Jubilees for vowed religious: Their service totals 645 years

Seven nuns with 60 years of service each were among a dozen celebrated at the annual Jubilee Mass last month at St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson.
The cathedral was full as Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, joined by eight priests, led the honorees in a renewal of their professed vows and praised them in his homily.
Altogether, the sisters’ service to the Church totals 645 years.
Special acknowledgement was given to six religious orders that were at work in Arizona when the territory became a state 100 years ago. They are the Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, and Adrian Dominican Sisters.
Celebrating their Diamond Jubilees at 60 years were Sister Mary Luetkemeyer, O.S.B.; Sister Mary Dominic Pacheco, I.H.M.; Sister Clare Renquin, O.C.S.O.; Sister Mary Jane Romero, OSB; Sister Ester Mary Scrivner, C.F.M.M.; Sister Anita Valdez, O.S.B.; Sister Mary Julian Valdez, I.H.M.
Golden Jubilee celebrants at 50 years were Sister Maria Teresa Apalategui, O.P.; Sister Elizabeth Ann Crhistensen, S.D.S.; Sister Mary Anne McElmurry, O.P.; Sister Wilhelmine Galle, I.H.M.
Sister Lynn Alvin, O.P., celebrated her Silver Jubilee at 25 years.