Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Margaret Fitzgerald, MM

We celebrate the life of Margaret Fitzgerald who so beautifully brought spirit into her seventy years as a Maryknoll Sister. While Margaret journeyed into eternal life on March 24, 2016, she will always be with us in spirit....

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Sister Katharine Razwad, MM

Shortly before midnight on Friday, March 4, 2016, Sister Katharine Razwad died peacefully at Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.  Katharine was 93 years young, and had celebrated her 70th jubilee as a Maryknoll...

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Sister Cecile Therese Burton, MM

After a long illness, Sister Cecile Therese Burton very quietly died Wednesday evening February 17, 2016 at 9:30 PM at the Maryknoll Sisters Home Care. She was 91 years old, and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 70 years. Frances...

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Sister Honora Felix, MM

“Blest are they whose hunger only holiness can fill, for I say they shall be satisfied.” (Hymn: Lead Me, Lord) On the Feast of Epiphany, January 6, 2016, Sister Honora died at 4:10 pm at Phelps Memorial Hospital. She was 81...

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Sister Helen Scheel, MM

Welcome to this celebration of the life of our dear Sister Helen Scheel who passed away on January 4, 2016, at Maryknoll, NY. In the early morning hours, just as unobtrusively as she lived, Helen passed quietly into the arms of...

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