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Meet some of the women and men 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.
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.”
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.
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.