Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Anastasia Kilbourn, MM

Anastasia Marie Kilbourn was born October 10, 1917 in Detroit, Michigan, the second of three daughters of Ann and Frederick Kilbourn. After the early death of her father the family moved to Los Angeles, where grandparents had...

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Sister Mary Jane Ketter, MM

As we welcome in a New Year, we gather this morning to celebrate the entrance into New Life of our dear friend and Sister, Mary Jane Ketter. In this, her 60th year at Maryknoll, Sister Jane quietly and peacefully slipped into...

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Sister Gabriella Mulherin, MM

We are gathered here today to celebrate this Eucharist in thanksgiving for the long life and very peaceful death of our Sister Gabriella Mulherin. Sister Gabriella, nearly 93 years old, died here at our Maryknoll Sisters Center...

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Sister Barbara Rose Mersinger, MM

We are gathered here this morning to celebrate a long and fruitful life, the life of dedication and service of Sister Barbara Mersinger. We can speak about Sister’s life by looking at the ways she chose to meet the challenges of...

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Sister Ann Maloney, MM

There is a passage in the gospel of Luke about a woman who had been bleeding for 12 years, who had touched the cloak of Jesus’ and was instantly cured. This story reminds us of Sister Ann Maloney. The people to whom she...

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