Sister Leone Juszczyk (Sister Evantia) will celebrate her 80 years as a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis June 11 at the St. Joseph Motherhouse, Stevens Point. Also celebrating will be Sister Catherine Keiliszewski, who marks 60 years with the community.

Jubilee is a celebration of the anniversary of a sister making her first profession of vows and being accepted into the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis congregation. Sisters marking 80, 75, 70, 60 and 50 years in the community will be honored.

Sister Leone’s teaching career began in 1938 at St. Fidelis, Chicago, and ended at Brighton Park, Chicago, in 1988. Her teaching assignments in Stevens Point included St. Peter and Maria High Schools.

Since 1988, she has worked as a volunteer in ministry to the elderly and as a Polish interpreter. Today, though retired, she continues to minister and live in Stevens Point.

Sister Catherine Keiliszewski (Sister Ignatius) celebrates her 60th jubilee with the Sisters of St. Joseph in Stevens Point, before heading back to her pastoral ministry in Peru.

A native of Stevens Point, she spent many years stateside working in education, pastoral care and prayer leadership. She was the first woman pastoral associate in the La Crosse Diocese. She served as a director of religious education.

In Stevens Point, she served at St. Peter and St. Mary of Torun from 1983 until 2000. She then accepted an invitation to join the sisters in Tahauantinsuyo, Peru.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis (SSJ-TOSF), founded in 1901 in Stevens Point, is a Franciscan community of about 300 sisters and associates. The members serve in diverse ministries across the United States and South America.