Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Candida Marie Basto, MM

Our Sister Candida Maria Basto went quietly home to God at 9:35 on Wednesday evening, January 25th. Casimira Catharina de Senna Fernandes Basto was the 10th and youngest child of Casimira Carolina de Senna Fernandes and Jose...

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Sister Carmela Carpio, MM

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the word and never stops at all”. (Emily Dickinson) This quote that inspired Carmela also described her. Carmela was a woman of hope, and hope...

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Sister Mary Raymund Carpenter, MM

It is with a deep sense of gratitude that we begin our celebration of the Eucharist this morning in thanksgiving to God for the life of our Sister Mary Raymund Carpenter. Death came for Sister early Sunday morning, March 4th,...

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Sister Mary Rita Carney, MM

On December 8, 1996, the patronal feast of her entrance group, Sister Mary Rita Carney (formerly Sister Mary Rita Damien) died as quietly and unassumingly as she had lived after a short illness. Rita’s twin sister, Betty Carney,...

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Sister Mary Carol Cannon, MM

Not knowing the hour of our death is one of life’s great mysteries. For us here at the Center, the shocking news of Sister Mary Carol Cannon’s passing quickly spread. She died on Friday, February 9, 2007. Sister was 90...

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