Sister Liberata Pellerin — 70 years

BORN: Lake Linden, Mich.
ENTERED CONGREGATION: March 18, 1940

Seventy years as a Sister of St. Joseph! What did I like best? I liked all of it. My life has been filled with countless blessings of community, family and friends, joys, sorrows, challenges, and all has been pure gift. How could I ever have deserved 70 years?

One theme that has dominated my life is: “What return can I make for all the good God has done for me?” How can I show my gratitude?

I want to use my remaining days in living and serving others, using any gift of body or soul with the quality of heart expressed in our Maxim 24: “Be utterly given to God by a holy self-surrender, utterly for God by a love pure and completely unselfish, utterly in God striving to be ever more conscious of God’s presence, utterly according to God by a will, a life and everything conformed to God.”

Another theme I try to live by is: “O live the present moment.” Each precious moment is all I have and all I need. God takes care of each breath and every desire that is holding me to this graced moment.

Past, present, future!

I have found the deepest part of my soul as a Sister of St. Joseph of Concordia. I am grateful for our congregation’s leadership through the years and our steadfast focus on the Gospel, the following of Jesus, the model for our spirituality, and our mission and ministry.