She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1950, taking the name Marie St. Joseph. She lives in Windsor, CT. She enjoyed the years when her family lived with her aunt and grandmother and Marna loved the area, saying "We had good neighbors from all walks of life and all parts of the world.". Both were immigrants from Ireland and were very traditional Catholics. In ministry, she has served in religious formation and renewal programs. She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1960, taking the name Alice Philip. Mary Berenice Monahan, as she was named at birth, was one of George and Mary (McGee) Monahan's nine children. She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in August 1957 and made her final vows in July 1965. A Sister of Notre Dame for seventy-nine years, Ann ministered in both elementary and high schools sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. . "It's more virtuous to live with imperfect people than to live with saints." She took her first vows in 1963 and perpetual vows in 1968. My father was from Baton Rouge and my mother from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Sister Brbara is a native of Mexico City. East West Archives for the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur . Sister Anne Gabrielle remembers a happy childhood in a, Born and raised in Chester, Pa. and Parkside, Pa., I am the daughter of William and Katherine Fedina Gallagher (both deceased), and ninth of 11 children. On the occasion of her 60th Jubilee as a Sister, she wrote the following reflection in 2018: "When St. Therese of Lisieux read "in the book of life I will teach you the science of, "For from [the Word's] fullness we have all received, grace upon grace." She graduated from St. Joseph's High School in Somerville. She also did graduate studies at Wheelock College in Boston. Clearly, Sister Irene is happy in her vocation, "We are placed in this little corner of the world like cinders beneath the ashes, to ignite the fire of divine love in the hearts of those we meet" (adapted) I grew up in Dedham, Mass. She was born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts. She was one of a set of identical twins, but the family had another set of twin girls, another girl and a two boys. Even in their early years. She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1960, taking the name Sr. Rose Christopher. Sister Mary was born M. Claire O'Connell in Boston on March 7, 1932, to parents Jerome and Nora (Coyne) O'Connell. She is currently retired, and serves as a volunteer tutor at the Notre Dame Educational Center in Worcester, MA. On July 4, 1874, eight pioneer Sisters of Notre Dame arrived in the United States. Sister Joanne was born in Lowell, MA, to parents John and Ann (Sleison) Sullivan. Her brothers Joe and John were 13 and 8 years older, and her sister Mary was 11 older. Meister Eckhart Thank you! She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1960, taking the name Julie Stephen. As a result we, My twin brother, Paul, and I were born in our family home in Glenolden, Pa., where we lived until the age of three when our family move to Norwood, Pa, We lived there until I entered Notre Dame at Ilchester, Md. Sister is now retired, and volunteers as a tutor at the Notre Dame, "Teach them what they need to know to live. When we were young our mother has serious health issues. Sister Bridget Therese O'Connor entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1957. Sister Kathleen lives in Ipswich, MA. Rainer Maria Rilke,"Go to the Limits of Your Longing." The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur value Communication of all its forms! She ministered in education in Worcester, East Boston, South Boston, Lawrence, Wakefield and Salem, N.H. She was also the manager for the Shelter for the Homeless, "If God wants you thereyou will go there. A graduate of Notre Dame High School, San Jose, she spent most of her life in the area. Being of Polish and Irish extraction herself she, Sister Catherine St. John was born Anne Byrne, and entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1949. Sister Mary Corripio was born and raised in Louisiana through high school. Sister Janet Margaret's Ministries Educator 1973-77 Notre Dame Academy, Hingham, MA 1977-79 St. Michael School, Hudson, MA 1979-1984, Sister Mary Mulligan was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and lives there today, but she likes to say that she's been on Broadway for almost all her life. Sister Margaret Lynch died on April 22, 2020, at the age of 97. 2022 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur U.S. East-West Province, Maps and Directions to the Province Locations, Sister Christine Elizabeth Allen (1929-2020), Sister Judianne Beltz 40-Year Jubilarian, Sister Marlene (Edward St. Anne) Biasiello, Sister Claudia (Claudia Andre) Blanchette, Sister Mary Ann Boretti 50-Year Jubilarian, Sister Ann (Ann Mildred) Brennan 75-Year Jubilarian, Sr. Patricia (Maureen St. Patrick) Butler, Sister Catherine St. John Byrne (1931 2020), Sr. Claire (Ann Bernadette) Callahan (1922-2020), Sister Madeline (Madeline St. Charles) Carrabino, Sister Marie-Rose (Rose Pauline) Charpentier, Sister Mary (Catherine Angela) Clancy (1935-2021), Sister Leonore (Leonore Julie) Coan 60-Year Jubilarian, Sister Margaret Philip Coffey 60-Year Jubilarian, Sister Lorraine Connell 50-Year Jubilarian, Sister Ann Marie Connolly 70-Year Jubilarian, Sister Carol (Francis Veronica) Connor (1936-2021), Sister Sissy/Katherine (Thomas Mary) Corr, Sister Patricia (David St. Anne) Curran 70-Year Jubilarian, Sister Harriet (Harriet Christine) Cutting, Sister Barbara Jane (Henrietta Jane) Dole (1928-2021), Sister Eileen (Helen St. John) Finnigan (1944-2022), Sister Mary Therese (Margaret St. Henry) Flattery, Remembering Sister Anne Gabrielle Gagnon (1931-2023), Sister Marjorie (William Katherine) Gallagher, Sister Patricia (Rose St. Joseph) Gallahue (1927-2021), Sister Roberta (Peter Miriam) Giampaoli (1937-2021), Sister Mary Louise (Julie Peter) Graziano (1938 2021), Sister Joan (Marguerite Therese) Gregoire 70-Year Jubilarian, Sister Catherine (Catherine St. Andrew) Griffiths 70-Year Jubilarian, Sister Edithann Kane 60-Year Jubilarian, Sister Raymond Loretta Kelley 70-Year Jubilarian, Sister Bernice (Catherine Raymond) King 70-Year Jubilarian, Sr. Joan Marie (Marie Raphael) Lacasse (1932-2019), Sister Maureen (Robert Marie) Lewis (1934-2021), Sr. Patricia (Patricia Mary) Linehan (1931-2020), Sr. Margaret (Mary Kevin) Lynch (1923-2020), Sr. Jeanne (Jeanne Francis) MacDonald (1936-2020), Sr. Corinne (Corinne Marie) Manzi (1931-2020), Sister Ann Marie (Agnes Dolores) McAndrews, Sister Margaret (Daniel Mary) McCarthy 70-Year Jubilarian, Sister Dorothy (Dorothy Joseph) McCormick, Sister Immaculata Marie McDonnell 75-Year Jubilarian, Sister Julie (Julie St. William) McDonough, Sister Bernadette Mary McGrath (1926-2020), Sister Kathryn Lawrence McGuiggan (1934-2021), Sister Maureen (Daniel Francis) McLaughlin, Sister Joyce (Alice William) McMullen 60-Year Jubilarian, Sister Joan (Francis St. Catherine) Mehigan 70-Year Jubilarian, Sister Rose Elizabeth Monahan 70-Year Jubilarian, Sr. Lillian (Jane Marie) Morris (1922-2020), Sister Mary (Anna Marie) Mulligan 75-Year Jubilarian, Sister Francis Virginia Murphy 75-Year Jubilarian, Sr. Margaret (Mary St. Patrick) Nally (1931-2020), Remembering Sister Marylyn O'Connor (1945 2022), Sister Catherine (Catherine Johanna) Perroni 70-Year Jubilarian, Sister Mary Margaret (Immaculata Marie) Pignone, Sister Rita (Leo Marie) Raboin 60-Year Jubilarian, Sr. Frances (Margaret St. George) Randall (1932-2020), Sister Anne Frances Rhilinger (1930-2021), Sister Marna (Margaret George) Rogers 60-Year Jubilarian, Sister Jeanne (Anne Campion) Ronayne (1943-2020), Sister Theresa (Theresa Joseph) Ryder 70-Year Jubilarian, Sister Roberta (Jude Stephen) Rzeznik 60-Year Jubilarian, Sister Helen St. Thomas Singleton 75-Year Jubilarian, Sister Helen St. Thomas Singleton (1928 2022), Sr. Marie (Josepha Therese) Treanor (1922-2020), Sister Alice Clare Tremblay 75-Year Jubilarian, Sister Janice (Margaret Cornelia) Waters 75-Year Jubilarian, Sister Margaret (Mary Bartholomew) Welch (1934-2021), Sister Mary Elizabeth (Elizabeth Matthew) Whalen, Sister Charlotte Francis Wickes (1932-2021). About her work there, she says: "Sometimes, this was as simple as noticing and honoring the women's presence vowing, 'Talk much to our Lord in peace and calm." Sadly, her brother Bernard died when he was just three months old, before Mary was born. She graduated from Emmanuel College in Boston with a degree in Latin. Add a memorial, flowers or photo. Nancy Rowen was born and raised in Lynn, Massachusetts, where she was the second of Jo and Joe Rowen's five children. She grew up in Cambridge, Mass., with her large family. She took her first vows in 1963 and perpetual vows in 1968. Sister Eleanor Clancy entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1957. June, 2019 "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." Sister Marilyn, Sister Marie Catherine Pero entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1953, "The Lord will complete what He has done for me" -Psalm 138:8 The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur are sometimes called "The Smiling Sisters" and Sister Catherine Perroni surely fits that description! "It was not you who chose me, it was I who chose you to go forth and bear fruit." From my early. in 1951. Why Give. Claire entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur when I was not quite two, Sister Alice was born in Brighton, Massachusetts, one of four children of parents Philip and Alice Marie (Fitzgerald) McCourt. -John 15:16 I come from a large family and was number seven of eight childrenfour sisters much older than I, and three brothers. Her sister Lorraine was two years older than Anne, and they were good companions to each other. Obituaries; Give. She grew up and spent many summers on Long Island, Maine. Browse reviews, directions, phone numbers and more info on Sisters of Notre Dame. Within the family she was known as "Bunny," perhaps to avoid confusion, since her mother's name was also Mary. St. Julie Billiart I am the oldest of six children and feel I came from one of the happiest families. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. but because of her father's career as an Army officer she'd lived in Texas, California and Maryland by the time she was 10 years old. Sister Susan Raymo entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1964. She has many years of experience in teaching, school administration, retreat work and parish, Sister Elizabeth Michaels was born Jeannette L. Michaels in Brighton, Mass. Sister Nancy Simonds entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1957. She graduated from Ascension High School in Worcester and, Sister Jennifer Pierce entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 2000. Sister Sylvia Provost Whether teaching, counseling, praying, feeding the hungry or pursuing justice, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur live the Gospel and seek to reflect the goodness of God. She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1963 and took the name Sister Helen St. John. Sr. Patricia Gertrude Gill went peacefully home to her Good God on December 3, 2019. She was 91. "Edie" graduated from Cambridge High & Latin School. -St. Julie Billiart Sister Maureen is the child of Irish immigrants; her father was from Donegal and her mother came from Mayo. Yvette was four years younger; Helene was born several years later and completed the family. It must make our hearts as wide as the world." 2019 December. Sr. Lorraine Tiani first met the Sisters of Notre Dame at age six when her parents enrolled her in St. Aloysius School in New Canaan, CT. She continued to be educated by the Sisters until receiving her B.A. She took her first vows in 1953 and perpetual vows in 1958. She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame in 1970, and took her first vows in 1973. -St. Julie Billiart Sister Marietta Brown is a native of Boston, Mass. Raised and educated in Roslindale, she was a, Sister Clare Callahan died Sunday, April 19, 2020 at the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center, Worcester at the age of 98. A daughter of John and Mary Waldron Kelly, Irish immigrants, she was the sixth of nine children. Sister Regina Whalen was born in Dorchester, Mass., one of five children of parents Richard and Mary (Sheehan) Whalen. She is currently Pastoral Associate of St. Mary-St. Catherine of Siena Parish, in Charlestown, MA. She led the college during, Sister Barbara Ann English, born in Upper Darby and raised in Media, Pennsylvania, is a proud graduate of Notre Dame High School in Moylan, Pennsylvania. The School Sisters of Notre Dame were founded by Caroline Gerhardinger in Bavaria in 1833 and they came to the U.S. in 1847. They always looked out for each other, and they were loved unconditionally by their parents, Stephen and Mary (Narsaviche) Coffey, who chose the name. News & Events. Sister Marie St. Joseph Santry was born on March 19, 1931, as Mary E. Santry in Lynn, MA, to parents Thomas and Annie (Egan) Santry. She has one brother. Business profile of Sisters of Notre Dame, located at 33 Matignon Road, Cambridge, MA 02140. St. Julie Billiart Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest. St. Louis, MO 63125. She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur on August 1, 1951, taking her First Vows in 1954 and her Perpetual Vows in 1959. Sr. Joan was born in Lawrence, the daughter of the late Leo and Mary (Harkins) Lacasse and the sister of the late Carol G. Veilleux. 320 East Ripa Avenue. Sister Mary Elizabeth Delaney entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1948. On the occasion of her 60th Jubilee in 2017 she wrote the following: As the years go by it becomes easier, Sister Marcia Joanne Billings entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1975, Sister Mary Louise Blanchard entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1952, "I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full." In 2022, Sister Janet Eisner retired after 43 years as the president of Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. Agnes was baptized and attended Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, elementary, We remember with joy the life and spirit of Sr. Marie Paula McNiff who died on April 28, 2020. St. Julie Billiart Sister Margaret Philip Coffey has happy memories of her family life in New Britain, Conn. with her three older siblingsStephen, Ann and Catherine. Go forth and bear fruit. of Notre Dame de Namur in.... ; Helene was born in Dorchester, Mass., with her large family and was number seven eight. Grew up and spent many summers on Long Island, Maine,.... 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