Servites Celebrate Diamond Jubilees On April 17, Easter Monday, Sr. Mary Lucy Daniels, 92, Sr. Geraldine Background Schulte, 91, and Sr. Mary John VanderLoop, 98, were recognized at a Jubilee Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Ladysmith. All three diamond jubilarians grew up in the Diocese of Superior. Sr. Fr. Tony VanderLoop, nephew of Sr. Mary John and a priest of the Archdio- Geraldine is from Cumberland; Sr. cese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, presided at the Mass; Fr. Dave Oberts Lucy, from Weyerhaeuser; and Sr. and Fr. Inna Reddy Pothireddy were concelebrants. Deacon Doug Sorenson Mary John, from Tony.All three assisted at the altar. became novices during World War II, in August 1941, and took first Sr. Mary McDermott celebrated her 40th jubilee of religious profession as vows in 1942. well. “It’s rare enough to have one sister Following the Mass, family and invited guests joined the jubilarians for reach this milestone, let alone three dinner at JS Supper Club, Ladysmith. in the same year,” said Sr. Theresa Sandok, president of the Servites.

Sister Lucy

The Servants of Mary started teaching in Weyerhaeuser in 1936, and that’s where Sr. Lucy first encountered them. “That made a big impression on me,” she remembers.

Her mother also corresponded with a former teacher, a Benedictine nun distantly related to St. Therese of Lisieux, and Sr. Lucy was impressed by the nun’s epistolary skills. Continued on Page 4 From left, Servite Sisters Mary John VanderLoop, Geraldine Schulte, and Mary Lucy Daniels celebrated their diamond jubilees in 2017. They were honored at a Mass on Easter Monday at Our Lady of Sorrows, Ladysmith. do, no more and no less, is to do all that we can to make our world a better place. “It helps, now and then,” wrote Saginaw Bishop Ken Untener, “to step back and take a long view. The king- President’s Message dom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. / Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying The Time is Not Now! that the kingdom always lies beyond us.” As I write this, our nation is still reeling from the Oc- Each of us is called to address some “tiny fraction” of tober 1 massacre in Las Vegas, yet another in the fast- that magnificent enterprise. growing list of attacks that have left scores of people dead and hundreds Sister Helen Prejean, for example, more wounded. found her call in 1981, when she began her prison ministry in Louisiana’s Sadly, mass shootings have become Angola State Prison and became the so commonplace in our country that spiritual advisor of a convicted killer there is a website devoted solely to sentenced to die in the electric chair. compiling the grim statistics day by That experience, related in her book day: Mass Shooting Tracker. October “Dead Man Walking” and later made 1, 2017, the 273rd day of the year, into a movie, set her on the course of marked the 337th mass shooting in becoming a lifelong advocate for the the U.S. this year, resulting in a total abolition of the death penalty. of 469 killed and 1,751 injured. Gun violence is a leading cause of death in Malala Yousafzai was only twelve America. years old when she started blogging for the BBC about her experiences in This tragic epidemic of gun violence Pakistan and advocating for the right of cries out for a response from all people girls to education. The Taliban attempt- of good will. There are those who Theresa Sandok, OSM ed to assassinate her on the bus home say, “Now is not the time to be rais- from school. She survived the brutal at- ing the issue,” seeming to imply that tack and became an even more forceful a right time will come, perhaps after people have had a voice for the 130 million girls out of school worldwide. chance to mourn. But with a mass shooting happening on average more than once a day, you can see how this San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took now-is-not-the-time logic has the effect of postponing the a knee during the national anthem in protest of the op- conversation forever. pression of black people and people of color in the United States. For this he was blacklisted by the NFL and called For Gospel people, it is always the right time to defend an expletive by President Trump. “To me,” said Kaeper- human life and dignity. Make no mistake about it – gun nick, “this is bigger than football, and it would be selfish violence is just as much a prolife issue as abortion. So too, are racism, immigration, the death penalty, human Continued on Page 5 trafficking, genocide, terrorism, healthcare, unemploy- ment, care of creation, sexual abuse, LGBT rights, the plight of refugees, access to clean water, food, sanita- tion, and medicine, etc. To quote Cardinal Joseph Ber- nardin, all life issues form a “seamless garment.” When we reflect on the enormity of human suffering in the world – so much of it caused by human cruelty, injustice, and often just plain ignorance – we can feel overwhelmed and paralyzed to act. At such times it’s comforting to remind ourselves that it’s not our job to save the world and right all wrongs. All we are asked to 2 Servite Sisters Leave Florida after Nearly 50 Years The ministry and presence of Ladysmith Servite Sisters in Florida came to an end in October 2017, when the last three remaining Sisters moved north.

Sisters Loretta Lonsdorf and Rosanne Fogarty moved to Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and Sister Jeannine Percy moved to Ad- dolorata Villa in Wheeling, Illinois.

Sister Loretta began ministering in Brooksville, Florida, at St. Anthony Parish in 1982 as director of the RCIA program for those entering the church. She retired in 1999 and volunteered in various areas of parish ministry before moving to Sun City Center, Florida, in 2010.

Sister Rosanne arrived in Sun City Cen- ter in 2005. She did music ministry at St. Anne’s Parish in Ruskin and at (Above) Our lady of Guadalupe Parish in Wimauma. She also worked in Hospice From left, Sisters Rosanne Fogarty, and prison ministry. Rosemary Mayer, Rosalie Hennessey, and Jeannine Percy celebrate Sister Jeannine also moved to Sun City Center in 2005 and worked as a Christmas together in Florida in 2005. consultant with religious communities that sponsor health systems and with leadership teams of women’s religious institutes.

The first Servite Sister to arrive in Florida was Sister Mary Charles Prince, who moved there in the late 1960s and taught French in the Pinellas County Schools until she retired 1984. She died in St. Petersburg in 2007 at age 89.

Sister Mary Angelica Vogel lived in the Florida Keys from 1972 to 1975 and taught at San Pablo School in Marathon, where she also served as principal.

Sister Rosalie Hennessey moved to Tampa in 1982 and served for ten years as executive director of Alpha House of Tampa, a crisis center for pregnant women. Alpha showed its appreciation for her service in 2001 by naming a new building “The Rosalie Center” in her honor. She retired to Sun City Center and died in 2011 at age 82.

Sister Rosemary Mayer went to Orlando in 1984 to serve as an administra- tive assistant at Orlando’s BETA Center, an organization that assists teen mothers and at-risk families. She retired in 2003 and continued to live in Orlando, where she died in 2017 at age 85.

All told, the presence of Servite Sisters in Florida spanned nearly 50 years.

3 3 Servites Celebrate 75-Year Jubilees Continued from Page 1 She had plenty of time to interact with the Servites to know a Notre Dame Sister who came home to visit during a three-week hospital stay following a surgery – family in the summer, and those visits also spurred the hospital was staffed by sisters – and Sr. Lucy knew interest in a religious vocation. When she was old when she was very young that she wanted to join the enough, she decided to join the Servants of Mary. “I’ve community. always been attracted to prayer and silence and so on, and I think that’s one of the things that drew me to the But, the oldest of 14 children, Sr. Lucy was needed at sisters,” she added. home. She wanted to join at age 12, and her mother let her go when she was 15. “I was the first one to leave Sr. Geraldine graduated from Viterbo University, La home, and of course, my mother wasn’t too happy Crosse, with a bachelor’s in biology and a minor in about that,” she added. mathematics. She went on to earn a master’s degree in natural science from the University of Oklahoma. But, in the end, Sr. Lucy was there for her mother. After retiring in 1995, she returned to Weyerhaeuser until her Teaching was Sr. Geraldine’s ministry for much of her mother’s death. “I left her with all those little children, professed life. “I used to like teaching,” she added. “I and I came back to care for her in her old age,” she said. taught in many places. I taught in New Jersey and West Virginia and Illinois.” She taught every grade from one In her 75 years of professed life, Sr. Lucy has embarked through eight, as well as in a Catholic high school and on many ministries – teaching in various capacities, at Mount Senario College, the Servites’ former college serving as the Servites’ director of novices and postu- in Ladysmith. “I had a lot of subjects to teach,” she said lants, and working as a licensed administrator of a with a laugh. nursing home in Illinois, to name a few. In 75 years of being a professed Servant of Mary, Sr. “I’d always been interested in the sick and the dying,” Geraldine has had the opportunity to go places she she added. “Of course, my calling was really with the wouldn’t have otherwise gone, and to enjoy experiences sick and dying, and not at a desk.” So, she took classes she wouldn’t have otherwise had. “I’ve always been in clinical pastoral education at St. Joseph Hospital, St. able to do things that I don’t think I would have thought Paul, and ultimately worked in pastoral care. “I was the of doing,” she said. first woman chaplain at Ladysmith since 1912,” she said. “I was so happy, because I could be with the sick Sister Mary John and the dying.” Before and briefly after she joined the Servites, Sr. She worked in hospital chaplaincy from 1978 until her Mary John was a teacher. “I wasn’t successful at that,” retirement in 1995. These days, Sr. Lucy greets parish- she said. “I wasn’t able to handle the children, so I quit ioners at Our Lady of Sorrows, Ladysmith, and – in her that with tears.” words – “I talk a lot.” She switched careers, taking a nurse’s aide position at “I really didn’t have a temptation to ever leave or go St. Mary’s Hospital, Ladysmith, and that’s where she home,” she said of her vocation. “I felt like this was the encountered the Servites, who fostered her vocation. right vocation for me, and I feel so grateful … I feel so, She was also the first of three family members to so blessed … to be a sister and a Servant of Mary.” profess a religious vocation; her sister, Servite Sr. Mary Bernice VanderLoop, joined her in the convent in 1947. Sister Geraldine Sr. Mary John credits Sr. Mary Bernice, who died in 2011, with inspiring their nephew’s vocation to the For Sr. Geraldine, interacting with Servite sisters priesthood. inspired her vocation. “When I was growing up, the sisters use to come to our town during the summer,” she After entering the convent in 1941 and professing first said. It was the way they acted, especially the younger vows in 1942, Sr. Mary John taught elementary school sisters, that caught her attention. Sr. Geraldine also got Continued on next page 4 Sister Mary Celebrates 40 Years President’s Message of Profession Continued from Page 2 Sister Mary McDermott celebrated 40 years of religious profession on my part to look the other way. along with the Sisters who cele- There are bodies in the street and brated their diamond jubilees people getting paid leave and getting on April 17. She was born in St. away with murder.” Louis, Missouri, on August 7, There is a common thread running 1950, the third of six children. through these stories and thousands She entered the convent in 1975 more like them, namely, that in the and professed first vows in 1977. face of an intolerable human situa- She earned a bachelor of science tion, an individual feels compelled degree in medical technology to respond, to do whatever he or she from the University of Minnesota. can in order to right the wrong, re- She ministered as a medical tech- gardless of the consequences to self. nologist for more than 30 years at Rush University Medical Center Such people of courage inspire in Chicago. She now lives at the courage in others. The task seems Sisters’ residence in Ladysmith. less daunting and the goal more achievable when we work toward it with others. Pope Francis @Pontifex recently tweeted: “When you experience bitterness, put your 75-Year Jubilarians faith in all those who still work for Continued from previous page good: in their humility lies the seed of a new world.” for a few more years before enrolling in St. Francis School of Nursing, La Crosse. Her career in health care spanned three decades – after beginning This commitment to work together in general nursing, Sr. Mary John helped open a hospital in Kewanee as an for the common good is reflected in a resolution of the Leadership administrator, and then returned to Ladysmith to serve as director of nursing Conference of Religious Women: at St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Joseph on the Flambeau Nursing Home. She “We pledge prayer, education, and was later a staff nurse at Rusk County Memorial Hospital and served many advocacy and commit to using our years on the Servites’ leadership team. collective voice, resources, and power in collaboration with others After retirement, Sr. Mary John continued her ministry in peace and justice to establish justice which reflects advocacy. Well into her 90s, she was sharing Gospel wisdom on the local God’s abundant love and desire that radio station. all may have life.”

Today, age 98, she’s in an assisted living facility. Linda Reissner, who has There is plenty of work for all of us been helping with the sister’s hair, nails and personal care for the past two to do. We need only listen to what years, was told Sr. Mary John was “one of the most meticulous nurses at echoes in our hearts in order to one of the hospitals here in town.” know where we are called and feel compelled to act. “She is just one of the sweetest and most pleasant and absolutely kindest In the words of an ancient Jewish people I’ve ever met,” Reissner added. elder: “If not us, who? If not now, when?” By Anita Draper Superior Catholic Herald (4 May 2017) Reprinted with permission of the author Sister Theresa Sandok, OSM 5 Singing Their Hearts Out Ella Fitzgerald once said: “The only and sacred choral thing better than singing is more music and pres- singing” – a sentiment shared by ents a concert several Servite Sisters, who manage twice a year. Sister to eke out time in their busy sched- Rosanne joined the ules for singing. chorus because, she said, “I like to Sister Cecilia Fandel sings with sing with a group the Superior Diocesan Chorale, a of people. I think group whose members come from I have something across the diocese. They practice in to contribute the former Servants of Mary moth- with my voice.” erhouse in Ladysmith, convenient Apparently, others for its central location. The group think so, too. In performs for liturgical events at the the year 2000 she cathedral in Superior, in parishes, was one of 57 and abroad. Asked why she joined new members selected from over Above: Sister Barbara Thomalla, the Chorale, Sister Cecilia said: “I 600 Catholic nuns who submitted center, performs with the Twin Cities show choir Harmonic Relief. love to sing. I get a spiritual joy audition tapes to join the Sisters in from singing religious songs.” One Song choir. Directed by Christopher of her favorites is Alison Krauss’s Walker, the choir was comprised getting involved in the parish. The “Down to the River to Pray,” popu- of 80 sisters from over 50 religious choir sings all types of church music, larized in the film “O Brother, congregations in 28 states across the from familiar hymns and spirituals Where Art Thou?” nation. Their CD “Sisters in Song to classical pieces, such as selections Rejoice!” is still available online. from Handel’s Messiah. “What I Until recently, Sister Rosanne like about being a part of the choir,” Fogarty sang with the Women’s Sister Theresa Sandok sings with a she said, “is the sense of community Chorus of Sun City Center, Florida. massed choir comprised of priests, and caring among the members. It’s The group performs both secular brothers, and sisters in the Arch- almost like an extended family.” diocese of Milwaukee. The choir One of her favorite songs is “Rise, performs at an annual liturgical O Jerusalem,” sung at the end of (CD Cover) Sister Rosanne Fogarty the Holy Saturday service. Shalom sang with the chorus of 80 Catholic service celebrating consecrated life. Archbishop Jerome Listecki Media USA has selected the St. nuns from across the nation who Mary of Vernon Adult Choir as one recorded “Sisters in Song Rejoice!” presided at this year’s event, Proceeds help fund retirement needs of “Enflamed by the Spirit,” which of the Chicago-area church choirs to religious sisters, brothers, and priests. took place on Pentecost Sunday in feature on its website. St. Joseph Chapel, a magnificent, century-old edifice located on the Sister Barbara Thomalla performs campus of the School Sisters of St. with Harmonic Relief, a show choir Francis. Sister Theresa, who also in the Twin Cities. The group’s serves on the planning committee, repertoire includes folk, rock, show said: “My favorite piece this year tunes, jazz, and contemporary music, was Johann Geisler’s ‘Die Frucht along with choreographed dance des Geistes ist Liebe’ (‘The Fruit of ensembles. They present an annual the Spirit is Love’), despite the chal- spring show in May and perform lenge of singing in German.” outdoor concerts in summer. Sister Barbara, who works as a public Sister Rita Stoeberl joined St. Mary health nurse, said she joined the of Vernon Adult Choir in Indian choir because “I like singing and Creek, Illinois, in 2001, as a way of Continued at bottom of next page 6 Servants of Mary Receive Legacy Award

The Ladysmith Servite Sisters were honored as this year’s recipient of the Community Legacy Award at the annual awards banquet of the Greater Ladysmith Area Chamber of Commerce on April 20, 2017.

In nominating the Sisters for the award, Nancy Wheeler, former administrator of Servite Center for Life, wrote: “My guess is that there isn’t one person in Ladysmith or even the County who hasn’t experienced the legacy of the Servants of Mary, whether they know it or not. Who hasn’t had need of Rusk County Memorial Hospital or Nursing Home? Who hasn’t been taught by, or had children taught by, a local teacher who earned his or her teaching credentials at Mount Senario College? Even many of our social workers and po- lice officers earned their degrees at Mount Senario College.”

Accepting the award on behalf of the Sisters, Sister Cecilia Fandel said: “One of the Servants of Mary Sisters’ values is service. It’s in our name. It’s what we do. However, what was accom- Above: Sue Farrell (left) on behalf of the Greater Ladysmith Area Chamber plished here in Rusk County was due not only to the Sisters. The Sisters of Commerce presents the Legacy have always worked in collaboration with the people in Rusk County. So as Award to the Servants of Mary, repre- you celebrate us, we, in turn, thank you for all you have done to make these sented here by Sister Cecilia Fandel. wonderful accomplishments possible.”

The first Sisters came to Ladysmith in 1912 to teach at the parochial school, community by volunteering in any which continues to this day. Once there, they saw the unmet needs of the number of programs and organi- local community and worked to address them. Over the years, the Sisters zations and, through the Servite raised money to build and staff a hospital, school of nursing, nursing home, Center for Life, creating a spiritual college, and ecumenical spirituality outreach program. space and providing enrichment programs for the people of the area. At their peak, the Servants of Mary numbered over 180 women. Today, The Sisters’ grounds, which are though smaller in number, the Sisters continue to contribute to the local open to the public, include a laby- rinth, rain garden, Native American medicine wheel, peace pole, flower garden, and Sisters’ cemetery.

performing, and I was looking Each year the Chamber of Com- for something fun to do. merce presents awards in a variety Singing relieves tension from of categories to recognize individu- the responsibilities of work als and organizations for outstand- and community.” Among her ing service to the community. This favorite selections is “Ashokan year, the Chamber presented thir- Farewell,” whose haunting teen awards. Nancy Wheeler, who melody was the theme song for nominated the Servants of Mary, the Ken Burns PBS special on was herself honored with the Com- the Civil War. munity Leader of the Year Award. North Cedar Academy, located on Left: Sister Rita Stoeberl cantors the campus of the former Mount at St. Mary of Vernon Catholic Church in Indian Creek, Illinois. Senario College, received the New Venture of the Year Award. 7 In Memoriam

Sr. Mary Catherine Sr. Bonnie Alho, OSM Izral, OSM 1942–2017 1919–2016

She entered the Servants of Mary in 1939 and professed first vows in 1941.

She earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of St. Catherine and a master’s from the Univer- sity of Minnesota. She taught in Catholic elementary schools in Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Illinois for 35 years and later taught religious education and did sacristy work at St. Agnes Parish in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

In 2007, she retired to Regina Se- nior Living. Sister Bonnie Alho, 74, died peace- fully on January 28, 2017, at Dove She was preceded in death by her Healthcare in Rice Lake, Wiscon- parents and five sisters. She is sur- sin, following a short struggle with Sister Mary Catherine Izral, 97, vived by her brother John, a retired liver cancer. died peacefully on November 17, Catholic priest living in Mississip- 2016, at Regina Senior Living, pi, and by the Servite Sisters, with She was born in Superior, Wiscon- Hastings, Minnesota. Earlier that whom she shared life for 77 years. year, she celebrated her 75th jubi- sin, on February 6, 1942, to Jack lee of religious profession. and Agnes (Osman) Alho, the old- est of two children. She joined the She was born in Chicago on April Servants of Mary in 1958 as a high 30, 1919, to John and Teresa (Za- school junior. When she became hora) Izral, who immigrated to the a novice in 1960, she received the U.S. from Jablonka, a village in name Sister Mary Thaddeus. She Austria-Hungary that today is part later returned to her baptismal of Poland. Her family moved to a name. farm in Catawba, Wisconsin, when she was in first grade. She earned a bachelor’s in educa- tion from Mount Senario College, After completing high school she Ladysmith, a master’s in religious moved back to Chicago, where she education from St. Thomas Uni- worked in the hosiery department versity, Houston, and a certificate at Sears “when they still had silk in clinical pastoral education from socks,” she would say with a grin. St. Francis Hospital, La Crosse. 8 In Memoriam

Sr. Teresa Schueller, OSM 1930–2017 She also participated in the Minis- ter’s in counseling psychology from try to Ministers program at Oblate Loyola University Chicago; and a School of Theology, San Antonio. certificate in spiritual direction from St. Norbert College, De Pere. She taught for eleven years in Catholic elementary schools in Il- Her teaching career spanned nine- linois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and teen years. She taught in elemen- Wisconsin. She served for eleven tary schools staffed by the Ser- years on the staff of the Diocese vants of Mary in Minnesota, West of Superior’s Religious Education Virginia, New Jersey, Illinois, and Department. She ministered for Wisconsin; she was principal of Sa- ten years as director of religious cred Heart School in Almena; and she taught at Servite High School education at our Lady of Sorrows in Ladysmith. While teaching at Parish, Ladysmith, and for thirteen Servite High, she also oversaw the years as pastoral associate at St. aspirants, who were high school Joseph Parish, Rice Lake. students seeking to be Sisters.

In the Diocese of Superior, she In the Diocese of Superior, she Sister Teresa Schueller, 87, died served on the Diocesan Deacon worked for Catholic Charities in peacefully on February 24, 2017, Board and the Superior Mutual Superior and Rhinelander, was a at Ladysmith Care Community in Ministry Team. She helped establish liaison to wives and families in the Ladysmith. the Marriage Encounter program Permanent Deaconate Program, and the Teens Encounter Christ, and served as a pastoral associate She was born at St. Mary’s Hos- Fiat, and Quest programs for teen- at Our Lady Queen of the Universe pital in Ladysmith on February agers. She helped organize the Parish in Woodruff. 24, 1930, to William and Isabella Wisconsin Directors of Religious (Franzen) Schueller of Jump River, Education Federation and served on She was a counselor with Lutheran the youngest of four children. its board. She also served as assis- Social Services and initiated the Christian Counseling Service in the tant to the Saint Peregrine Commu- She attended the one-room Pioneer Woodruff-Rhinelander area. She nity of Secular Servites. School in Jump River for grades was a hospice chaplain with Dr. 1–8 and graduated from St. Mary’s Kate Home Health & Hospice in An avid sports fan, she especially High School in Ladysmith, where Woodruff and also ministered as a enjoyed cheering on the Green Bay she was taught by Servite Sisters. psychotherapist and spiritual guide. Packers. She entered the convent in Lady- smith in 1948 and received the She was preceded in death by her She was preceded in death by her name Sister Mary Loyola. She later parents, two brothers and a sister. parents. She is survived by her returned to her baptismal name. brother Gregg, nephew Kieran, She is survived by a sister-in-law, Anna, nieces and nephews, and niece Tammie, and the Servite Sister Teresa earned a bachelor’s the Servite Sisters, with whom she Sisters, with whom she shared life degree in home economics from Vit- shared life for 69 years. for 59 years. erbo University, La Crosse; a mas- 9 Grateful Student Thanks Sister Years Later Every once in a while, we hear a heartwarming story of how a Servite Sis- ter changed someone’s life. Don Tardifff Recently, Don Tardiff of Frenchtown, New Jersey, sent us this note of ap- (left) in eighth preciation for a Servite Sister who made a lasting difference in his life: grade, and (below) I had always wanted to thank Sister Mary Eileen McGing for helping me way back in 1964 (8th grade) at St. Joe’s in Carteret. She made my father with his wife. George make sure I was at the school every morning on Saturday so she could work on my stuttering and word vocabulary because, as she said, and I quote: “Don will never make it through high school with his stutter- ing.” Basically, in 1965 I was going to get bullied. Well, that young lady managed to pull it off, and I made it through high school, the work place, family (three kids, three grandkids), and life. I have not stut- tered since 1965. (Correction: I did stutter when I first tried to introduce myself to my now wife of 42 years at a high school dance when I first saw her.) My only regret in life was that I did not get a chance to thank Sister Mary Eileen while she was still with us – but I always thought of her. I would like it if a prayer is said over her resting site if possible in my name, maybe on her birthday or at your convenience. Thank you very much. If you have a memorable story about a Servite Sister Sr. Mary Eileen that you would like to share, please send it to Servite Sisters Today, PO Box 389, Ladysmith, Wis. 54848, or [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you.

Sister Scarecrow and Sister Rosemary This fall Sisters Rosemary Fandel, De Lourdes Plourde, Marguerite Samz, and Cecilia Fandel, aided by our administra- tive assistant Mary Heintz, participated in Rusk County’s annual “Leaf it to Rusk” festival by entering Sister Scare- crow in the scarecrow display. Pictured here is Sister Rosemary with their not- so-scary creation.

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Bonnie Alho, In memory of S. M. Robert Bayer, Jean & John OSM Semerau, OSM 11 Early, Elizabeth Franceschini, Rev. Eugene Groothousen, Nancy & Harris, Elizabeth C. Eckerman, Marie C. Mark, OSM Joseph In honor of S. M. Lucy Franciscan Sisters of In memory of S. Bonnie Alho, Daniels, OSM Effertz, Jane & John, OSSM OSM In memory of S. Teresa Perpetual Adoration Harter, Penny & Rick Schueller, OSM Francois, Joan Gruenke, Charlie Hayek, John J. In memory of S. Teresa In memory of Sharon Hayek Effertz, Angela & Kevin Freire, Guillermo Schueller, OSM In honor of S. M. Dominica Fromolz, Delores & Mike Hayes, Lyle N.* Effertz, OSM Guentner, Rev. Hugh M., In memory of S. M. Catherine OSM Hegy, Pierre Effertz, Amanda & Scott A. Izral, OSM In memory of S. M. Roberta Heidgen, Mary Ellen & Eggert, Robin* Fuchs, Donna Mae & Family Prince, OSM Charles F. Ehren, Catherine In memory of Paul Geo. 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Motherhouse Pipe Organ Gets New Life On the evening of Sunday, October 1, 200 music lovers Sisters Virginia Schwartz and Barbara Thomalla repre- gathered in the Spooner High School auditorium for the sented the Servite Sisters at the event. “The concert was first public concert on the newly installed 340-pipe Wicks just lovely,” said Sister Virginia. “It was fascinating to organ. The organ was a gift to the Spooner School District watch Lynn play parts of some songs with only her feet,” from the Ladysmith Servite Sisters, who purchased it for she added. Sister Barbara was interested to learn that very their motherhouse chapel in 1960 from United Organ few high schools have a pipe organ. Howard Nolte, the Company in Milwaukee. The 340-pipe organ has 26 master technician who installed the organ in Spooner, said stops and contains all four families of pipe organ tone: the he knows of one in Hibbing and one in Duluth. diapason, flute, string, and reed. Though this organ is more than a half-century old, that is Over the years, many Sisters played the organ and taught not old for an organ, according to Nolte. Some organs in many more to play. Finding a suitable time to practice Europe are more than 500 years old, and because the pipes could be a dicey proposition. The chaplain’s quarters do not deteriorate with age, an organ could make music adjoined the chapel, and many’s the time that an irate priest forever if properly maintained. had his afternoon nap disturbed by a Sister playing the organ at full throttle. The concert was organized by the Intermezzo Music Club, an area association that promotes live music performance When the Sisters sold their motherhouse in 2010, they and awards scholarships to area youth. Proceeds from the started looking for a home for the organ. Timothy Kern, concert were donated to the Organ Fund of the Spooner a music teacher at Spooner Elementary School, had Education Foundation for remaining installation and future played it at the motherhouse on a number of occasions. maintenance costs. He urged the Sisters to put it in the Spooner High School auditorium,“For students, teachers, and community to play and enjoy.” The Sisters agreed. Their commitment to the education of youth, along with their longtime ties to the Timothy Kern, Spooner community – beginning in 1958 when they arrived pictured here with to teach at St. Francis de Sales School – convinced them Sister Barbara this would be an ideal home for the treasured instrument. Thomalla (left) and Sister At the dedication concert in Spooner, the audience heard Virginia Schwartz, pieces that demonstrated the wide range and gorgeous convinced the sound that the organ produces. Lynn Emmons, associate Sisters to donate organist at First Congregational United Church of Christ their chapel organ in Eau Claire, said that the reed stop on this organ had the to the Spooner most beautiful sound of any she had played. School District.