{"id":4416,"date":"2023-12-18T11:02:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/?p=4416"},"modified":"2023-12-20T11:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T17:07:55","slug":"employees-and-sisters-share-the-christmas-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/employees-and-sisters-share-the-christmas-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Employees and Sisters Share the Christmas Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday, December 8, Dubuque Presentation Sisters, employees and their guests celebrated the Christmas season with great conversation, wonderful entertainment and a delicious meal. Sister Carmen Hernandez expressed the community\u2019s gratitude, \u201cThank you! Thank you! Thank you! How blessed and honored we are by your generous presence among us. Thank you for all the ways you give life to our community from gentle care, to delicious food, to the cleanest building in town, to beautiful building maintenance, to highlighting our image through publications and annual appeals, to multiple unnamed services always offered with a ready hand.\u201d She adds, \u201cThank you, too, for the perfect Christmas gift, an ice cream machine, that everyone will enjoy, including our staff and guests. What a creative gift. Our hearts are brimming with gratitude. We wish you and all of your loved ones the most wonderful holiday times. May peace reign in our world and in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-2-e1703091790316.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4418 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-2-e1703091790316.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-3-e1703091801245.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4419 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-3-e1703091801245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-4-e1703091812820.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4420 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-4-e1703091812820.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-5-e1703091822119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4421 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-5-e1703091822119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-6-e1703091834282.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4422 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-6-e1703091834282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-7-e1703091846327.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4423 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-7-e1703091846327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-9-e1703091858320.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4424\" src=\"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-DBQ-PBVM-XMAS-PARTY-9-e1703091858320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, December 8, Dubuque Presentation Sisters, employees and their guests celebrated the Christmas season with great conversation, wonderful entertainment and a delicious meal. 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