Sister Mary Loyola Bender

Biography

Sister Mary Loyola Bender was born Anna Loyola on Oct. 13, 1917. She died on Aug. 15, 2016. She was 98 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 77 years.

Sister Mary Loyola entered the Congregation on Feb. 2, 1939. She professed first and final vows on Aug. 15, 1914 and 1946, respectively.

Initially, she ministered as a teacher but then began a ministry of 23 years as Sacristan in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. She also ministered as the administrator at Providence Retirement Home in New Albany for 10 years and as the director of maintenance and employees at Immaculata in Washington, D.C.

Sister Mary Loyola was a gifted seamstress.

Obituary

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Sister Mary Loyola is featured in the following content on the Sisters of Providence website:

• Remembering Sisters Mary Loyola Bender and Ann Kevin O’Connor
• Twenty-eight Sisters celebrate Jubilees

Photographs

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Several Sisters of Providence celebrated Jubilees in December. They were honored at a celebration with the Sisters of Providence General Council. The sisters celebrating Jubilees included (front, from left) Sisters Helen Dolores Losleben, Mary Loyola Bender, Agnes Arvin, Rosalie Marie Weller, Catherine Arkenberg, (back) General Council members Sisters Dawn Tomaszewski, Jenny Howard and General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson, Sister Rose Marita Riordan, Sister Bernadette Mary Carroll, General Council member Sister Mary Beth Klingel, Sister Mary Imelda Coulup and General Council member Sister Lisa Stallings.

Another undated photo of Sister Mary Loyola Bender.

An undated photo of Sister Mary Loyola Bender.