Friday, September 12, 2008

Woman from Warrenton professes temporary vows

Warrenton native Sister M. Lissetta Gettinger professed temporary vows with the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration last month.

Don and Lorraine Gettinger, Sister M. Lissetta’s parents, are members of Holy Rosary Parish in Warrenton.

The Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration are based in the Eastern or Immaculate Heart of Mary Province, centered in Mishawaka, Ind. Members of the congregation served from 1905 to 1988 as teachers and administrators at Immaculate Conception School in Union.

Sister M. Lissetta of St. Joseph, 27, professed her vows at Mass Aug. 10 in the chapel at Mount Alverno, the order’s motherhouse in Mishawaka. She vowed for three years "to live in chastity for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, to choose a life of poverty and to offer the sacrifice of obedience," according to her community.

Provincial Superior Sister M. Angela Mellady accepted Sister M. Lissetta’s vows in the name of the Church. The white veil she wore as a novice for two years was exchanged with a black veil as an outward sign of her profession....

Awesome news! Let us keep Sister M. Lissetta in our prayers.


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