Sister Janice Bader to run National Religious Retirement Office

Published: 2007-11-13

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Precious Blood Sister Janice Bader has been named director of the National Religious Retirement Office. She had been the office's interim director since the death in July of Precious Blood Sister Andree Fries, who had been director since 2000. Sister Janice's appointment, which took effect Oct. 31, was announced Nov. 5. The National Religious Retirement Office is the coordinating body that oversees the annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection, designed to reduce the unfunded retirement liability of the nation's religious orders. Taken up in most U.S. parishes the second weekend of December, it has proven by far to be the most generous special collection in U.S. Catholic history; this year's collection will be held the weekend of Dec. 8-9. The office is jointly sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the Conference of Major Superiors of Men and the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious.

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