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A publication for the Sisters of Providence and Friends ● WINTER 2011

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INSIDE: Hospitality House closes ● Sisters memorial dedicated ● PPMC anniversary

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T bishop of the Diocese of Spokane, presided at a dedica-tion Mass on October 15 for the Sisters Memorial Plaza at Holy Cross Cemetery, Spokane. The memorial honors the history of women religious in the Northwest. Sisters from many of the communities also had gathered there October 1 for a private viewing.

The congregations represented include Dominican Sisters, OP; Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, FSPA; Sisters of St. Francis of Phila-delphia, OSF: Sisters of the Good Shepherd, RGS; Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, SNJM; Poor Clare Nuns, OSC; Sisters of Charity of Provi-dence, FCSP; and Sisters of Providence, SP.

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Sisters from the various congregations were special guests for the liturgy in the packed mausoleum chapel, which was followed by a procession and blessing ceremony. Two granite walls give the history of religious life in the Spokane region. Each congregation has a smaller granite commemorative stone that bears its logo and the names of sisters buried at Holy Cross Cemetery now and in the future.

Jim Falkner, executive director of Catholic cemeteries for the Spokane Diocese, called together a small committee of sisters represent-ing the Sisters of Providence, Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, and the former Spokane

Dominicans to work on the project. ●

religious life memorial

Providence Hospitality House closes

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