Jewels from Jane, March 19

"The sisters celebrated their first Feast of St. Joseph in Peru on March 19, 1963. They were pleasantly surprised to receive a large bouquet of roses from a delegation of the nursing staff [at the Military Hospital in Lima] in honor of this important Feast. The presentation of the flowers was followed by the giving of Peruvian abrazos [embraces] to each of the Sisters [Sister Mary Arthur Meyer (Alice) (LA), Sister Jeanne Teresa Deiman (Pat)(SP), Sister Richard Clare O'Brien (SL)]. The occasion seemed to demonstrate the general feeling of good will towards the North American Sisters who had recently come to their country and specifically to their hospital."

Year end report from the Hospital Sisters to the Generalate, 1963. Excerpted from Mary McGlone's book: Comunidad para el Mundo: The History of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and the Vice Province of Peru.