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Josephine DePetro, SSJ
Sister
Former Religious Name: Sister Mary Anthony
Home Parish: Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Bradford, PA
Sister Josephine DePetro recognized a call to religious life while in the eighth grade when Fr. Daniel Lord told her that she had a vocation. She pushed it aside, but prayed for guidance of what she was to do.…
Lucille DeStefano, SSJ
Sister
Home parish: St. Leo, Ridgway, PA
Sr. Lucille DeStefano, SSJ, was born in Ridgway, PA to the late Michael and Helen Delpozzo DeStefano. As a young girl, she was greatly influenced by the Sisters of St. Joseph as she observed their good works for members of the community in her home parish of St.…
Perpetua Dickant, SSJ
Sister
Home parish: St. Leo, Ridgway, PA
Sister Perpetua Dickant, SSJ, was born in Ridgway, Pennsylvania. She received a bachelor’s in elementary education from Villa Maria College, Erie, in 1972. She participated in many seminars and workshops on early childhood education in Washington, DC, Richmond, VA, and Harrisburg, PA. Sr. Perpetua entered the Sisters of St.…
Phyllis DiFuccia, SSJ
Sister
Former Religious Name: Sister Paula Marie
Home parish: St. Peter Cathedral, Erie, PA
Sr. Phyllis entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on September 8, 1966, and professed final vows on September 8, 1974. She graduated from Villa Maria Academy in Erie in 1965 and earned a bachelor’s degree in French from Villa Maria College in Erie in 1969, a master’s degree in French from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont in 1973, and a master’s degree in organization development from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois in 1996.…
Mary Drexler, SSJ
Sister
Former Religious Name: Sr. Mary Kristen
Home Parish: Sacred Heart, Erie, PA
