Two Marianite sisters to celebrate jubilees

    Marianite of Holy Cross Sisters Vivian Marie Coulon and Mary Kay Kinberger will celebrate jubilees of their religious profession with a Mass March 24 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing Home Chapel in Opelousas, La.
    Sister Vivian Marie, a native of New Orleans, will celebrate 70 years as a Marianite. She taught in elementary and secondary schools staffed by the Marianites and at Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans. She also served as principal in Morgan City, La.,
    Sister Vivian served in the congregation’s administration as provincial councilor and as congregational president from 1977-81. She did missionary work in Chiapas, Mexico, and at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where she ministered to Cuban and Haitian refugees.
    In her last active ministry, Sister Vivian lived and worked among persons with disabilities at Village du Lac in Lafayette, La. She now resides at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing Home in Opelousas.
    Sister Kay, a native of Plaquemine, La., will celebrate 50 years as a Marianite. She ministered as a registered nurse at Opelousas General Hospital, Lake Providence Hospital, at Methodist Hospital in New Orleans and as a nursing instructor at Charity Hospital School of Nursing in New Orleans.
    She served the congregation as director of formation.  During her doctoral studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., Sister Kay served as a member of Gonzaga’s faculty and chair of the nursing program. Upon her return to New Orleans, she was a member of the faculty of Our Lady of Holy Cross College Nursing Program.
    In 1990, she became director of religious education for the Diocese of Baton Rouge, and ministered in that role for five years. From 1995 until 2007 she served as congregational leader. Sister Kay now ministers as assistant administrator of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing Home in Opelousas.