75th Anniversary Jubilee

Jubilee!

It has been nearly 75 years since Mrs. Laure Brunner fulfilled her dream of establishing an apostolate in the United States for those who are chronically ill or disabled. Ill for many years with congestive heart failure, Mrs. Brunner found community and comfort in the Catholic Union of the Sick in her native Belgium. After moving to the United States with her husband, Robert, Mrs. Brunner succeeded after several tries in establishing the first CUSA group on December 8, 1947—the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.

The 75th anniversary Jubilee will be celebrated on December 8, 2022 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 217 Prospect Street, South Orange, New Jersey. Rev. Jerry Bracken, C.P., the national chaplain of CUSA, will be the celebrant. The Mass will be live streamed so that members and friends of CUSA everywhere can participate. Information about joining us in person or via livestream will be distributed this fall. “Like St. Paul, let us ‘rejoice with those who rejoice; suffer with those who suffer.’ … Thanks to God for the fine success of our CUSA, for our chaplains and leaders, for all of you! May God grant a long and fruitful life to CUSA” Laure Brunner, founder of CUSA The CUSAN, December 1952