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August 22, 2001
Dominican Sisters of Hope celebrate anniversaries
At a recent gathering at Mount St. Alphonsus in Esopus, N.Y., the Dominican Sisters of Hope honored several jubilarians from around the country observing 50, 60, 70 and 75-year anniversaries.
Among them were Sister Marie Therese McGath and Sister Mary Regis Nuva of Denver and Sister Mary Rose Wittekind of Ossining, N.Y., who once served in Denver.
Sister Marie Therese celebrated her 70th anniversary. Sister Mary Regis and Sister Mary Rose celebrated 50 years.
At a festive meal held during the assembly, each jubilarian was presented with a hope candle and was given special recognition for her gifts and achievements in service to the Church and to the Dominican family.
The Dominican Sisters of Hope were founded in 1995 from the following three Congregations of Dominican Sisters: Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Newburgh, N.Y.; Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor of Ossining, N.Y.; and Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena of Fall River, Mass. The congregation has Centers of Hope in Fall River, Mass.; Newburgh, N.Y.; and Ossining, N.Y. The sisters are committed to proclaiming hope through a variety of ministries. They have members serving in 31 dioceses in 20 states and Puerto Rico. Their ministries include education at all levels, health care, spiritual renewal, parish and pastoral work. Their Web address is www.ophope.org.
Sister Mary Regis Nuva, O.P.
Birthplace: Trenton, N.J.
Current residence: Dominican Sisters of Hope, Denver
Date of entrance: Sept. 7, 1951
Date of First Profession of Vows: June 25, 1953
Date of Final Profession of Vows: June 25, 1957
Jubilee: Celebrating 50 years in religious life
Ministry information: Sister Mary Regis earned her R.N. from Misericordia Hospital and her B.S. in allied health from Colorado Women's College. She has been a nurse for the Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency in Denver since 1961. Prior nursing assignments included Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor in Ossining, N.Y. (1951-57); and Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor in the Bronx (1960-61).
Sister Marie Therese McGath, O.P.
Birthplace: Village of Shrule, Galway, Ireland
Current residence: Dominican Sisters of Hope, Denver
Date of entrance: Sept. 8, 1931
Date of First Profession of Vows: June 9, 1933
Date of Final Profession of Vows: June 12, 1936
Jubilee: Celebrating 70 years in religious life
Ministry information:
Sister Marie Therese's ministry has been in home nursing. She received her R.N. at Misericordia Hospital in New York and began her ministry with the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor in the Bronx (1931-39); continued with the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor in Springfield, Ohio, (1939-45); and in Manhattan (1945-46).
She moved to Denver where she did nursing and provided secretarial services (1946-48); then to Cincinnati, where she did bookkeeping besides nursing (1946-48). In 1955 she returned to Denver and has remained here to the present. Her work in Denver has consisted, at various times, of nursing, home visiting, secretarial services, bookkeeping, fund raising and promotion, and coordinating volunteers.
Sister Mary Rose Wittekind, O.P.
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Current residence: Dominican Sisters of Hope, Ossining, N.Y.
Date of entrance: Dec. 8, 1951
Date Of First Profession of Vows: June 24, 1953
Date of Final Profession of Vows: June 25, l956
Jubilee: Celebrating 50 years in religious life
Ministry information: Sister Rose earned her B.S. and M.A. in physical therapy from New York University and R.N. from Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing. Her ministry has been in nursing and physical therapy. Her ministry assignments include case work for the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor Home Health agencies in Manhattan (1952, 1960-64); the Bronx (1954-56, 1965-68); Detroit (1953-54, 1956-60); Denver (1974-79); and Columbus, Ohio (1979-81).
From 1965-68 she was a physical therapy consultant for the agencies in Manhattan, the Bronx and Westchester. Her ministry of physical therapy took her to Metropolitan Hospital in Manhattan (1963-64); Franklin Delano Roosevelt Veterans Administration Hospital in Montrose, N.Y. (1970-74, 1981-92); Brandywine Nursing Home in Briarcliff, N.Y. (1989-95); and St. Mary's Rehabilitation Center for Children in Ossining, N.Y. (1995-01).
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