Eighteen Dominican Sisters of Peace living in Columbus are celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2024.
Being honored for 75 years as a member of the congregation are Sister Miriam Hazy, OP, and Sister Denise Bourgeois, OP, both now at the sisters’ Motherhouse.
Sister Denise spent many years as an educator and as treasurer of a New Orleans congregation that is now part of the Dominican Sisters of Peace and today assists in creating quilts and other items for a women’s shelter. Sister Miriam began her ministry as a teacher in Michigan in 1948 and spent much of her time in pastoral ministry at the sisters’ Our Lady of Lourdes nursing home in Michigan.
Sister Colleen Gallagher, OP, and Sister Mary Ann Connolly, OP, are celebrating 70 years as sisters. Sister Colleen served in areas such as pastoral care to promoter of the arts in Columbus and Sister Mary Ann’s service includes more than 10 years as a missionary and pastoral care in Peru.
Ten sisters who now make Columbus their home are celebrating 65 years as religious.
Sister de Chantal Lorenz, OP, is originally from Columbus. Sister Marlene Dimmerling, OP, spent much of her ministry in education and pastoral ministry and now volunteers in community service. Sister Catherine Malya Chen, OP, spent many years as a nurse at the Mohun Health Care Center in Columbus as well as serving as a nurse and missionary in Peru. Sister Maureen Flanagan, OP, spent years in the teaching and management ministry.
Sisters Colette Heck, OP, and Sister Agnes Gott, OP, spent many years in religious education and spiritual direction, respectively. Sister Rosalie Graham, OP, spent more than 30 years as an educator. Sister Diane Holley, OP, and Sister Mary Catherine Kirkpatrick, OP, both previously served in religious education and pastoral ministry areas. Sister Mary Ann Wiesemann-Mills, OP, served the congregation in leadership roles and was on the Akron Area Interfaith Council.
Three sisters are celebrating 60 years of service.
Sister Carol Gaeke, OP, visits the homebound at Columbus Holy Spirit Church. She was the sisters’ Midwest mission group coordinator from 2015 to 2022 and has been a religious education minister in several states.
Sister Mary Ann Fatula, OP, is a sacristan at the Mohun center and Sister Maura Bartel, OP, is a volunteer there. Sister Mary Ann served for more than 30 years at Ohio Dominican University as a teacher and theology professor and Sister Maura was a teacher and assistant principal at Our Lady of the Elms School in Akron.
Sister Carol Davis, OP, is celebrating 50 years of consecrated life.
She serves on the congregation’s leadership team. She has extensive experience in spiritual direction and counseling and has ministered as a credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor. In addition, she has worked with survivors of sexual abuse and has devoted time to fighting the problem of human trafficking.
Holy Family to host mini-retreat for young women
A mini-retreat for women ages 18 to 30, with talks by Deacon Joey Rolwing and Sister Jose Mary, OSsS, of the Bridgettine Order, will take place at Columbus Holy Family Church, 584 W. Broad St., on Saturday, Aug. 24.
It will begin with Mass at 9 a.m., followed by a light breakfast and discussion of practical ways young women can live the virtues of truth, beauty and goodness.
A donation of $30 to cover event costs is suggested. For more information, contact Avery Hays at averydixon32@gmail.com.
Golf outing will honor Deacon Hawkins
The Stewardship Employment Ministry’s annual golf outing on Sunday, Sept. 22 will honor the memory and legacy of Deacon Mickey Hawkins, who died on May 20 after 23 years of diaconal service at Westerville St. Paul the Apostle Church.
The event will be at Bent Tree Golf Club, 350 Bent Tree Road, Sunbury. Check-in time is noon with a 1 p.m. shotgun start.
The Stewardship Employment Ministry began 16 years ago at St. Paul Church and offers resources, advice and partnerships to help people find and obtain jobs.
For more information, go to https://tinyurl.com/2t6abmzp.
Historian to speak to luncheon club
The Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club will return from its summer break and resume its monthly schedule of meetings on Friday, Sept. 6 at Columbus St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., after the church’s 11:45 a.m. Mass.
Don Schlegel of the Catholic Record Society will speak on the organization’s 50 years of keeping diocesan history. Schlegel is the author of an illustrated history of the diocese and the biographer of its first bishop, Sylvester Rosecrans.
No reservations are necessary. A $12 donation is suggested to cover the cost of the meal.
The club’s next meeting will be on Friday, Oct. 4, when Bishop Earl Fernandes will present his annual report on the diocese to the club. It will be sponsored by The Catholic Foundation.
The September program does not have a sponsor. If you are interested in sponsoring this or another luncheon, contact Pat Foley at foleyp513@gmail.com.
Ladies Order of Hibernians sponsors essay contest
The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians is sponsoring a nationwide essay contest for students in sixth to 12th grades on the subject “The Golden Age of Irish Literature.”
The 1920s are known by that title in Ireland. Contest participants are invited to discover who the Irish novelists, poets and playwrights of the time were, what they wrote and how they brought Irish literature to the global stage. They also are asked to explain why this was a crucial time in Irish history and the effect these individuals had on that history.
Student essayists also are asked to describe which writer was most inspirational to them and the reasons they feel this way.
Cash prizes of as much as $1,000 will be awarded to the winning essays.
For rules and entry details, contact colleengwhite01@gmail.com. Information also is available at www.LadiesAOH.com. The entry deadline is Friday, Nov. 15.