Sr. Patricia McDermott celebrates her 60^th Jubilee this year. Sr. Patricia’s education includes: St. Joseph High School, West New York, NJ where she graduated in 1960; Ladycliff College, Highland Falls, NY where she earned a BA in Chemistry in 1971; and Loyola University, Chicago, IL where she received a MA in Religious Education in 1975. Her certifications include: Certified Mid-Life Directions Consultant and a Pastoral Care Specialist from the Creative Living Counseling Center of Mental Health Associates, Inc.

Early in her career, Sr. Patricia spent many years teaching at a number of schools including Our Lady of Holy Angels, Little Falls, NJ; Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, NY; Holy Family High School, Union City, NJ; Holy Family Elementary School, Union City, NJ; and St. Benedict School, Chicago, IL. Then she moved into other ministries including Director of Religious Education at Assumption Parish, Morristown, NJ and as Outreach to Senior Citizens for SHARE, Diocese of Paterson, NJ.
Sr. Patricia then became the Provincial Director of Ministry and then Assistant Provincial at Mt. St. Francis in Peekskill, NY. In 1985 she went back to parish ministry at St. Anthony in Passaic as Director of Religious Education. Then she became the Director of Formation for the congregation from 1988 to 1995. During that time, she also became the Pastoral Associate for Catechetics at Holy Rosary Parish in Edgewater, NJ. From 1991-1995 Sr. Patricia also served on the Council of the FSP Leadership Team. From 1995-1997, she served as the Assistant Congregation Minister. From 1998-2015, Sr. Patricia served as Pastoral Associate at St. John Parish in Leonia, NJ. From 2011-2019, she served again as a Council member. She also served as a volunteer on the Adult Faith Formation Team as St. John Parish in Leonia until 2017 when she retired. Sr. Patricia currently resides at Marian Woods where she is very engaged.

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Sr. Kathryn joyfully celebrates her 60^th anniversary as a Franciscan Sister of Peace. Her education includes the following: Holy Angels Academy in Demarest, NJ – graduated 1959;
Ladycliff College in Highland Falls, NY – graduated 1967 with a BA in Social Science;
Hunter College City University in New York – graduated 1971 with a MA in Political Science;
Fordham University in Bronx, NY – graduated 1977 with a MA in Religious Studies.

Her ministry experience has impacted in a meaningful way all the people she has worked with over these many years. Sr. Kathryn began teaching in three of our elementary schools: Assumption in Peekskill, St. Teresa in North Tarrytown and at Sacred Heart in Highland Falls. She then moved to New York City where she began her full-time study at Hunter College City University. During that time, she also spent a year at the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Home in the Bronx. From there Sr. Kathryn went to Ladycliff College in Highland Falls, NY where she spent seven years, both teaching Political Science and as superior of the convent. In 1976, she received a fellowship to study at Fordham University where she completed a MA in Religious Studies and Campus Ministry. From there, the next four years were spent as part of the Campus Ministry Team at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University. In 1981, Sr. Kathryn was elected Provincial Superior of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Peekskill where she served for four years. In 1985, she was named the Administrator of the Franciscan Sisters of Peace. It was under Sr. Kathryn’s leadership that the establishment of the new religious institute in New York became a reality.

In 1988, Sr. Kathryn became Program Director of the Mariandale Retreat Center as well as a Retreat Director. In 1997, she became an Adjunct Faculty for Spiritual Direction in the School of Religion and Religious Education at Fordham University in the Bronx, NY. From 2000 to 2006, she was the Novice Minister at the Eastern Franciscan Common Novitiate. During these years, she also served as the Coordinator of the Franciscan Sisters of Peace New Membership Team. From 2003 until 2011, she served on two Franciscan Sisters of Peace Leadership Councils. In October of 2004 to 2015, Sr. Kathryn became the Pastoral Associate at St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish in New York City. From 2015 until the present, she continues doing spiritual direction. In 2019, Sr. Kathryn moved to St. John’s Convent in Leonia, NJ.

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Sr. Charlotte Koch is celebrating her 60^th Jubilee this year. Sr. Charlotte’s education includes: Ladycliff Academy, Highland Falls, NY where she graduated in 1960; Ladycliff College, Highland Falls, NY where she received a BA in History in 1970; City College, New York where she earned a MS in Social Studies in 1975 and Montclair State University, Montclair NJ where she earned 26 credits towards Administration Supervision. Her certifications include: New York State Permanent in Nursery and Kindergarten through Grade 6 and New Jersey Permanent in Elementary School.

Sr. Charlotte spent many years teaching including the following schools: St. James, Totowa, NJ; Holy Family, Union City, NJ; Guardian School, Peekskill, NY; Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, NY; St. Joseph, NY; St. John, Fairview, NJ; St. Philip, Clifton, NJ; Visitation Academy, Paramus, NJ; Hillside Catholic Academy, Hillside, NJ; Holy Trinity, Hackensack, NJ; St. John, Leonia, NJ. She also spent several years as a substitute religious education teacher at St. John, Leonia, NJ and as a Life Source Service Hospice volunteer at Bergen Regional Hospital, Paramus, NJ. In 2016, Sr. Charlotte retired to Marian Woods.

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Sr. Carolyn Nicolai celebrates her 60^th Jubilee this year. Sr. Carolyn’s education includes: Butler High School, Butler, NJ where she graduated in 1958; Miller Secretarial School where she graduated in 1959; Ladycliff College, Highland Falls, NY where she received a BA in Spanish and Education in 1971; St. Joseph Seminary, Yonkers, NY where she received a MA in Religious Education in 1978. Her certifications include: NJ Permanent Teacher in Elementary Education; Certificate in Residence for Elderly in 1982; Employee of the Year Award from the Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona in 1986 and again in 1996.

Sr. Carolyn began her career in education as a teacher in the following schools: St. Joseph, West New York, NJ; Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Home, Bronx, NY where she was also a group mother; St. Leo, Elmwood Park, NJ; St. John, Fairview, NJ; St. Patrick, Yorktown, NY; and Holy Angels, Little Falls, NJ. Sr. Carolyn then moved to assume administrator responsibilities from 1980-1981 at the Eugene Kennedy Residence, Pompton Plains, NJ and also at Bethany Residence, Wayne, NJ from 1980-1984. She also served for one year as the Administrator of the Christian Doctrine Elderly Sisters who resided at St. Ursula Convent in Mt. Vernon, NY.

In 1986 she served for three years as Pastoral Associate at St. Nicholas in Passaic, NJ. From 1989-1991 she served as Pastoral Associate at St. Joseph in Winslow, AZ and from 1991-1994 at Kateri Tekawitha in Tucson, AZ. From 1994 to 2015, Sr. Carolyn was the Diocesan Director of Pastoral Ministry to Nursing Homes in the Diocese of Tucson, AZ. In 2015, Sr. Carolyn retired and still resides in Tucson, AZ where she does a weekly communion service in an assisted living home, brings Holy Communion to the sick and has a telephone ministry.

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Sr. Christina celebrates her 50^th Jubilee this year. Her education includes: Ladycliff Academy, Mohegan Lake, NY where she graduated in 1969; St. Leo University, Tampa, FL where she attended from 1969-1970; St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, NY where she took classes from 1970-1972 and Ladycliff College, Highland Falls, NY where she received a BA in Psychology in 1975. Her certifications include: Archdiocese of New York, Permanent Certification in Teaching; On-Site Manager Certificate in Registered Assisted Housing in New Jersey. Sr. Christina’s has affiliations with the following: 1989 - National Science Foundation Grants; Teaching Science Experiments to Teachers; Assisted Housing Manager from H.U.D. (Government) & N.J.H.M. & F.A. in Trenton; 1994-99 Notary Public, Passaic County, NJ and 1999-04 Notary Public, Passaic County, NJ.

Sr. Christina has taught in two schools: St. Patrick, Verplanck, NY from 1974-1978 and St. Bonaventure, Paterson, NJ from 1978-1990.  Since 1990 up to the present Sr. Christina has been working at Martin de Porres Village, in Paterson, NJ in several capacities including On-Site Manager of the Village 146 Apartments from 1990-1996, Youth Director from 1996-2007 and presently as Director of the Learning Center since 2007. Sr. Christina currently resides in Elizabeth, NJ.

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