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Sister Marie Consolata Gallagher
...said that the deep ache we all experience at times, the loneliness that seeks friendship, security or comfort, is our longing for home, nothing more. Then we surely can rejoice with Sister Marie Consolata who is at long last at home in the deepest, truest meaning of the word,” said Sister Mary Roger. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Marie Consolata was celebrated July 29, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She was preceded in death by her brother....
Sister Mary Joanita Walsh
...making the gestures,” said Sister Catherine. “So, dear sister and faithful friend, on the night of Sept. 1 — as was your way — you quietly went home. We thank you for your legacy to us of living your lifetime acting justly, loving tenderly and walking humbly with your God,” concluded Sister Catherine. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Mary Joanita was celebrated Sept. 5, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She was preceded in death by her sister....
Sister Catherine Sienna Wire
...“As Ecclesiastes reminds us, ‘There is an appointed time for everything … a time to mourn and a time to dance.’ Your time of mourning and suffering are over, Sister Catherine Sienna. You have now entered into the dance of eternity!” concluded Sister Rita Clare. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Catherine Sienna was celebrated Oct. 31, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She was preceded in death by all of her siblings, including Sister Ann Gabriel Wire, SP....
What have we to do in order to become saints?
...in meetings, to eating lunch in the dining room, to walking from Corbe House to Owens in the mornings and afternoons, to making phone calls, to responding to emails, to visiting with sisters, writing thank you notes, preparing a meal — everything I could think of went on the list. In the midst of this list making exercise one of those troubling life events entered in — dealing with the death of a young person to cancer. So that got...
Foundation Day – Oct. 22, 2010
...Writing after Sister Vincent death, her sisters had this to say: “She was known for her affectionate charity and peaceful courage amid the trials of life.” My personal favorite among the five companions of Mother Theodore is Sister Basilide. She had not volunteered to come to Indiana; but, when another sister who had been chosen could not make the journey, the French superiors asked Sister Basilide if she would join the small band of missionaries. She agreed on the condition...
Sister Catherine Joseph Wilcox
...Divine Word whose mission was to be a light shining in the darkness. Her light, like his, led her to suffering and death, but our faith assures us that now she dwells with the Eternal Word in everlasting light,” said Sister Mary Roger Madden in her commentary for Sister Catherine Joseph Wilcox, who died Dec. 31. Charlotte Alice Wilcox was born Nov. 4, 1913, in Chicago to Joseph and Catherine (Wiswald) Wilcox. She attended St. Andrew Grade School and Immaculata...
Sister Joan (Ruth Cecile) Klega
...Joan left behind her a winter solstice to remember as the day the sun stood still so that she could enter the gates of paradise because she knew all along that she was loved with an everlasting love,” concluded Sister Jan. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Joan was celebrated Dec. 27 with the Rev. Bernard Head presiding. She was preceded in death by her brother. She is survived by her sister Kathleen Klega Rourke of Terre Haute, Ind....
Golden jubilees celebrated throughout SP history
...practical. The evening performance went out with the times, Sister Mary Lee said. “The skits kind of died a natural death. But they were fun and funny.” Continuity and change Some aspects of today’s celebrations still mirror the past. Since the 1940s, the day has included a morning greeting by the general superior, the giving of flower corsages, and a festive Eucharistic Liturgy and reception/meal. Sisters’ lives have changed, and so have aspects of the celebrations. Many sisters celebrating their...
Sister Ann Veronica Wall
...in Mother Theodore Hall, folding Kleenex, greeting visitors and answering questions. She obviously loved being there in that place,” continued Sister Margaret. “Sister Ann Veronica is also remembered as a spiritual person, not that she wore religion on her sleeve, but that she was a very prayerful person,” said Sister Margaret. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Ann Veronica was celebrated Sept. 7, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She was preceded in death by all of her siblings....
Sister Frances Finnegan
Sister Frances Finnegan “Consider, I entreat you, that death sports with human calculations. … Let us always have in hand our lamps burning, that we may not be surprised.” (Saint Mother Theodore Guerin) “I can imagine Sister Frances hearing these words with great peace and saying, ‘I am ready.’ She was deeply prayerful, totally committed to her life as a religious, seeking and willing always to do what God wanted her to do,” said Sister Jeanne Knoerle in her commentary...
Sister Monica (Patricia Ann) Withem
...But she told her sisters that she didn’t want to die in the hospital but ‘at home.’ Sisters Regina Lynch and Joan Frame were with her in her room at Lourdes Hall. She spoke of ‘the boys’ — probably her brothers — as being ‘right over there’ and slipped away,” said Sister Margaret. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Monica was celebrated June 15, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She was preceded in death by all her siblings....
Sister Francis Eugene Bussing
...honor and glory. She invites us — here and now — to share her inexpressible joy,” concluded Sister Alexa. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Francis Eugene was celebrated June 6, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She is survived by a sister, Sister Richard Bussing of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, and two brothers, Frank of West Terre Haute, Ind., and Eugene of Granada Hills, Calif. She was preceded in death by a brother, Fred, and a sister, Sister Eleanor Bussing....