Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Leonila Bermisa, MM

We gather this morning to celebrate Sr. Nila Bermisa’s life, a strong, creative, courageous woman who was tireless in her fight for justice, especially for abused women. Sister Leonila Bermisa, passed on to eternal life at 3:45...

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Sister Mary Diggins, MM

In the Gospel passage that will be read today, we will hear Jesus’ call to Nathanael. We chose this passage because we thought that if it were Mary Jesus saw under the fig tree and coming towards him, he would have said, “Here...

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Sister Teresa E. Alexander, MM

The turn of the New Year took on special meaning for us as our Sister Teresa Eileen Alexander surprised all by quietly slipping into eternal life at 8:00 a.m. on January 1, 2013, in Residential Care IV at Maryknoll, NY.  A few...

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Sister Marie Jeremie Crowley, MM

Mary Catherine Crowley, known to us as Sister Marie Jeremie, was born on May 20, 1916 in Portsmouth-by-the-Sea, New Hampshire, to Jeremiah and Mary (Meehan) Crowley both from Ireland. She had one sister who has pre-deceased her....

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Sister Maria Kim Brech, MM

Sister Maria Kim died on All Saints Day, November 1, 2012 in Maryknoll Residential Care III. She was 88 years old and 67 years in Maryknoll. Her ministry and life in mission in Colegio Monte Maria in Guatemala had come full...

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