Sisters Maria and Jorene taught each other languages, visited homelands, and became family, long before becoming vowed sisters. The two met at Saint Mary\’s Grammar School in Gloucester City NJ in 1958
Sister Maria (left) and Sister Jorene (right) in 2014
Dominican Sisters of Hope Maria Barbera, OP, and Jorene Cieciuch, OP, encounter each other as any two sisters would: hands entwined, kisses on the cheek, both beaming. When they meet, it’s obvious that they’ve been friends since before the Dominican Sisters of Hope was founded, since before Maria was a Dominican Sister at all, for fifty-six years, exactly. It’s not obvious, though, that Sisters Maria and Jorene have taught each other languages, revisited homelands, and become family when biological family was lost, long before becoming vowed sisters.
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