- Dates
- 1968-06-04 – 1968-06-07
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- catholicismcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May–June 1968 Beaver Beacon reported a farewell reception at the convent on June 4 before the Dominican Sisters left Beaver Island aboard the Beaver Islander on June 7. Sister Cletus, O.P., had served on the island for 15 years, and Sister Wilma, O.P., for two; neither was expected to return in the fall.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper farewell notice. It does not provide a guest list, travel record, or the Sisters’ subsequent appointments.
Sources
- Reports a June 4 reception at the convent before the Sisters left on the Beaver Islander June 7, and says Sisters Cletus and Wilma would not return in the fall; it does not provide a guest list, travel record, or subsequent appointments.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published farewell notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community holds farewell reception for departing Dominican Sisters, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dominican-sisters-farewell-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May-June 1968, “Farewell Reception.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
Last revised 2026-08-06. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.
BibTeX for “Beaver Island community holds farewell reception for departing Dominican Sisters, 1968”RIS for “Beaver Island community holds farewell reception for departing Dominican Sisters, 1968”