A life spent living, sharing the faith

From The Superior Catholic Herald...

Writer’s Note: The Superior Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s Pax Christi Award nominations are being accepted as of Feb. 1. Parish CCW councils and other women’s groups are invited to nomination women with “remarkable dedication and contributions in their respective parishes.” One nominee from each of the five diocesan deaneries will be honored at the 2025 SDCCW convention. Gwen Nies was selected as the 2024 Pax Christi Award recipient.

A lifelong catechist and youth minister serving the parishes of St. John in Webster, Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Danbury and Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Crescent Lake, Gwendolyn Nies was honored as the 2024 Pax Christi Award winner at the Superior Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s annual convention in Cumberland last summer.

In her nomination form, Nies was described as serving “her family, church and community in multiple ways, usually behind the scenes, not seeing anything remarkable in what she has given to others.”

Nies and her sister were born to parents who married later in life. Her mother started teaching in one-room schoolhouses in the 1940s near where she grew up in Milltown. Having contracted polio as an adult in 1950, Nies’ mother lived with its lingering effects, which taught her children awareness of others’ needs and empathy.

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