MARION — Vivian Webster, who took the name Sister Mary Gertrude and was clothed as a novice of the Benedictine community at St. Scholastica Priory in Petersham, Mass., in 2017, made her profession of simple vows on Oct. 20, 2019.
She homeschooled until she attended Mainland Regional High School in Linwood, N.J. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Richard Stockton College and worked several years for the Atlantic County, N.J., Library system.
She is the daughter of Arthur and Evelyn Webster, parishioners at Our Lady of the Angels Church in Marion.
— Art and Evelyn Webster
KERNERSVILLE — Holy Cross Columbiettes 8509 recently celebrated 25 years of participation with the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway program.
Pictured, current committee head Jane Matuszak is presented with a certificate and a silver trash grabber by vice president Maggie Muelker. Also honored was the late Ruth Bailey, who started the committee.
— Patti Dmuchowski