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Sister Rita Musante, OLVM
 Sister Rita was born in Warren, Pennsylvania, and entered the Community from St. Joseph Parish. She has served in California, Utah, Michigan and Indiana (San Pierre, Ft. Wayne and at Victory Noll). Her ministries have included catechetics, pastoral associate in spiritual development, liturgist, hospital chaplain, and as director of Elizabeth House of Prayer. Currently she resides at Victory Noll where she serves as liturgy assistant and as retreat and spiritual director of the Victory Noll Ministry Center.
“A “50th Year” Prayer:
‘Your life is hidden now with Christ in God.’ — Colosians 3:3
O God - I don’t mean to seem unobservant - or irrenent - or ungrateful -
but fifty years have flown by since I came to Victory Noll as a young girl
and I have no great accomplishments to report to the world-at-large
from my years in California - Utah - Michigan - Pennsylvania - Indiana:
no buildings built - no cures discovered -
no mountains climbed - no new planets explored . . .
Rather - these fifty years have been filled
with quiet, mostly hidden, seemingly insignificant
responses to people who are hungry for You -
wandering in search of You - thirsting for Your healing and hope . . .
And my joy for fifty years
of tears - and fears - and jeers - and cheers -
has been to receive your faithful love and amazing grace
and then to share these with others I’ve met along the way.
I notice that You Yourself work mostly in secret - hidden - mysterious ways -
away from the limelight - burrowing deep in the hearts of humans
and between them - among them -
to bring about the transformation of the world -
one person at a time -
into your Kindom of light and peace - love and joy.
O, the Mystery - the amazing grace - the quiet gift - the hidden preciousness -
of such a call - to partnership with You!
Thank You!
Also, thank You for all those persons - and events - and situations during fifty years
which have helped me to see - to hear - to celebrate - and to share
this Mystery - amazing grace - quiet gift - hidden preciousness
with others!
Amen
‘This is not your own doing, it is God’s gift.’ — Ephesians 2:8”
Sister Rose Zita Rosonke, OLVM
 Sister Rose Zita was born in Carroll, Iowa, and entered the Congregation from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Mt. Carmel, Iowa. She has served in Michigan, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Indiana (Ft. Wayne and at Victory Noll). Her ministries have included religious education, RCIA, and youth ministry. She was the Religious Education Coordinator at Most Precious Blood Parish, Ft. Wayne, from 1992-1996. For the past seven years she has been in ministry to her Community as Sacristan at Victory Noll.
“My journey of fifty years of vowed commitment with Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters provides a wealth of grateful reflections. I am grateful for the grace of God's call of vocation and for all the many people who have been a treasured part of my life — in my early family years in Iowa, in these years among my Sisters in the Community, and in my missionary years ministering in Michigan, California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Indiana. The journey continues with the experience and blessings of the past and with the challenges of the future knowing God continues to be ever present and actively involved with miracles of grace in each and all of our lives.”
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