On Holy Cross Day, Sept. 14, the Society of St. Margaret observed the 125th anniversary of its foundation in America. In a special commemoration Sept. 12, which culminated the community's year-long celebration, the sisters and their guests observed the anniversary at the community's Mother House in Boston, Mass.

The year-long festivities began Holy Cross Day 1997. Sister Adele Marie, Superior of the Convent in Boston, celebrated the opening Eucharist.

The four mission houses also celebrated the anniversary during the past year. The sisters at Neale House, in New York City, and their associates celebrated the festival of the society's founder, the Rev. John Mason Neale, Aug. 7. At New Hartford, N.Y., there was an open house. The Germantown house, Philadelphia, held a women's Lenten series and in May, a conference on Julian of Norwich. The sisters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, began their observance of the 125th anniversary on St. Andrew's Day, 1997, the 70th anniversary of that mission's beginning. As part of the community's remembrance of the past, the four sisters who served in Haiti during the past year visited England, and the roots of the community

The Rt. Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, Bishop of Massachusetts, served as celebrant of the Eucharist and preacher, assisted by the four ordained members of the society who served as concelebrants.