Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Marianna Akashi, MM

Before entering Maryknoll in 1921, Sister had been a Trappistine in Hokadote, Japan, and also, a member of Fr. Breton’s Japanese Community. When the work this Community was doing in Los Angeles was taken over by the Maryknoll...

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Sister Dorothy Erickson, MM

Sister Dorothy Erickson died in Guatemala City at 3:00 a.m. on Monday, February 10, 1992. As she herself said several days before dying, “now the circle is complete.” Dorothy Alice Erickson was born in Boston,...

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Sister Mary Fidelis Dorsch, MM

We gather this morning to remember and celebrate the life of our Sister Mary Fidelis Dorsch with whom we have shared faith, mission and our Maryknoll vocation. Sister died peacefully at 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, October 25, 1998, in...

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Sister Esther Donovan, MM

As we gather this morning to remember and to celebrate the life of our Sister Esther Donovan with whom we have shared faith, mission and our Maryknoll vocation, each of us who knew her recalls how she has touched our lives...

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Sister M. Magdalen Doelger, MM

It was love for God and His Kingdom in the hearts of Fathers James Anthony Walsh and Thomas Frederick Price that gave birth to Maryknoll and kindled a vibrant spark in the hearts of the first little band of secretaries who...

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