Eight Sisters of Saint Benedict celebrated anniversaries of monastic profession Monday, July 26, at Mount Saint Benedict Monastery, Crookston, MN. Sisters Caroline Liebl and Edwin McDunn celebrated 75 years since they first made monastic profession. Both sisters served many years as teachers. Sister Caroline served in Asherton, TX and also in schools in the Crookston Diocese. Sister Edwin taught for many years in Bogota, Colombia, South America and in schools in Minnesota.
Celebrating 70 years of monastic profession were Sisters Brigetta Buckley, Eulalia Brophy, Joan LaCoursiere and Edith Bedard. Sisters Brigetta, Eulalia and Joan served as teachers throughout most of their lives. Sister Eulalia also served for a short time at the Chancery of the Diocese of Crookston. Sister Brigetta, for many years, was the secretary to the Prioress of the Sisters of Saint Benedict. For four years, Sister Joan served as the Prioress of the Sisters of Saint Benedict. Sister Edith ministered in domestic service in convents and hospitals sponsored by the Benedictine Sisters. For many years she worked in domestic service at the Chancery of the Diocese of Crookston.
Sister Jeannine Spain, who celebrated 60 years of monastic profession, served as a nurse in hospitals sponsored by the Sisters of Saint Benedict and for several years with the Community Action Council of South Texas in Rio Grande City.
Sister Kathleen McGeary celebrated 50 years of monastic profession. She has served as a teacher in Minnesota schools and in south Texas, as subprioress of the Benedictine Sisters, Personnel Director, Director of Vocations and Director of the Live-In Volunteer Program all at Mount Saint Benedict. She also spent 13 years of full-time parish ministry in the Crookston and Fargo Dioceses and is currently a pastoral associate at Holy Rosary Parish in Detroit Lakes, MN.
The sisters renewed their monastic profession in the presence of Sister Lenore Paschke, prioress, and the Sisters of Saint Benedict at a Eucharistic liturgy celebrated by Bishop Michael Hoeppner.
