Responding with courage and personal sacrifice to the call of Christ in the Church, our foundresses lived out their desire to become women of prayer, community and service
SSMO Constitutions, Article 1
Dear Friends, Pilgrims of Hope,
Summer days of sunshine are here again! While summer often means a change of pace and thoughts of vacation days, activities abound here at the Motherhouse. Gardens are tended; fruits and vegetables, generously donated by friends and family are prepared for meals or canned; Installation Mass of the recently elected SSMO Leadership Team took place on June 29; retreat days are scheduled for July 5 -11; Jubilees of 25, 60, 70, and 75 years for eight of the Sisters will be celebrated on July 27; and Community Days will take place Aug. 12-15 this year.
Our Jubilarians for 2025 are: Sr. Theresa Lan Nguyen, Sr. Sara Goggin, Sr. Marcella Parrish, Sr. Marilyn LeDoux, Sr. Elma Heesacker, Sr. Marie Bernadette George, Sr. Elizabeth Sohler, and Sr. Theresa Hathaway.
Check out their Jubilee page to read their stories and see videos of their amazing lives.
Blessings,
Sr. Charlene
Meet our Jubilee Sisters
We are celebrating the Jubilee of several Sisters in 2025.
Sr. Sara Goggin – 60 years
Sister Sara Goggin is celebrating her 60th Jubilee. She has dedicated herself to sharing God’s love with others. Whether teaching religion, math, science or history, Sister Sara always found a way to help her students see God’s love for them.
Today, she is an advocate for God’s creation as she shares with others about the importance of conservation and caring for the earth. She recognizes the important and joy-filled task God has entrusted to us as humans – to care of our world. The world he has created for us to enjoy.
Sr. Sara reminds us, “Once you experience God’s love you have to share it.”
Visit Sister Sara Goggin’s bio page to learn more about her inspiring journey.
Discernment Opportunities
Vocation Events for July
Summer days are here and a lot is happening at the SSMO Motherhouse in Beaverton.
We will be close to home for Summer Days with the Sisters, the Vocations Information Bocce Ball party and Jubilee!
Check out our events page for specific dates and locations.
If you happen to be where we are, please join us and say “hello.”
Please pray for our safe travels.
Thank you.
Blessed Vincenza Maria Poloni
She was a co-founder of the Sisters of Mercy of Verona, Italy; she lived from 1802-1855.
Luigia Poloni spent her life caring for the sick, establishing hospitals, and establishing community among the marginalized of Verona.
She had a habit of giving amusing nicknames to her fellow sisters and coworkers based on their personalities or habits – always with affection, of course.
Blessed Maria Rendiles Martinez
She was the Venezuelan founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Jesus. Born in Caracas in 1903, she died in 1977. She will be Venezuela’s first female saint.
At the age of 24, she joined the Congregation of the Servants of Jesus of the Blessed Sacrament in Caracas, a French-founded institution that had recently arrived in Venezuela. She took her perpetual vows five years later and was known for her natural leadership, charity, and joy, leaving a lasting impression on her fellow sisters. She led the Community’s expansion of ministries in Venezuela.
In 1965, she successfully established a new religious congregation, the Servants of Jesus in Venezuela.
Blessed Marie Troncatti
A Salesian Sister who was born in Italy in 1883. She became a missionary in Ecuador in 1922. She died in a plane crash in 1969. Maria was a missionary who devoted her life to providing medical and pastoral care to indigenous populations in South America starting in the 1920s.
She was known to foster peace among warring tribes, often stepping into dangerous situations to mediate conflicts. She was greatly respected for her faith, courage, and genuine love for the people.
Maria served as a nurse, missionary, dentist, surgeon and teacher.
