Filled with gratitude and joy, two Franciscan sisters celebrated their Golden Jubilee and nine sisters their Diamond Jubilee at the Motherhouse in Thuine. The Holy Mass for the occasion, which was celebrated by Canon Theo Paul, with Father Klemens-M. Banse, OFM and many other priests concelebrating, and attended by numerous co-sisters, relatives and guest of the Jubilarians, took place on May 4, 2024 in Christ the King Church.
Rejoicing in these Jubilees were Superior General Sister Maria Cordis Reiker and her Vicaress, Sister M. Maximilia Um, as well as Sister Maria Angelis Hegemann and Sister M. Vitalia Hechler (German Provincial Superior and her Vicaress)
The names of the Jubilarians:
Golden Jubilee |
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| Sister Maria Theresia Goeke | Osnabrück |
| Sister M. Beata Geers | Thuine |
Diamond Jubilee |
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| Sister Maria Franziska Kavermann | Thuine |
| Sister M. Christhilde Hartlage | Fürstenau-Schwagstorf |
| Sister M. Egberta Focke | Thuine |
| Sister M. Dietgarde Kaßner | Fürstenau-Schwagstorf |
| Sister M. Simonis Göttker | Thuine |
| Sister M. Irmgard Lütke-Gehling | Fürstenau-Schwagstorf |
| Sister M. Irmfried Lücke | Thuine |
| Sister M. Raintraud Kaszynski | Ostercappeln |
| Sister M. Dominika Dannebaum | Sögel |
In addition the Jubilarians, the photo also includes the main celebrant, Canon Theo Paul, Father Klemens-M. Banse, OFM and Chaplain in Residence Fr. Paul Schäfer (from Bad Soden am Taunus), as well as the General Superior with her Vicaress (far left) and the Provincial Superior from Fürstenau-Schwagstorf with her Vicaress (far right.) Sister M. Christhilde Hartlage celebrated her Diamond Jubilee in Fürstenau-Schwagstorf.