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Sister Mary Beth Bromer
Familiar name, new position
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Bromer promoted to Vicar for Religious
From staff reports
A woman of faith, familiar to many on the Southwest Side—especially West Elsdon—has been promoted by the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Sister Mary Beth Bromer, CSSF, now serves as Vicar for Religious. Bromer is a member of the Felician Sisters of Our Lady of Hope Province. Bromer has served as candidate director and vocation minister for the Felician Sisters’ North American Province.
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Sister Mary Beth Bromer, CSSF
She is a certified director of Religious Education and has ministered full-time at St. Turibius Parish for 20 years. She continues to assist with the parish’s St. Vincent De Paul Society and coordinates its food pantry. Bromer has also worked with at-risk teens and coached junior high athletes.
In her new role, Bromer is the liaison between Cardinal Blase Cupich, the parishes and agencies of the Archdiocese of Chicago, and the members of religious congregations and consecrated men and women living and ministering in the archdiocese.
In a spirit of collegiality, the Vicar for Religious creates opportunities where the charism of religious life, in all its fullness, interfaces with the mission of the Church in the Archdiocese. As Vicar for Religious, Bromer reports to the Office of the Vicar General.
“We are very pleased to welcome Sister Mary Beth Bromer as our new Vicar for Religious,” said Bishop Robert G. Casey, vicar general of the Archdiocese. “The priests, sisters and brothers of the many diverse religious congregations represented in the archdiocese enrich our Church in so many ways. We are grateful for Sister’s commitment to ensuring we are working well together.”
Bromer holds a bachelor of arts degree in education and family ministry from Saint Xavier University, a master of arts degree in pastoral studies from Loyola University, Chicago, and certificates in parish leadership from Saint Xavier University and in spiritual direction from the Claret Center in Chicago.
The Archdiocese of Chicago, the third largest in the United States, serves more than 2.2 million Catholics in 216 parishes in Cook County and Lake County, a geographic area of 1,411 square miles. The Archdiocese, pastored by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, has more than 15,000 employees in its systems and ministries, including Catholic Charities, the region’s largest non-profit social service agency. The Archdiocese also has one of the country’s largest seminaries.
The Archdiocese’s 155 elementary and secondary schools comprise the largest U.S. private school system. Its schools have received 96 U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Awards.
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