Category Sister: C

Someone would have to write a whole book to do justice to the missionary life of Sister M. Patricia Coughlin. In this letter – giving only a very brief appreciation of her life – the best we can do is to reach out...

“As one lamp lights another nor grows less, so nobleness enkindles nobleness.” Today, the birthday of Mother Mary Joseph, we gather together to celebrate and thank God for the life of Sister Angela Marie Coveny. Sister was...

“I have run the way of thy commandments.” (Psalms 119:32) The words of this quotation from the Psalms are true of Sister Mary Esther Coveny literally and figuratively. Her faithfulness was something complete and wholehearted and...

“Thou hast not spared thy life by reason of the distress and tribulation of thy people, but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our God…” – Book of Judith, Epistle in the Mass of Our Lady’s...

“The woman of character, where is she to be found? She is more precious than any jewel. She speaks wisely and her words are king.” (Book of Proverbs) As I reflected on the life of Catherine Cullen, those words from...