Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Lourdes Fernandez, MM

Loving greetings of peace to this community gathered in our Main Chapel here in Maryknoll, to our Sisters, relatives and friends of Lourdes in many parts of the world. Thank you for joining us in this livestreamed Memorial Mass...

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Sister Dolores Ritter, MM

Dolores Agnes Ritter was born on December 10, 1928 in Dresden, Kansas. Her parents, Bernard (Ben) Ritter and Philomena (Minnie) Kruse Ritter were both from Kansas and of German decent. They offered their family of eleven...

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Sister Carol Hassey, MM

Welcome dear Sisters, Family and Friends – those with us in person and those who are joining us on livestream. As Carol herself said, when speaking to Sister Bernice Kita from the Maryknoll magazine: “I have to keep remembering...

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Sister Marilyn Snediker, MM

Sister Marilyn Snediker had been a resident of the MK Sisters’ Eden Community since 2009 and died there peacefully on the morning of April 25, 2023. She died 2 days after her 94th birthday, which she celebrated happily, asking...

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Sister Anne Karen Brannick, MM

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you” (John 14:27). This scripture verse encapsulates in a few words the life and death of our Sister Anne Karen Brannick. As gently and peacefully as she walked with her sisters on this...

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