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Each day our Sisters at Mont Marie gather at noonday prayer for your intentions.  They would be happy and privileged to share your intentions at this special time of their day.

"Prayer is our awareness of God and our awareness of the rest of the universe.  Prayer is our commitment to each person and particle of creation.  It is our driving force in making the stranger a neighbor, in uniting neighbor with neighbor and neighbor with God."  Sr. Mary M. Shea

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Lace on display in LePuy, France, where the Sisters of St. Joseph were founded in the 1600's.  The first Sisters taught lace making to poor women so that they could support their families.

In Memoriam

 Please join us in prayer for these recently deceased
members of our Congregation:

Sister Elizabeth Anna Kane, 87, beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield in her 69th year, died in Mont Marie Health Care Center, Holyoke, Massachusetts on July 7, 2008.  A native of Worcester, she was the daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Foley) Kane.   Sister entered the Congregation from St. Joseph Parish, Auburn, Mass.  She was graduated from St. Peter High School, Worcester and earned an A.B. degree from the College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, Mass.

Sister ministered in the Diocese of Springfield as a teacher at St. Joseph School, North Adams; St. Matthew School, Indian Orchard, and Sacred Heart School and Central Catholic School, both in Pittsfield.  She also taught in the Diocese of Worcester at Sacred Heart Academy, Worcester; St. Louis School, Webster, and St. Mary School, Southbridge.  She served as parish minister at St. Bartholomew Parish, Bondsville and St. Paul Parish, Springfield.  Sister was the secretary for the Holy Family League of Charity of Springfield for several years.

Sister Julia McGrath, 82, (also known as Sr. Teresa Edward), beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield in her 63rd  year, died in Mont Marie Health Care Center, Holyoke, MA  on Friday, April, 11, 2008.  A native of Northampton, MA, she was the daughter of   the late Edward and Julia (White) McGrath.  Sister entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield from St. Mary Parish, Northampton.  She was graduated from St. Michael High School, Northampton and earned a B.A. from the College of Our Lady of the Elms and M.A.T. from St. Michael College, Winooski, Vt.

Sister taught in the Diocese of Springfield at St Joseph High School, North Adams; Pittsfield Central Catholic, Pittsfield and St. Agnes School, Dalton.  She taught in the Providence Diocese at St. Joseph School, Newport, RI and in the Worcester Diocese at St. Peter School, Worcester. She served many years in Williamstown, Mass. in Parish Ministry, including as a companion to the elderly at St. Raphael/ St. Patrick Parishes.

Sister Charles Joseph Carr, (Mary E. Carr), 94,  beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield in her 76th year, died in Warwick, R.I. on March 29, 2008. Born in Cumberland, R.I., she was the daughter of Charles and Florence (Giles) Carr. Sister entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield from Sacred Heart Parish, Pawtucket, R.I. She graduated from Sacred Heart High School, Pawtucket and earned an A.B. degree from the College of Our Lady of the Elms in Chicopee, MA.

Sister taught in the Diocese of Providence, R.I. in St. Joseph School, Newport for 28 years and in St. Francis School, Hillsgrove for 31 years. Since 1994 she has served at St. Francis School as a teacher’s aide.

Sister Grace Mary Klenchik (Ruth), 81, beloved  member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of  Springfield in her 63rd year, died on February 1, 2008 in Mont Marie Health Care Center in Holyoke, MA .  She was born in Binghamton, NY, the daughter of John and Mary (Maliswaski) Klenchik.  Sister entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rutland, Vermont from St. Mary Parish, Binghamton, NY; she became a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield when the Congregations merged in 2001.  Sister was graduated from St. Patrick’s High School, Binghamton. She earned a B.S. degree from the College of St. Joseph, Rutland, VT. She also studied at Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, WI and Gonzaga University, Seattle, WA.

Sister ministered in the Diocese of Burlington as a teacher in Rutland at Mt. St. Joseph School, St. Peter School, and Christ the King School; in Fair Haven at St. Mary School; in Bennington at St. Francis de Sales School, and in White River Junction at St. Anthony Parish. She also served on the staff of the College of St. Joseph, in Rutland. In addition, Sister served as Director of Formation for the Congregation from 1989-1995.  Most recently, she has ministered as Pastoral Assistant at St. John the Baptist Parish in North Bennington.

Sister Catherine Doherty, (formerly Sr. Rita Maurice), 80, beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph in her 59th year, died on Monday, January 21, 2008 in Mont Marie Health Care Center, Holyoke, Massachusetts.  Born in Springfield, she was the daughter of Donald and Catherine (Morrison) Doherty.
     Sister entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield from Our Lady of Hope Parish, Springfield. She was graduated from Cathedral High School in 1946.  She earned an A.B. degree from the College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, Mass.
     Among Sister’s teaching assignments were the following schools: in Holyoke, Holy Rosary; Springfield, Holy Family; West Springfield, St. Thomas and in Northampton, St. Mary.  She served for eight years in Parish Ministry at Our Lady of LaSalette Parish, Sulphur, Louisiana. From 1984 until 2002 she was a member of the staff of Alumnae Library, College of Our Lady of the Elms. She became a resident of St. Joseph Residence, Mont Marie in 2002.

For a more complete complete list of deceased members of our Congregation, please click here.

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