Category Sister: H-J

Sister Jeanne Houlihan, MM

Some time ago, when our Sister Jeanne Houlihan was beginning to need some care, she told her good friend, Sister Betty Ann Maheu: “Whatever God wants, I want. That’s all.” And it seems that God wanted Jeanne in heaven to...

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Sister Rosemary Healy, MM

As we gather this morning to say farewell to one of our own; we begin with a verse from Psalm 30 which captures these last years of Rosie’s life: “At nightfall, weeping enters in, but with the dawn, rejoicing.” It was just at...

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Sister Kathleen Higgins, MM

For Sister Kathleen Higgins, Saturday, January 13, 2024 was to be her last day on earth but no one suspected it. Although not feeling her best, she was determined to join the community in chapel for the Rosary and Mass. After...

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Sister Virgeen Healey, MM

On this day, November 5, 2023, our dear Sister Virgeen Healey is herself one of the refugees for whom she prayed daily at our community mass – but she is a refugee with a home in the arms of God. Sr. Virgeen was 99 years old and...

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Sister Mary Louise Higa, MM

In the life of Sr. Mary Louise (Hideko) Higa and her older now deceased Maryknoll Sister, Bernadette (Shigeko) Higa, we read the marvelous story of how grace worked and moved. God attracted two young women in a Buddhist family...

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