Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Miriam Agnes Tibesar, MM

This morning we gather together to celebrate the Mass of the Resurrection for our Sister Miriam Agnes Tibesar. We are happy that her own priest-brother, Father Antonine Tibesar, O.F.M., of Washington, D.C., can be with us as...

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Sister Teresa Yeung, MM

This letter brings you word of the death of our Sister Maria Teresa in Hong Kong on April 3, 1971. Sister Maria Teresa (Teresa Yeung) was born on August 15, 1896 in Canton, China. Her family could trace its Catholic origins back...

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Sister Anne Dolores Yeager, MM

On May 7th, 1985, at 03:30 p.m., our Sister Anne Dolores Yeager, without any forewarning, simply and suddenly allowed the fragile life-spirit that bound her to earth to be severed and she silently slipped away from us. She was a...

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Sister Maria Theresa Yamagishi, MM

In the early morning of June 19, 1995, after a long illness and a valiant struggle, Sister Maria Theresa Yamagishi yielded her spirit to God. During the evening before, as the sun set on the feast of Corpus Christi, she said...

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Sister Lucy Whitney, MM

On Monday morning, March 30, at the regular 7 o’clock liturgy we remembered Sister Lucy in her last hours in the Maryknoll Nursing Home. After the celebration of the Eucharist, Fr. Robert Wynne, MM anointed Sister Lucy and she...

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