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She started her teaching ministry in 1948 at St. Charles Borromeo in After spending the first 12 years teaching in
"He was a student of mine at St. Patrick Wyandotte." she says. "We kept in touch and years later he invited me to attend his ordination." She and three other IHM Sisters attended the ceremony and his first Mass in In the early 1990s, Sister Regina Mary Affholter founded the GEM (Getting Educationally Motivated) program at Holy Redeemer where Sister Jane Arthur was teaching. This is a tutoring program where students receive one-on-one help to motivate them to do better in school. The program also gives individualized attention to advanced students so they can learn at their own pace. After spending 23 years in the traditional classroom, Sister Jane Arthur devoted the next 10 years to this special classroom experience. "I remember a young man from a small village in Sister Regina Mary died in December 2011, but the program continues to thrive. Sister Elizabeth Fleckenstein, IHM, still ministers at Holy Redeemer.
In 2003 Sister Jane Arthur retired from teaching and moved to the Motherhouse. Here she found many ways to help out. She brings Communion to Health Care residents twice a week; she sorts incoming mail and passes it out to the residents; she works in the Opportunity Shop twice a week and also sorts items as they come in; and she acts as a greeter at funerals. But she also takes time to have fun. She enjoys jigsaw puzzles and listening to music. She and several sisters get together weekly to play Rummikub, euchre and Michigan Rummy (for pennies).
Contact a sister or share a memory More "Then and Now" features are available in PDF format which requires Adobe Reader on your computer. If you don't have Adobe Reader, you can download the latest version here. April 2012 - Mary Catherine Quick, IHM March 2012 - Marion (Mary Mel) Duggan, IHM February 2012 -Joyce (Rose Anthony) Durosko, IHM January 2012 - Mary Margaret (Mary Gregory) Davis, IHM December 2011 - Mary (Mary Carmel) Copperstone, IHM September 2011 - Marjorie (Ann Gregory) McFarland, IHM August 2011 - Josephine (Valencia) Karas, IHM July 2011 - Mary (Coronata) Laubacher, IHM June 2011 - Patricia (Marie Ruth) Hewitt, IHM May 2011 - Marie-Esther Haflett, IHM April 2011 - Eileen (Yvonne) Denomme, IHM March 2011 - Patrice (Marie Patrice) Boyle, IHM February 2011 - Rose Margaret West, IHM January 2011 - Mary Lou (Agnes Patrice) Theisen, IHM December 2010- Donna Marie Schroeder, IHM November 2010 - Josephine (Mary Dominic) Sferrella, IHM October 2010 - Rita (Marie Ambrose) Rennell, IHM September 2010 - Mary (Caritas) Naughton, IHM August 2010 - Suzanne (James Ann) Molloy, IHM July 2010 - Jean (Eymarda) Laubacher, IHM June 2010 - Jane Mary Howard, IHM May 2010 - Frances Gabrielle Hess, IHM April 2010 - Gloria (Roberta Marie) Glinski, IHM March 2010 - Norma (Emerentia) Groth, IHM February 2010 - June (Marie Rene) Denne, IHM January 2010 - Ann Christine Charron, IHM December 2009 - Marie Andre Walsh, IHM November 2009 - Ann Isabelle Tefend, IHM October 2009 - Marion Shea, IHM September 2009 - Frances Ryan, IHM August 2009 - Genevieve (William Joseph) Petrak, IHM July 2009 - Mary Therese (Raphael Marie) O'Donnell, IHM June 2009 - Agnes Loiuse Murray, IHM May 2009 - Dolora Neumaier, IHM April 2009- John Louise Leahy, IHM March 2009 - Marie (Raynora) Hopkins, IHM February 2009 - Electa (Mary Simon) Herringer, IHM January 2009 - Rose Graham, IHM December 2008 - Ruth (Helen Ann) Glaser, IHM November 2008 - Alice (Marie Kyran) Flanagan, IHM October 2008 - Geraldine (Rose Philip) Demech, IHM September 2008 - Rosemary (Leona) Creteau, IHM August 2008 - Cecilia (Hermes) Campbell, IHM |
Sister Jane Arthur Duffy was born in 1928 in 
Sister Jane Arthur recalled a proud moment when she attended the ordination of one of her former students, Jim Arsenault. 
Some of her favorite summertime memories were spent at Wamplers Lake in Michigan at a cottage owned by Sister Regina Mary's family. A bus would bring a load of sisters out to spend the day relaxing, swimming and picnicking on the beach. Sometimes there would be rides in the pontoon boat. There was always a lot of fun.
