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People & Placesb In October 2010, Sister Janet Jeffers was namedexecutive director of Catholic Social Services ofLackawanna and Wayne counties in Pennsylvania. As alicensed nursing home administrator, Sister Janet holdsmaster’s degrees in both business administration andhospital and healthcare administration. In the past, SisterJanet was administrator of planning and developmentat Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, a member ofthe congregation’s administration, and administrator fornursing operations at Our Lady of Consolation in WestIslip, NY.b Recognized for outstanding leadership and hercommitment to creating successful learning communities,Sister Rosemaron Rynn, principal of Little FlowerSchool in Bethesda, Maryland was named a 2010 NationalDistinguished Principal by the National Associationof Elementary School Principals (NAESP). Under herleadership, Little Flower School, which has 279 studentsin pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, received theUnited States Department of Education’s Blue RibbonAward for Excellence in 2008. In October 2010, SisterRosemaron joined other honorees for two days of activitiesand an awards dinner.b Sister Catherine Sitja y Balbastro became a UScitizen during a ceremony held at Federal Plaza inManhattan on September 3, 2010. She was among 150people representing 28 countries who took this solemnoath to our country. As a new citizen, Sister Katiereceived a congratulatory letter from President Obamaalong with copies of the US Constitution and Declarationof Independence.b Sisters Annmarie Sanders and Chris Koellhofferattended the opening reception for the Women and SpiritCatholic Sisters in America exhibit on Ellis Island onSeptember 22, 2010. Sister Annmarie was a member ofthe Women & Spirit History Committee and Sister Chrisserved on the Public Relations Committee. In October2010, IHM Sisters and friends from Scranton traveled toNew York where they were joined by IHM sisters frommissions in New York to experience the display. Theexhibit was on display from September 24, 2010, throughJanuary 22, 2011b The leadership teams of the Sisters of IHM, Sistersof St. Casimir, and Sisters of SS Cyril and Methodiusmet in November at the SSCM motherhouse in Danville,Pennsylvania. The joint meeting included prayer, updateson each congregation’s activities, and discussion aboutfuture collaborative efforts on a tri-community level.Lent begins March 9Order your ReflectionBooks Today!Fourteen IHM Sisters and friends share their reflectionsfor each week of Lent, the Triduum, and the Easter Season.The photography of Sister Jan Marie Kalyan is featured throughoutthe book.For Orders:570-346-5404 orcommunications@sistersofihm.org$7.00 per bookIHMs Honored for Serviceat St. John the EvangelistIHM Sisters who served at St. John the Evangelist Parish in SilverSpring, Maryland, were honored at a parish picnic on September 19,2010, marking the school’s sixtieth (diamond) anniversary. bPictured with Bishop Barry C. Knestout, Auxiliary Bishop of Washingtonare: front row L-R Sisters Mary Ellen Malloy, Roberta Harding,Kathleen Lannak, Mercille Schneider, Rosemary Goulet, and MaryLambert Rossi. Second row are Sisters Mary Mercy Gilbart, DoreenWillis, Ellen Maroney, Daniel Mary Heisey, and Lisa Perkowski.In the back row are Sister Theresa McElroy, Bishop Barry Knestout,Sisters Lois Buckley, and Maureen Schrimpe, and the pastor,Msgr. John Pennington.2 Spring 2011