Sister Catherine H. Ryan loves keeping in touch with relatives in Ireland. “I send them emails and I look forward to hearing back from them,” she said. Recently she sent her cousins a photo of herself which they greatly appreciated. “I go to morning Mass here at Sacred Heart Convent and nearly every day I stop in the computer lab after Mass to check my email.” Sister Catherine, now 90 years old, first began using the computer when she was 85. “I love hearing from people – it makes my day,” she said.

Sister Dorothy Bongard, also a resident of Sacred Heart Convent, uses the computer on a regular basis. “On Mondays I teach at St. Sebastian School and I frequently get emails and announcements from the principal and other friends and family members,” Sister Dorothy commented. “I used email regularly when I lived at Ancilla Domini Convent and kept it up when I moved to Sacred Heart. It is great way to keep in touch with people and receive important news.”

Sister Julie Knotek's commitment to the arts
from the Foundation for Religious Retirement's Spring 2009 Dialogue Newsletter