ONE of Muswellbrook's much-loved residents celebrated a rare feat earlier this month.
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Dorothy Dolahenty commemorated her 60th anniversary, or Diamond Jubilee, of her religious profession as a Sister of St Joseph on Sunday, January 5.
She entered the convent at Lochinvar in 1957; completing her novitiate two-and-a-half years later.
Sister Dorothy was then professed on January 5, 1960.
And, she has served her parishioners in Muswellbrook for the past three decades.
"It's a big achievement," her sister Margaret said.
"Congratulations, and best wishes, on behalf of everyone.
"I know she's very proud of the milestone, especially being in her hometown for 30 of those 60 years.
"To mark the occasion, she enjoyed a luncheon at Balmoral House with family and friends.
"Father Victor also gave her a special blessing at an evening mass the night before."
It was only last year that Sister Dorothy hung up the keys as a piano teacher in town.
She plied her trade in Lochinvar, Merriwa, Cardiff, Sydney, Charlestown and Kurri Kurri, before returning her place of birth - Muswellbrook.
Along the journey, she taught former Australia's Got Talent contestant Matt McLaren and Neal Peres Da Costa who was head of the keyboard section at the Sydney Conservatorium.
