2. 175th Anniversary

Celebration in Phoenix

March 22, 2009
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Sisters Janet Winandy, Anna Marie Sanders and Peg Williams look through the doors of the former St. Mary's Elementary School that double as the entrance to the Memory Garden where the school once stood. Numerous CPPS Sisters served at St. Mary's. Photo by Sister Judy Kroeger, C.PP.S.
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Sisters Janet Winandy, Anna Marie Sanders and Peg Williams look through the doors of the former St. Mary's Elementary School that double as the entrance to the Memory Garden where the school once stood. Numerous CPPS Sisters served at St. Mary's. Photo by Sister Judy Kroeger, C.PP.S.

  • Sisters Janet Winandy, Anna Marie Sanders and Peg Williams look through the doors of the former St. Mary's Elementary School that double as the entrance to the Memory Garden where the school once stood. Numerous CPPS Sisters served at St. Mary's. Photo by Sister Judy Kroeger, C.PP.S.
  • Plaque located above the door to the Memory Garden where St. Mary's Elementary School once stood. Photo by Sister Judy Kroeger, C.PP.S.
  • Sister Benita Volk proclaims a Scripture reading during the liturgy at St. Mary's Basilica. Phoenix was one of the sites for celebrations marking the 175th anniversary of the Sisters of the Precious Blood. Photo by Ambria Hammel, The Catholic Sun, <a href="http://www.catholicsun.org">http://www.catholicsun.org</a>
  • Sister Jeanette Buehler, CPPS vice president, and Sister Terry Maher sing during the Mass. Sister Jeanette also led the sisters in a renewal of vows. Photo by Ambria Hammel, The Catholic Sun, <a href="http://www.catholicsun.org">http://www.catholicsun.org</a>
  • Franciscan Father Howard Hall was the homilist for the liturgy. Photo by Ambria Hammel, The Catholic Sun, <a href="http://www.catholicsun.org">http://www.catholicsun.org</a>
  • Franciscan Father Vincent Mesi, St. Mary’s pastor and presider at the Mass, accepts the gifts of bread and wine from Sisters Mary Louise Hoelscher and Dorothy Koenig. Both sisters have served in the Southwest for decades, especially among the Native American and Hispanic peoples. Photo by Ambria Hammel, The Catholic Sun, <a href="http://www.catholicsun.org">http://www.catholicsun.org</a>
  • Tom Egan, director of Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Phoenix, displays a photo of the late and legendary Sister Luca Junk who served in Catholic Charities for many years. The photo hangs in Catholic Charities’ office. Egan had received the congregation’s donation from Sister Jeanette Buehler, right, during the Mass. At left is Sister Eleanor McNally. Photo by Sister Judy Kroeger, C.PP.S.
  • Twenty-one Sisters of the Precious Blood gathered for a prayer service to remember 15 sisters who served in the region and are buried at St. Francis Cemetery. Pictured, from left, Sisters Anna Maria Sanders, Marita Beumer, Genny Volk, Jeanette Buehler, Margo Young, Terry Walter, Terry Maher and Katie Lett. Photo by Ambria Hammel, The Catholic Sun, <a href="http://www.catholicsun.org">http://www.catholicsun.org</a>
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