Sisters celebrating significant anniversaries of religious life pose on the front steps of the Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield on Oct. 30 with Archbishop Henry J. Mansell; Father James F. Kinnane, vicar for religious; and Sister Mary Kelly of the Sisters of St. Joseph, director of the Archdiocese of Hartford's Office for Religious.

From left in front row are Sister Mary Palance of the Religious Teachers Fillippini, 70 years; Sister of St. Joseph Rosemary Wrinn, 50 years; the Archbishop; Sister Rose Marie Dubay of the Sisters of St. Joseph, 50 years; and Sister Mary Deborah Blados of the Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception, 50 years. Behind them, from left, are Dominican Sister Valerie Noone, 50 years; Sister Jilda Marie Chabot of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, 25 years; Felician Sister Mary Rosalma Fish, 50 years; Sister Francesca DiFederico of the Sisters of St. Joseph, 65 years; Sister of Mercy Carol Beaudoin, 50 years; Felician Sister Joan Marie Swierzb, 50 years; Sister Mary Kelly; and Father Kinnane. (Photo by Father Jeffrey V. Romans; write-up by The Catholic Transcript)