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Meet some of the men and women who benefit from the Retirement Fund for Religious.
Sister Rita Polchin, SSCM, 87
“What I know about religion comes primarily from my parents and the parish priest,” says Sister Rita Polchin, 87, a member of the Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Danville, Pennsylvania.Read More »
Father Thomas Greaney, OSM, 79
Originally from Galway, Ireland, Father Thomas Greaney entered the Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites) when he was 24 years old. At the time, he’d already been working for a few years, but, as he says, “I was looking for something to get more involved.”Read More »
Sister Anne Mika, OCD, 92
“My birthday is 2-4, 2-4,” explains Sister Anne Mika, a member of the Discalced Carmelites of Danville, Pennsylvania, who was born February 4, 1924.Read More »
Sister M. Susan Polchin, SSCM, 93
“I thought of being a sister in 10th grade,” says Sister Susan Polchin, a member of the Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Danville, Pennsylvania.Read More »
Sister Cyrilline Biel, 86
Sister Cyrilline Biel, 86, entered the Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius in 1950. The community’s motherhouse in Danville, Pennsylvania, was a long way from her childhood home of Whiting, Indiana. “I’d never seen any mountains until I came here,” she remembers.Read More »
Sister Margaret Kob, OCD, 89
“There’s not much to say about me,” asserts 89-year-old Sister Margaret Kob, with the kind of gentle humility born from a life of contemplation.Read More »
Sister Donna Marie Ivanko, SSCM
The stage brought Sister Donna Marie Ivanko, 81, to religious life, and now she uses the stage to minister in that life.Read More »
Sister Paulette Lendacky, 89
“I loved what they were doing for the Lord,” explains Sister Paulette Lendacky, 89, of her decision to join the Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Danville, Pennsylvania.Read More »
Religious Communities Receive $25 Million Toward Care of Elderly Members
Recently, the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) distributed $25 million in financial assistance to 401 religious communities to aid in the care of senior members.Read More »
New Property Planning Workshop for Religious Communities
On March 14-15, the National Religious Retirement Office hosted a property-planning workshop in Baltimore, Maryland, as part of its Tending the Vineyard initiative.Read More »