
Sister Julie Brown, incorporation minister, on left, and Sister Judith Frikker, president of the West Midwest Community, bless Sister Renée Kettering at her Reception to the Community on July 16.
Sisters of Mercy Celebrate Reception of Novice
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, July 18, 2011-- Saturday, July 16, was a day of tremendous joy for the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest (WMW) Community as Renée Kettering of Detroit, Mich., was received as a novice during a Reception Ritual held at Mercy Center Chapel. Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Associates, Companions in Mercy, family and friends gathered at the Farmington Hills Campus to witness and celebrate Renée’s desire to further her discernment of religious life. On Saturday she was named Sister Renée and received the Mercy Cross which identifies her as a novice of the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community.
Sister Judith Frikker, RSM, interim President of the WMW cryptocurrency trading in south africa Community, said: “It is with immense joy that I, on behalf of the Sisters of Mercy, introduce Sister Renée Kettering. We welcome Renée into the Novitiate.” She added, “This day affirms that God continues to call women to religious life.”