Team Sylvania: Sylvania Franciscans Elect New Leadership Team

The Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio elected a new Leadership Team April 20, 2012 during the community’s quadrennial General Chapter.  The five-member team will oversee the day-to-day operation of the Congregation and serve as councilors for all the members.  Chosen for a four-year term, the team will be formally installed during a liturgy at 11 a.m., Sunday, June 24, 2012 in Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel on the Motherhouse grounds in Sylvania.  Pictured, from left, are Sister Patricia Gardner, full-time Councilor (currently Treasurer/Councilor on the Leadership Team), Sister Sharon Derivan, part-time Councilor (currently a law clerk/staff attorney  in the U. S. District Court in Akron, Ohio), Sister Mary Jon Wagner, Congregational Minister (currently Assistant Congregational Minister), Sister Rachel Nijakowski, part-time Councilor (currently executive director and psychologist at Sophia Center, Sylvania, Ohio), and Sister Theresa Darga, Assistant Congregational Minister (currently principal at St. Joseph School in Lake Orion, Michigan).