Donors of Distinction Donorsbus Title of Distinction 2018–2019 Annual Report Office of BVM Development
Donors of Distinction DonorsBus Title of Distinction 2018–2019 Annual Report Office of BVM Development Donor Profile: Families Share Sister, Memories, and Spiritual Strength by Mary Glindinning The way her relatives see it, Jean Agnes Phillips, BVM was blessed with three families: her biological family, her BVM Sisters, and the families she served. “We shared her,” Jeff Smoller says of the woman he called Aunt Gen. “She was one person who had many We shared her. She families. Each family has to appreciate was one person who the others.” “had many families. His aunt died in 2004, but the Each family has to relationship with the BVMs continues. appreciate the others.” He and his sister Susan Thiel attend Memorial and Benefactor Masses at —Jeff Smoller Mount Carmel in Dubuque, Iowa, as they did with their mother before she died in 2016. Relatives of deceased sisters are invited to Memorial Masses, and donors are invited to Benefactor Masses. Close Family Ties longer work, his aunt was a supportive “We go for Aunt Gen, obviously. Jeff drove his aunt back and forth sounding board. But there’s a certain peace you feel when between his mother’s house in southeast “My mother was a brilliant woman, you go to Dubuque. It’s hopeful and Wisconsin and Mount Carmel for but had no occupation.” Aunt Gen told prayerful. It’s a very holy place. holidays, vacations, and times when the her she could be a teacher, and helped “When we go to Mount Carmel, family needed to be together. “During her plan how to do it.
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