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Published March 30. 2024 09:04AMby Bill O’Gurek – [email protected] She wasn’t sure back in 1974 that entering the convent was something she really wanted to do, but on the eve of Easter Sunday of her 50th anniversary in the religious community, Tamaqua native Sr. Lisa Valentini is solid in her commitment to Jesus Christ and…
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Originally Printed by AD TodayBy Gia Myershttps://www.ad-today.com/local/sister-lisas-40-year-mission-spreads-love-of-jesus-around-the-world Reflecting on the year 1982, Sister Lisa Valentini remembers she was preparing to take final vows as a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (I.H.M.) and to teach religion to second-grade students in a Philadelphia Catholic school. She remembers one day reading to…
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APRIL GAMIZ / THE MORNING CALL By DANIEL PATRICK SHEEHAN | The Morning Call PUBLISHED: October 24, 2023 at 10:19 a.m. | UPDATED: October 25, 2023 at 1:26 p.m. Two years ago, Sister Virginia Longcope ostensibly stepped back from her role as director of Stephen’s Place, the halfway house she founded to assist recovering addicts after they left prison. No one believed…
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On May 20, 2023 Sr. Lisa Valentini, MSC was inducted into the Marian High School Hall of Fame, Tamaqua, PA. A very proud 1974 graduate of Marian, Sr. Lisa was recognized for her work with the poor and the marginalized and for providing many young women and men of Marian High School the opportunity to…
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Through the eyes and the heart of Sr. Lisa Valentini, MSC The mighty Rio Grande at Reynosa, Mexico…so close and yet so far for the people struggling to provide a better life for their families. It is December of 2022 and I am a visitor in Texas, one of many volunteers offering compassionate service and…
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Sister Gina Iadanza, MSC, is well known throughout the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, serving as associate director for the Secretariat for Clergy, Formation and Chaplaincy Services for the past 10 years. Dealing with a variety of cultures came naturally with Sister Iadanza as she grew up on military bases around the world with her career Army…
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Sister Lisa, MSC, shares the community story of the Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus. Sister Lisa talks about the founding of the MSC in 1900 in Germany to evangelize and start schools in the South Sea Islands. In 1908 MSC missionaries were sent to the ‘pagan land’ of Pennsylvania! Today there…
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