Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Cornelia Collins, MM

After years of longing for God, Sister Mary Cornelia Collins peacefully died in the Maryknoll Sisters Nursing Home on November 18, 1987 at 12:40 P.M. Marie Teresa Collins was born in Everett, Massachusetts on October 21, 1913,...

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Sister Marilyn Belt, MM

“When I see a little child with cerebral palsy who couldn’t even lift his head and after months of therapy, I see this little child starting to roll over, sit up, and pull itself up on its little knees, then one day it is...

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Sister Margaret Ell, MM

“He has looked tenderly upon His servant in her lowliness. Wonderfully has He dealt with me; holy is His name.” (Luke 1:48-49) January 23, a cold windy day at our Maryknoll Girls School in Yokkaichi, we gathered at...

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Sister Benedicta Deichelbohrer, MM

“I chose this life because I wanted to walk hand in hand with Jesus and all that I do is done for Him.” These are the words that Sister Benedicta wrote regarding her vocation to Maryknoll and the religious life. They correspond...

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Sister Rosemary DeFelice, MM

On Saturday afternoon, September 6, 1997, Sister Rosemary De Felice died peacefully in the Residential Care Unit of the Maryknoll Sisters. It was 74 years ago that Sister Rosemary made her First Profession as a Maryknoll Sister....

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