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"The Cenacle is rooted in the faith and efforts of Saint Thérèse Couderc and Father Stephen Terme. Father Terme began his journey of faith in the wake of the French Revolution and its destructive impact upon the faith and the religious formation of the people. As a parish priest and missionary, he helped people rediscover their faith and love of Jesus.
On one of his missions, he met a young woman who told him of her desire to enter religious life. She was Marie Victoire Couderc, who would become Mother Thérèse Couderc. Together they opened a hostel for women pilgrims visiting the shrine of St. John Francis Regins, SJ, in the small French village of Lalouvesc in 1826. With the help of God, providing safe accommodations for pilgrims and providing retreats in those accommodations, especially for women, lead to the foundation of dozens of Cenacle Retreat Houses around the world.
Mother Thérèse’s selfless love and desire to make Jesus known and loved led her to surrender herself to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Her life and faith became the foundation for the Congregation of Our Lady of the Retreat in the Cenacle, the Cenacle Sisters. She was declared a saint by the Church on May 10, 1970 and her feast is celebrated on September 26th." -https://www.cenaclesisters.org/about/
For more information about the Cenacle Sisters, visit: https://www.cenaclesisters.org.For 55 years, the Sisters of the Cenacle faithfully ministered at the Cenacle Retreat House and laid a strong foundation for the Retreat Center. They helped countless women encounter our Lord while at the Cenacle. We are grateful for their many years of ministry in New Orleans!
Below is the list of all of the sisters who served at the Cenacle Retreat House:The First Cenacle Community (Metairie) in 1958:
- Sr. Margaret Byrne, Superior
- Sr. Mary Louise Moore, Assistant
- Sr. Jeannette Kelly, Treasurer
- Sr. Frances Loring, Guest Mistress
- Sr. Dolores Brand
- Sr. Cecilia Early
- Sr. Sarah Agnes Hall
- Sr. Terese Angelica Moreau
- Sr. Rosemary Naber
- Sr. Ann Volkman
- Sr. Pauline Wettrick
- Sr. Mary Katherine Wolf
Other Sisters Who Served in Metairie (in alphabetical order by last name):
- Sr. Rosalie Ambler
- Sr. Anelie Arao
- Sr. Sonia Arao
- Sr. Donna Averyt
- Sr. Jackie Baker
- Sr. Dorothy Marie Barta
- Sr. Jackie Bates
- Sr. Pia Bautista
- Sr. Janice Bemowski
- Sr. Christine Biskupski
- Sr. Virginia Boll
- Sr. Patricia Ann Burke
- Sr. Ruth Ann Burke
- Sr. Ena Caselton
- Sr. Janet Coffey
- Sr. Jill Dearmer
- Sr. Susanne DeCrane
- Sr. Margaret Dugan
- Sr. Kathleen Dunne
- Sr. Barbara Ehrler
- Sr. Emma Exconde
- Sr. Pamela Falkowski
- Sr. Eleanor Fitzgerald
- Sr. Margaret Fitzgibbon
- Sr. Mary Ellen Frey
- Sr. Gretchen Funck
- Sr. Sheila Gairns
- Sr. Judette Gallares
- Sr. Emma Garcia
- Sr. Marguerite Gautreau
- Sr. Patricia Gillespie
- Sr. Ann Goggin
- Sr. Gloria Haagensen
- Sr. Elizabeth Harris
- Sr. Ann Healey
- Sr. Jean Hilger
- Sr. Rose Hoover
- Sr. Nancy Iannantuoni
- Sr. Marilyn Java
- Sr. Evelyn Jegen
- Sr. Mary Jennings
- Sr. Gloria Jernberg
- Sr. Rose Juskiewicz
- Sr. Helen Kabat
- Sr. Joyce Kemp
- Sr. Julia Kennedy
- Sr. Laura Koberlein
- Sr. Rose Kohlmann
- Sr. Carol Kottewitz
- Sr. Lucille Kunz
- Sr. Mary Lapreste
- Sr. Helen Laumann
- Sr. Helen Maney
- Sr. Catherine Martin
- Sr. Kara McKenney
- Sr. Barbara Menard
- Sr. Dorothy Mennis
- Sr. Rita Meynell
- Sr. Elizabeth Mozina
- Sr. Loretta O'Regan
- Sr. Evelyn Ochs
- Sr. Susann Ozuk
- Sr. Patricia Pafco
- Sr. Catherine Quinn
- Sr. Connie Quinn
- Sr. Maria Luz Ramos
- Sr. Jean Reardon
- Sr. Helen Riccio
- Sr. Margaret Rohde
- Sr. Catherine Roberts
- Sr. Agnes Sauer
- Sr. Kathleen Scott
- Sr. Thelma Siglos
- Sr. Anna Mary Sparey
- Sr. Ann Temkin
- Sr. Sarah Ann Towne
- Sr. Felicidad Villareal
- Sr. JoAnn Viviano
- Sr. Alice Weckerle
- Sr. Mary Wehner
- Sr. Mary Westhues
- Sr. Dorothy Wilson
- Sr. Ann Wylder
- Sr. Alice Youman
- Sr. Elizabeth Young
Sources: The Metairie Cenacle Golden Jubilee booklet, June 22, 2008 and North American Province personnel directories, 2008-2013, https://www.cenaclesisters.org/about/