Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Marguerite Retter, MM

One of the refrains sung during the Palm Sunday Liturgy, “I wait for God with all of my heart, the presence of God shall set me free” expressed Sister Marguerite Retter’s deepest desires. Those desires were realized...

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Sister Helen Stapleton, MM

On Palm Sunday, April 12, 1987, at 10:50 p.m., Sister Helen Stapleton made her own entry into the heavenly Jerusalem at Phelps Hospital accompanied by the prayer of Sister Bernadette Duggan of our center health unit. We gather...

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Sister Gilmary Simmons, MM

“Each of us has a cause, a mission, an aim in life which is so big that it takes us a lifetime to complete it.” Shortly before 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2008, Sister Gilmary Simmons completed her mission when she died in...

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Sister Mary Virginia Schrempp, MM

During Holy Week Sister Mary Virginia Schrempp was admitted to Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles. Sister received the Sacrament of the Sick on April 13 and surgery was successfully performed that day. But at 4:00 a.m. on...

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Sister Cora M. Sakamoto, MM

This morning we gather to express in song and prayer our earthly farewell to our beloved Sister Cora Maria Sakamoto. She touched us all in some way or another with her life. Her big brother, Sydney, is able to claim the longest...

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