Religious sisters give witness to God through their lives, says Bishop Iffert at annual Serran luncheon

Maura Baker

Staff Writer

Annually, the Serra Club for Vocations — an organization that promotes and sponsors vocations to the priesthood and religious life — hosts a luncheon for the women religious of the Diocese of Covington. This year’s luncheon, held at the Devou Park Golf and Event center, July 8, celebrated the women in attendance with an afternoon of lunch, games and fellowship.

Bishop John Iffert, who attended the luncheon, addressed the sisters and thanked them for their work across the diocese — in service, in prayer and in teaching. But, Bishop Iffert said, “even more than the work is the witness of your life that you give.”

“We dedicated ourselves to God … your whole life is that witness. And so, I’m very grateful.”

Continuing from his point, Bishop Iffert commented on the fact that vocations to the religious life are “fewer and fewer” in the United States, and thus asked for prayers from the sisters and the Serra Club members presents, to “bombard heaven” with prayer — “to keep that witness alive in the Church, in the Diocese of Covington and around the world.”