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October 30, 2002
Two Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth celebrate golden jubilees
Sisters Rose Perko and Regina Green honored for 50 years of service
Two local Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth recently celebrated 50 years of religious life. Celebrating their golden jubilees were Sisters Rose Anthony Perko and Regina Ann Green.
Sister Perko was born in Denver on Oct. 21, 1933, to Ted and Bonnie Perko. She graduated from Annunciation High School in 1951. She entered the Novitiate of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth in Kansas on Feb. 11, 1953. She professed her first vows on Feb. 22, 1955, and final vows on Feb. 22, 1961.
Sister Perko was a primary grade teacher from 1955-67. She held numerous positions in the community until 1984, when she became purchasing agent for Denver Archdiocesan Housing Community until 1989. She then returned to the motherhouse, where she presently resides.
On June 23 she proudly celebrated her 50-year golden jubilee before family and friends in the Annunciation Chapel at the motherhouse.
Sister Regina Ann Green, the eighth child of John W. Green and Anna Mary Ast, was born in rural eastern Colorado. After four years of education in a local public high school, she worked for several years. She enjoyed dancing and music while discerning what she wanted to do with her life. She felt a strong calling to join a community of sisters.
The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth stood out because of their works of charity. She entered their novitiate on Oct. 4, 1952. She began her teaching career with elementary school children. She taught for 26 years in the states of Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. She also worked in St. John's Hospital in California and did parish work at Holy Trinity in Colorado Springs and in Montrose, Colo. After completing her master's in religious studies, she served as director of religious education at St. James Parish in Denver for 14 years.
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