News & Events
For more information on any of these news or events, contact Jane Buse-Miller, Director of Communications, at 563.588.2008 or info@dbqpbvms.org.
Sunday, November 2, 2025
You are warmly invited to join us in person or virtually for our Circle of Illumination Prayer Service on All Souls’ Day.
We honor and give thanks for the lives and ministries of three Dubuque Presentation Sisters who celebrate their jubilee on October 16, 2025, at the Sisters of the Presentation (Mount Loretto). Sister Linus Coyle celebrates 85 years in religious life, entering in 1940, and Sisters Marie Barth and Dolores Moes celebrate 75 years, entering in 1950.
July 8, 1950 – September 27, 2025
Associate Mary Standing Bear has been a Presentation associate for 13 year. Known for her warmth, wit and resilience, she touched many lives with her humor and strong spirit.
August 31, 1927 – September 25, 2025
Associate Rita Stanley has been a Presentation associate since the Associate Partnership program started, over 25 years ago. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
March 11, 1936 – August 30, 2025
Associate Clara Ernst has been a Presentation associate for over 10 years. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
This issue of Presentation Doorways invites you into stories that echo the themes of identity, purpose and belonging – threads that continue to weave us together, both now and in the past, as a community of faith and service. May these stories inspire us all to carry the light of Nano forward with renewed hope and commitment.
The Presentation community was overjoyed to welcome eight dynamic individuals into the Associate Partnership.
To celebrate 150 years of Presentation heritage, a pilgrimage to the Emerald Isle from June 15-25 became a reality for 33 Presentation pilgrims and all those back home who accompanied them in prayer.
During 2025, the Associate Partnership Office celebrates 25 years of the associate program with the Dubuque Presentation community.
August 20, 1953 – July 16, 2025
Associate Marlene Hagemann has been a Presentation associate for 23 years. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
