilee Ms. Mary Anne Ashworth Ms. Jeanne Heyl Brim Mr. William Colt and Dr. Mary Russo-Colt Ms. Mary Lenk Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Auer Ms. Mary Ann Brothers Dr. Charles R. Colvin Mr. and Mrs. James A. Meko Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Babarsky Ms. Cindy Brown Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Conkling in honor of the Sisters of St. Joseph Ms. Mary Lou Babay Mr. Robert F. Brown Ms. Rita A. Connelly Mr. and Mrs. Glen Miller Ms. Ann M. Bach Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruno Ms. Virginia Conrath Ms. Patricia A. Murray The Bailey Family Ms. Lottie Bubrzyk Considine Biebel & Company Ms. Mary Patrick Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Baker Ms. Elizabeth J. Bucarelli Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Consiglio in memory of Sr. Carol Wilcox, SSJ Ms. Jane M. Barber Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bukala Ms. Valerie J. Bukowski Mr. William J. Conway and Mr. and Mrs. Sunil Raina Mr. George A. Barcellona Ms. Janet Kiehlmeier Ms. Noel J. Burgoyne Mr. and Mrs. T. Sean Scully Ms. Roberta Barilla Ms. Ann Cook and Mr. Daniel Siivola Ms. Mary L. Burke Sr. Angela Marie Servidea, SSJ Dr. Donald Baxter and Ms. Marjorie Corritore The Hon. Susan Baxter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence States Ms. Jeanne Costa Beach Zero Mr. and Mrs. William F. Burns Ms. Tammy Van Buren Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Coughlin Dr. and Mrs. Warren J. Beaver Ms. Frances Burt* Mr. Robert H. Cox and Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bebko Ms. Cheryl E. Buscemi Ms. Priscilla B. Pryce St. Patrick’s Haven Mr. and Mrs. William J. Becker Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Buseck Ms. Mary A. Craft and Ms. Cathleen A. Craft Ms. Judi Janke Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Bednarski Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Camas Ms. Bruna Crishock Joshua’s Haven Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Bekeny Mr. John Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Crolli in honor of Sr. Margaret Pellerite, SSJ Ms. Judy Bellini Mr. Robert W. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Cucuzza Ms. Sherri Swetz The Hon. Alfred L. Benedict Ms. Maria Capocciana Mr. David Cyr and Dr. Nellie M. Cyr in honor of Sr. Margaret Pellerite, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bengel Dr. and Mrs. Willis Cardot Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Bensur Mr. David L. Carll Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Dahlkemper Mr. Arnold E. Bergquist Atty. and Mrs. Carl M. Carlotti Mr. and Mrs. James A. Dammeyer Ms. Rose Beveridge Ms. Jane A. Carney Mr. and Mrs. John Dana Thanksgiving in memory of Larry D. Beveridge Mr. and Mrs. G. Michael Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dankesreiter Bianchi Motors Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Caruso Dr. and Mrs. Mario E. D’Aurora Fund Mr. Lawrence J. Bindseil Mr. and Mrs. Robert Caskey Mr. and Mrs. Edward Davis Anonymous (2) Ms. Nancy J. Birtsch Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cass Mr. and Mrs. John M. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Don J. Abbott Rev. Jack Bittler Ms. Judith A. Cassano Ms. Marie DeCarlucci *deceased journeys | 30 Ms. Jacqueline A. DeFazio in memory of Jim and Yolanda DeFazio Mr. Dale DeMarco Mr. and Mrs. John DeMatteo Dr. and Mrs. Paul Demjanenko Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. DeSante erie gives… Ms. Angela M. DeStefano Sr. Lucille DeStefano, SSJ and gives Ms. Susan J. DiCara Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Dill Mr. and Mrs. Anthony DiLuzio and gives Mr. Anthony P. DiNicola Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. DiPanfilo The Hon. and Mrs. Dominick DiPaolo Ms. Deborah M. DiPlacido Is giving actually contagious? Well, if Erie Gives Day is Ms. Linda L. DiRienzo any indication, we would have to say “yes.” The Hon. and Mrs. Ernest DiSantis Jr. Ms. Jeanne DiStefano Since 2011, when Erie Gives Day started, the Sisters of Mr. Clifford W. Dobry Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Donnelly St. Joseph and SSJ sponsored ministries have seen gifts grow Ms. Joanne Donohue from $9,873 (from 113 donors) to more than $93,392 (from Ms. Barbara Dougherty Ms. Linda Dougherty 560 donors) last year. And we couldn’t be more grateful. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Dougherty Ms. Shirley Dovichow And we hope you’ll consider supporting this Dr. James F. Drane Mr. and Ms. Joseph Dudenhoeffer amazing day of giving. Dr. Diane Dudzinski 2017 Dr. and Mrs. David Dulabon Watch your email for more information, Ms. Mary E. Duncan or log onto www.eriegives.org. Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Dunkle Ms. Mary Duval* Sr. Mary Ellen Dwyer, SSJ in honor of two friends celebrating birthdays Ear Nose & Throat Specialists of Northwestern PA Erie Gives Day 2018 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Easly Ms. Mary L. Eckert Tuesday, August 14 Mr. and Mrs. Demaris L. Edwards 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Ehrman Mr. Charles J. Eisert* eriegives.org 2011 Ms. Patricia S. Emery Ms. Judith Emling $9,873 $93,392 Erie Specialty Products Erie-Crawford Central Labor Council 113 donors 560 donors Ms. Barbara J. Ertl Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Fagley

31 | journeys Mr. John W. Fairman and General Electric Company Mr. and Mrs. John Heintzel Mr. Kenneth J. Klein Ms. Rose Day matching gift on behalf of Mr. Col. and Mrs. Dennis B. Herbert Mr. Joseph E. Kloecker Mr. John C. Fedorko and Mrs. Frank Bekeny Mr. and Mrs. James Hermann Jr. Ms. Rosemary Kneidel Ms. Theresa Fedorko Dr. and Mrs. David German Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Herrmann Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Kohler, III Mr. Al Fehl Atty. and Mrs. James Geronimo Ms. Joan Hersperger Koldrock Waters Inc. Ms. Joan Fels Ms. Marilyn Gerrell The John and Nancy Hilbert Fund of Ms. Sadie Konkol Ms. Mae Ferraro Gil Hull Construction the Erie Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Koseff Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Fessler Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Gilewicz Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hilbert Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Krahe Ms. Theresa Feyas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Glennon Mr. Jeffrey L. Hileman Ms. Denise Krainski Mr. John J. Figurski Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glowacki Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hixenbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Kramer Ms. Evelyn M. Finnecy Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Gmuer Ms. Gerry Ann Hoffman Rev. Henry L. Krebs Mr. and Mrs. Gerald First Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goetz Ms. Sharon Hoke Ms. Ruth L. Kredovski Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Fischer Dr. and Mrs. Jack Gold Mr. Glenn Holland Ms. Carla S. Krott Ms. Marilyn Fischer Mr. and Mrs. Peter I. Goncharov Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hudson Rev. William M. Kuba Ms. Norma J. Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Gary Goodelle Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Huff Ms. Kathleen Kuhn Mr. William J. Flaherty Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. Gorniak Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Hughes Ms. Mary E. Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ms. Dorothy Jay Gould Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Humenay Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kurtzhals H. Fledderman Rev. Raymond C. Gramata Ms. Trish Hurley Mr. and Mrs. Dal Ladymon Dr. Cynthia Fleischer Mr. Thomas E. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Huya Mr. and Mrs. David J. Laird Ms. Audrie Fogleboch Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Greulich Mr. Charles J. Iannello Ms. Constance LaJohn Ms. Mary Forgenie Ms. Donna R. Griffin Infinity Resources Inc. Ms. Jeanne M. Lamb Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Forquer Ms. Janet L. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Robin W. Ingols Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Landini Mr. and Mrs. William Fowler Mr. and Mrs. James B. Griffin Dr. and Mrs. Mark Izzo Mr. and Mrs. Urban D. Lariccia in memory of Jeremy Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Monte Griffith Rev. John B. Jacquel Ms. Mary Ann Larimer Mr. and Mrs. Conrad R. Franz Ms. Nancy Gronnett Jiffy Print Inc. Ms. Janice L. Larrey Mr. and Mrs. John F. Frego Mr. and Mrs. David Grucza Joe’s Gym Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lasky Mr. and Mrs. James Freytag Ms. Carol Grygier John Ehrman Allburn Florist Dr. and Mrs. Carl G. Lauer Mr. and Mrs. Pete Frisina Prof. David J. Gustafson Ms. Min Johnson Ms. Christine Laythe Mr. Norb Fromknecht Ms. Katherine A. Gustafson Ms. Eileen G. Jolls Dr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Leary Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Fromknecht Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gutting Jo’s Brooklyn Bagels Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Ledwin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Fromknecht Ms. Teresa S. Guyton Ms. Carol L. Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lee Deacon and Mrs. Ron Fronzaglia H. Jack Langer Plumbing & Drain Ms. Donna M. Juniewicz Mr. and Mrs. David P. Lefaiver Ms. Esther J. Fucci Cleaning Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Kalivoda Ms. Mary Lenk Ms. Alice M. Fuhrman Ms. Jennie Hagerty Mr. Thomas E. Kalkhof Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Leone Ms. Charlotte M. Fuhrman Drs. Raymond A. Haibach and Ms. Marjorie Kaminsky Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Leone Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Fullerton Deborah A. Ranish Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Kaveney Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lepkowski Ms. Rita M. Furno Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Haibach Ms. Ruth L. Kearney Mr. and Mrs. Duane Lerch Atty. and Mrs. Guy C. Fustine Ms. Mary E. Haines Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Keefe Mr. John R. Lesko Ms. Roseanne Galeza Ms. Jeanen L. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Dean Keefer Dr. and Mrs. Howard M. Levin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hall Ms. Barbara Keim Ms. Barbara Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Ryan D. Gallenstein Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hall Mr. and Mrs. Ken T. Kendziora Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Lewis Rev. Leo J. Gallina Hanes Erie, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lieb Ms. Margaret A. Gardner Mr. and Mrs. William Hanna Sr. Mary Claire Kennedy, SSJ Mr. John M. Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. James W. Garvey Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Hannah Ms. Mary Kathleen Kern Ms. Mary Link Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gasbarre Ms. Maureen Haraczy Ms. Joan F. Kessler Dr. Anne-Marie Liszka Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Gausman Ms. Patricia A. Hardner Ms. Kathleen Kinzig and Mr. Todd Liszka Mr. Thomas E. Gausman Ms. Danna L. Hartwig Mrs. Jane M. Kirk Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Loesch Mr. and Mrs. James E. Gehrlein Ms. Daisy Hawke Ms. Rebecca A. Kistle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Loftus Ms. Donna Geiger Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Hayden Ms. Helen T. Klebes Mr. and Mrs. F. Brady Louis journeys | 32 Sr. Joyce Lowrey, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. Namon McWilliams Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Nieratko Mr. Philip H. Pompeani Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowther Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David G. Mead Ms. Jean M. Nies Deacon and Mrs. Frank Pregler Ms. Kathy A. Luschini Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Meanor Ms. Alberta M. Nikolai Mr. Charles N. Prenatt Mr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Luzier Mr. and Mrs. James A. Meko Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Nikora Ms. Janet R. Price Mr. and Mrs. John P. Lye Ms. Tina Mengine Northwest Trust Services Ms. Marie A. Przepierski Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lyle Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Merrer Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Nunes PSB Industries Dr. Judith Lynch in honor of Sr. Mary Claire Kennedy, SSJ, Ms. Nancy O’Brien Ms. Alice M. Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Mark Maasz and Sr. Marianne Stuckert, SSJ Rev. James T. O’Hara Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Quinn Ms. Patricia MacArthur Ms. Madeline S. Miele Rev. Mark A. O’Hern Ms. Patricia Quirk Ms. Georjann Maclean Mr. and Mrs. Gary Mihna Ms. Marlene Ohmer Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Rahner Ms. Angelia M. Madalena Dr. and Mrs. Robert Mikelonis Ms. Marlene Okel Mr. and Mrs. Sunil Raina Mr. and Mrs. David J. Maille Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Mikielski Mr. and Mrs. David Oliver Ms. Carolyn J. Rarick Dr. and Mrs. Francis K. Mainzer Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Miller Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. O’Neil Ms. Patricia Rarick Dr. and Mrs. William Makarowski Ms. Mary F. Miller Sr. Maria Onuffer, SSJ Raven Sound Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell G. Malecky Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Miller Mr. Robert Onuffer Ms. Janis E. Ray Maleno Developers, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Miller and Ms. Miriam R. Thomas Reddog Industries Inc. Ms. Margaret M. Mallin Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mingarelle Mr. and Mrs. George Opron Ms. Doris F. Redmond Rev. John P. Malthaner Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Minichelli Mr. and Mrs. Edward Orr in memory of Fr. David Findlay Ms. Carol E. Mando* Ms. Judy Minichelli Mr. and Mrs. James E. Oskin Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reese Ms. Thelma Manendo Dr. Mark R. Minichelli Ms. Christine Ostrowski Ms. Jean A. Reichert Ms. Cynthia H. Manna Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Minichelli Ms. Carolie Otto Mr. and Mrs. William E. Reinhold Ms. Kathleen Mannino Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mittelmeier Dr. and Mrs. Edward Overfield Ms. Margaret A. Reinwald The Hon. and Mrs. G. Paul Manzi Ms. Connie Monahan Atty. Douglas P. Painter Mr. and Mrs. Phillip J. Rewers and Dr. Joann D. Painter Ms. Jeanne M. Maras Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Monti Ms. Mary Georgia Rezsutek Sr. Bernardine Pais, SSJ Mr. and Mrs. James L. Marnella Ms. Leila E. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rich Mr. William Pangratz Mr. and Mrs. Dave Marsden Ms. Dolores T. Mosakowski Rick Griffith Properties Mr. Joseph Parlak Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Marshall Ms. Betty Motsch Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Riley Dr. and Mrs. Gary E. Pasqualicchio Rev. Dennis A. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Mountjoy Rev. Msgr. Gerald T. Ritchie Mr. and Mrs. John Pastorini Mr. and Mrs. Art R. Martinucci Ms. Harriet J. Moyer Robert Benjamin Wiley Community Mr. and Mrs. Wade T. Patton Charter School Mr. Joseph P. Martone Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Mozdy PDQ Pest Control Ms. Rebecca S. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Mastrian Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James E. Mraz Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Pellegrini Mr. and Mrs. William D. Robson Dr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Mathew Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Muccio Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo Perino Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Rodak Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Mattis Mr. William Mullen Ms. Jean Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Frank Romeo Ms. Patricia Mayer Mr. David J. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Peterson Ms. Theresa Rotunda Ms. Joan McCain Mr. Milton Murray Ms. Claire Petruso Dr. Sally Rouch Ms. Mary C. McCarthy* Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Musolff Jr. Ms. Ellen A. Pfadt Ms. Elizabeth Rowand Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. McCormick Ms. Mary M. Narus Ms. Joyce V. Pfadt Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rusnak Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey McCreary Mr. Timothy R. Natale and Ms. Bea Natale Ms. Mary D. Pfadt Mr. and Mrs. James J. Rutkowski Jr. Ms. Patricia McCumsey Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Nawrocki Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rys Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. McCurdy Mr. and Mrs. Timothy NeCastro Mr. and Mrs. Michael Piccirillo Dr. Ravinder S. Sabherwal McDowell Activity Fund Mr. and Mrs. John R. Nemergut Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccirillo Saint Mary’s Home of Erie Mr. and Mrs. Michael McElhinny Dr. Richard J. Neuer Mr. and Mrs. Gerald V. Pierzynski Mr. and Mrs. Melvin J. Samick Mr. and Mrs. John M. McGaughey Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Newell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Pillitteri Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Sanfratello McGill Power Bell & Associates Ms. Judith C. Newlin Ms. Anne Pirrello Rev. Msgr. James E. Sanner Ms. Jean M. McKee Ms. Suzanne M. Newman Ms. Mary Frances Pirrello Ms. Sharon T. Santia Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan McKrell Mr. Theodore J. Niebauer Jr. Ms. Barbara R. Pollock Ms. Jetta L. Savelli Ms. Eileen McLaughlin Ms. Jeanne S. Niedzielski Ms. Kathleen Pomorski Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Schaaf Ms. Susan McMahon Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Nielsen Mr. Hugh Pompeani Ms. Eva S. Schaaf Atty. and Mrs. James K. McNamara

33 | journeys Mr. and Mrs. William Schaaf Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Smith Ms. Michelle Tortorelli Dr. Jack Yakish Mr. and Mrs. James F. Scharrer Ms. Uta Smith Ms. Mary P. Toski Mr. Tim Yerdon Rev. Msgr. Henry J. Schauerman Deacon and Mrs. Jerry T. Sobrowski Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Trambley Mr. William E. Yezzi Mr. and Mrs. John M. Schell Ms. Virginia Sonnenberg Ms. Pam Tylwalk Ms. Janet M. Yoke Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schlecht Jr. Ms. Mary Louise Speice Union City Pharmacy Mr. and Mrs. John T. Young Mr. and Mrs. Norman Schlosser Ms. Ruth M. Speice Mr. and Mrs. David T. Urban Ms. Jean Marie Yurkovic Ms. Nancy R. Schmeltz Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Spellacy Mr. James M. Urmann Atty. and Mrs. Richard H. Zamboldi Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sposato Mr. and Mrs. John J. Vahey Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Zatorsky Ms. Mary E. Schultz Mr. and Mrs. John H. Stadtmueller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Valimont Jr. Mr. Emil J. Zaunick Mr. John B. Schulze Ms. Toni Stebell Mr. and Mrs. Michael Varrato Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Zawadzki and Dr. Sally R. Schulze Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steiner Ms. Jean Ann Verdecchia Ms. Pamela Zbrzeznj Ms. Elaine M. Schwab Ms. Audrey Steinker Ms. Bettie A. Veshecco Mr. and Mrs. George Zehner Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Schwab Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Stempka Villa Maria Academy Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Zeigler Dr. and Mrs. Peter Scibetta Ms. Margaret Stewart* Ms. Mary R. Villa Ms. Helen J. Zipper Ms. Mary Lou Scottino Ms. Mary J. Stewart Mr. R. Michael Vincent Ms. Betty Zito Mr. Frank Scozzie Mr. and Mrs. James Stoik Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Visnoski Ms. Marlene R. Scully Ms. Betty F. Stolarski Atty. and Mrs. Michael J. Visnosky Mr. Sam J. Seggi Jr. Ms. Mary Lou Stolinski Ms. Columbia J. Vlahos Dr. and Mrs. Subramanyam Segu Ms. Cindy Stone Atty. Darlene Vlahos Ms. Helen L. Selker Gifts in Kind Mr. Bernard A. Straub Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Vogt Aiello’s Cafe Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Semple Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Straub Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wagner Arts Bakery Ms. Deborah K. Seng Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strobel Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wagner Dr. Margaret Chrymko Mr. and Mrs. Julian J. Senko Atty. Jack Stroh Jr. Ms. Ruth E. Waidley Coca Cola Ms. Charleen Sertz Mr. and Mrs. John G. Stuckert Ms. Aniko Walker Curtze Food Service Ms. Mary Ann Shade Ms. Margaret Stumpf Ms. Audrey P. Walker Mr. John Eagley Mr. and Mrs. Terrence D. Shannon Dr. Thomas Suddes Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ward Jr. Gannon University Dr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Shaughnessy Ms. Kathleen C. Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. James Warden Gordon Food Service/GFS Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sheldon Ms. Mary Pat Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Washek Grisé Audio Visual Ms. Linda Shipley Mr. Paul J. Susko Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Weber Health Care Solutions Inc. Rev. Msgr. Richard R. Siefer Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Sweny Ms. Mary Jane Weed Mr. Emil Kesselring/Shred X of Erie Charles and Antonina Y. Siggia Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Swift Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wellington Kraft Lumber Mr. Harold A. Simmons Rev. Msgr. John W. Swoger Mr. Charles D. Wells John Wm. Macy’s Family Bakery Rev. Jerome S. Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Symington Mr. and Mrs. Donald N. Werle Meadowbrook Dairy Mr. and Mrs. Robert Simons Ms. Rose A. Teed in memory of Sis and Whitey Metz Culinary Management Dr. and Mrs. Kripa S. Singh Weidenboerner Ms. Mary D. Tellers Pangratz Fruit Farm Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Sinnott Dr. and Mrs. Scott A. Whalen Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Tellers Saint Vincent Hospital Mr. and Mrs. William L. Sipple Ms. Mary Ann White Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Tempestini Saint Mary’s Home of Erie Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Sisti Mr. and Mrs. David Wiest Mr. and Mrs. Brian Tenney Stroehmann Bakery Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Sitzler Ms. Terese Wieszczyk Ms. Naomi F. Teperow Wegmans Mr. and Mrs. Kent R. Sivillo Dr. and Mrs. William C. Wilhelm The Hudson Group Mr. David Wiest Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Skrypek Mr. Robert Theiss William H. Motsch & Son Plumbing Mr. and Mrs. John C. Skuce Mr. and Mrs. John W. Timon Ms. Betsy Williams Smith Collision Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tinti Mr. and Mrs. George H. Willis Ms. Betty D. Smith Rev. Rocco A. Tito Mr. and Mrs. William J. Winarski We make every effort to ensure that all Ms. Donna C. Smith Ms. Virginia Titus Mr. Kenneth J. Wisniewski donors are recognized appropriately and accurately. If we have made an error in Ms. Evelyn Smith Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Todd Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wisniewski our list, please let us know by calling the Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Wittmann Dr. Michele J. Tomczak Development Office at 814-836-4198 or Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ken F. Tome Jr. Mr. John G. Wood email [email protected]. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick D. Smith Atty. and Mrs. James F. Toohey Mr. Jerry L. Wuenschel *deceased journeys | 34 a return plentiful valley to the 1956 At the request of Archbishop Gannon, Sisters of St. Joseph valley staffed a new catechetical center in Shenango Valley. In all, 22 sisters would serve at The laughs were limitless and the memories the center from 1956 to 1977. countless when more than 20 Sisters of The Shenango Valley reunion was the second St. Joseph and 80 friends from the Shenango in a series of stops the sisters will make Valley area in Pennsylvania reunited for throughout the coming months. We visited 43 lunch in June. Ridgway, Pennsylvania in October of 2017, Forty three sisters served in It was truly a homecoming for many of the Hermitage, Pennsylvania (Shenango Valley) ministries throughout the Valley sisters who were born, raised or ministered in June, and plans are underway for visits to including the Mercer County in the area. Former students, co-workers, Bradford, Meadville and beyond. Catholic Center, Notre Dame School, Kennedy Christian High It was truly a homecoming School, and the Prince of Peace Center, founded by Sister Benita for many of the sisters Repasky, SSJ. who were born, raised or ministered in the area. 27 Twenty-seven young women old friends and family members turned out from Shenango Valley answered to reconnect and share an amazing lunch God’s call to become Sisters of St. catered by Mr. D’s and hosted by the Joseph – including Mother Aurelia Sister Ann Donohue, SSJ (seated, left) and Sister Margaret Church of Notre Dame parish. A’Hearn, who served as general Pellerite, SSJ (standing, second from left) with many friends superior of the congregation from Our thanks to all who helped plan the day from the Shenango Valley area. 1942 to 1967. and all who attended.

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