News & Current Events

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Keep update with the Province.  The June issue of the US Province Newsletter was just published.  Read it HERE.

Contact Your State Senators & Representatives! Three Immigration Bills Anti-Registry Program Act  (SB 3488)   This bill would bar state and local agencies in Illinois from creating or participating in any program that collects personal information to use to identify state residents based on their race, religion, ...

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September 23, 2018 Loretto Gala    

The photos are in from the 3rd Annual Loreto Sisters Appreciation Tea held May 5, 2018.  An Irish Tea was the theme this year and over 100 people attended.  The Phoenix IBVM Associates proudly host this event every spring.  View the entire photo album.  

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Canadian Province May Newsletter   Spain Province May Newsletter

Follow the work of IBVM at the UN.  "It's Your World"  published May 2018       Welcome to UN Update No 32 where you will find lots of information and stories. Three years after a ground-breaking commitment, we ask: Why bother with the Sustainable Development Agenda (SDGs)? We were part...

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All IBVM Associates Welcome!  Cement your spiritual connections with other IBVM associates during this monthly, casual, drop-in coffee time at Panera Bread in Wheaton held on the first Saturday. Our next gathering will be Saturday, June 2, from 10-11:30 in the meeting room at Panera Bread, 25 Rice Lake Square, in Wheaton...

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Art at the Intersection of Art and Spirituality Sept. 28 to Oct. 31    Reception October 28, 3-5 Franciscan Promenade 26 W 171 Roosevelt Rd. Wheaton, Il 60187

JPIC May Calendar

May 2018 Newsletter

Entered Life: January 26, 1934   Entered Religious Life:  September 8, 1951 Entered Eternal Life:  November 20, 2017 "For Me to Live is Christ"   On January 26, 1934, God was ready to give the world a big surprise, but had to think about it.  God wanted to be sure the rest of the world wa...

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Entered Eternal Life:  September 27, 2017. Sister Concepta ministered in Phoenix, Arizona from 1959 to 1963, when she was called back to Ireland to teach math and science in Navan, Ireland. In 1985 she returned to Arizona to teach at St. Simon and Jude School, and then Religious Education and RCIA at St. Gregory Parish. Upon re...

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Entered Life: July 2, 1942   Entered Religious Life: October 8, 1961 Entered Eternal Life:  June 17, 2017 "Giving Thanks and Singing for Joy"   Gail (Sr. Jane Patrice, Sr. Jane) McKirchy was born in 1942 and was raised in Chicago, Illinois. She first met the IBVM Sisters at St. Bride Elementary School. ...

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