The Sisters with other religious sisters and priests celebrating jubilees, were honored on the World Day for Consecrated Life at the Cathedral on Sunday, March 4, at the 9:30 a.m. Mass. Bishop Edmund Carmody, who presided at the Mass, thanked them for the difference they have made in the lives of so many people. Jubilarians received diocesan medals in appreciation of their many years of service to the Church and to the people of God.

Sisters Noreen, Concepta, and Philomena came together from Ireland in 1929. Their role in Catholic education in South Texas and their personal witness of Incarnate Word presence in the area has been significant in the development of the congregation, the Church, and the Coastal Bend area.

In a congratulatory letter on the occasion of their sixtieth anniversary ten years ago, then President George Bush wrote: "Your long commitment to your vocation has been a great blessing to your community and to everyone around you. The deep faith with which you have carried out your work has continuously reminded them of the presence of a loving God and of the importance of His grace in a challenging world."

That commitment and deep faith has intensified in the ten years since, and will continue to extend the Incarnate Word through the dedication of these consecrated women.