from May 1997 RB "NOTES"
Picture 1 includes Betty and Gerry Millea, Fran Dunnington, Mary and Clarence Kibler, Susie Booze, ?, Rosemary Kinnamon, Mary Ann Palmer, ?Roland Fountain, Elizabeth Owens.
Picture 2 includes Sr. Barbara Ann Gondek, Sr. Mary Paul McLaughlin, and Sr. Claire Ableman
The transfer of leadership of the Oblates of St. Gertrude Monastery took place during the Annual Retreat Day in April. Sr. Mary Paul McLaughlin, Prioress, presided over the ceremony in which Sr. Claire Ableman replaced Sr. Barbara Ann Gondek as Oblate Directress.
Sr. Barbara Ann first began working with the Oblates as an assistant to Sr. Miriam Ruth Wilk, her predessor, from 1988 to 1990. In May, 1990, Sr. Barbara Ann became Oblate Directress, a position she has enjoyed for the last seven years.
Having a Scripture and teaching background as well as possessing a keen interest in the RULE of BENEDICT, had helped prepare Sr. Barbara Ann for this enrichign experience.
"Being Oblate Directress put into practice Benedict's concept of the monastery as 'a school of the Lord's service,'" noted Sr. Barbara Ann. "Although my role was to be the facilitator, at times, I became the student. The experience of being Oblate Directress was an exchange of gifts as Matthew says in his Gospel, 'The gift you have received give as a gift.'"
Sr. Claire Ableman, who has a Scripture and teaching background as well as many years of ...[continued on page 6 which is temporarily not available]
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