Butterscotch Coconut Toasties: Coconut with real butterscotch made from brown sugar and butter.
Cherry Crunch: Like a bite-sized fruitcake, filled with nuts, dates, and cherries.
Chocolate Chip: Soft inside with a crunchy outer layer, they are Sr. Mary Assumpta's favorites. Made famous as gifts to the Cleveland Indians.
Lemon Crinkle: Grated lemon rind adds special zest to this crisp sweet.
Old-fashioned Oatmeal Raisin: Nutmeg, instead of cinnamon, gives them a slight tang. Pop into the microwave and serve warm.
Peanut Butter: A longtime family favorite.
Snickerdoodles: The favorite cinnamon cookie of kids everywhere.
Thumbprints: Buttery balls rolled in nuts and topped with a cherry.
Assortment. . . Can't pick one? Try them all!
Sisters of the Holy Spirit: Garfield Heights, Ohio
The Sisters of the Holy Spirit of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland have provided health care and supportive services to seniors at the Jennings Center for Older Adults since 1942. Although small in number, this group of women has had a powerful impact on the lives of thousands of elders for over 60 years. The Sisters became famous for their gifts of cookies to the Cleveland Indians baseball team during their slump in the 1980s and their championship runs in the 1990s. Today they sell them as "Nun Better" Cookies to benefit their mission at the Jennings Center.
The order was founded by Mother Josephine (Barbara Timofieff Finatowicz, 1861-1936). Born in Russia to an aristocratic Orthodox family, she became a convert to Roman Catholicism and entered a Carmelite Monastery in Rome. She dreamed of establishing a community devoted to the Holy Spirit and dedicated to the service of the Church in its areas of greatest need. She and her sisters worked in Italy, Russia, Dalmatia, and Poland taking care of the sick, the elderly, the poor, orphans and abandoned children. In 1922 she settled in Cleveland, where, in 1932, the order was officially established. Sister Assumpta with "Slider", the Indians' mascot
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