2026 Jubilarians
Religious jubilarians honored
PALM BEACH GARDENS | Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez paid tribute to the dedicated service of six women celebrating anniversaries of 25, 60, 65 and 70 years in consecrated life during a Mass May 9 at the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola. The jubilarians are:
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Poor Clare Sister Maria Linda M. Pamulo.
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Claretian Missionary Sister Margarita Gomez, who was the only jubilarian in attendance.
Carmelite Sister Alice Webster.
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Sacred Heart of Mary Sister Angela Ospina.
Mercy Sister Diane Russo.
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Claretian Missionary Sister Teresa Tabraue.
At the start of the Saturday vigil liturgy, Bishop Rodríguez urged the faithful to pray for them, “and in particular, we rejoice with Sister Margarita on the 60th anniversary of her full life as a religious, and many of those 60 years spent in hard, effective work here in the Diocese of Palm Beach as a professor at St. Vincent Seminary and working as God’s witness in so many parishes and communities here.”
“Because of your wonderful witness as a religious sister, we also give thanks to the Lord and pray for your good health, and also pray that other young women could join religious life in the different communities present in our diocese to continue the ministry and the apostolate that you have inspired,” he said.
Concelebrants at the Mass included Bishop Emeritus Gerald M. Barbarito; Father Gavin Badway, cathedral rector; Father Michael Cairnes, parochial vicar; Carmelite Father Michael Driscoll; and Father Kevin McQuone of St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary.
In his homily, Bishop Rodríguez spoke about the impact of women and men religious on the church.
“We praise the name of the Lord and we give thanks to the Lord for their lives and their dedication,” the bishop said. “And we also, in a special way, look at their lives with eyes of hope because every time, my dear sisters, my dear brothers, God blesses our families, or blesses our community, or our parishes, our diocese with a religious vocation, the future is there. It means that really in that
community, in that family, in that parish, in that diocese, the work of the Lord, the work of evangelization, the presence of the church is producing good fruits.”
Following the Mass, the religious and clergy enjoyed a catered dinner in the cathedral hall. Each of the jubilarians was asked to submit a short reflection on their life and ministry. Their following responses were edited for brevity and clarity.
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PALM BEACH GARDENS | Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito recognized the dedicated service of five women and one man celebrating anniversaries of 25, 50, 60 and 70 years in consecrated life during a Mass May 11 at the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola. The jubilarians are:
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• Sister Jadwiga Drapala, Sisters of the Most Holy Soul of Christ the Lord
• Sister Mabel Gonzalez, Servants of St. Joseph
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• Christian Brother Daniel Aubin
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• Dominican Sister Elizabeth Dunn
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• Dominican Sister Barbara Duffy
• Dominican Sister Yolanda Pomante
The Diocese of Palm Beach also acknowledged the 60-year milestone of Passionist Brother Edward Hall, who moved to New York in February, and the 70-year anniversary of Sister Ana Mae Frenzik, School Sisters of Notre Dame, who moved to Connecticut in April.
Sister Drapala, who is the diocesan delegate for religious, requested biographical information from each of the jubilarians currently in the diocese. The following are summaries of the submitted information...
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2023 Jubilarians
Religious jubilarians celebrated
May 18, 2023
Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito honored nine women religious celebrating 60-, 65- and 70-year jubilees of profession during a Mass and dinner May 13 at the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola in Palm Beach Gardens. The jubilarians include 60-year jubilarians and fellow Carmelites, Sister Ann Dailey and Sister M. Kevin Patricia Lynch; 65-year jubilarians Dominican Sister Barbara Becker, School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Dooley and Franciscan Sister Betty Frascino; and 70-year jubilarians Carmelite Sister Pauline Breconier, Carmelite Sister Elena Castaneda, Mercy Sister Barbara Hamm and School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Oliver Hudon. Two of the sisters weren’t able to attend the celebration.
