Archives: Deceased Sisters

At 7:00 P.M. on October 1, the feast of St. Therese of Lisleux and on the eve of the Chinese Moon Festival, Sister Beatrice Stapleton died in our Maryknoll Nursing Home. As with Therese, Bea had intense family love and a love of...

Today we are gathered as Sue’s family in sorrow, and yet a peace pervades our hearts knowing that she has moved from a time of so much hope of recovery, to these last weeks of growing peace into this moment of joy. In her own...

Monday, October 23rd, was a glorious fall day. As we gathered at the cemetery to bury Sisters Rose de Lourdes Loftus and Mary Reginald Silva, the sun was warm and the autumn leaves resplendent in brilliant golds and reds. As we...

Once again the Lord speaks to us through the death of Sister M. Imelda Sheridan, the third veteran Maryknoll missioner to Chinese who responded to the Father’s call within a week. She died peace fully at Bethany around 11:00...

Shortly after midnight, in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 10th, 1980, Sister Mary Alicia Shader died at our Maryknoll Nursing Home and began her eternal life in Christ Jesus. Sister Alicia was born on June 30, 1908 in...