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Do
you have a special intention?
Would you like others to join with you in prayer?
Is
there sickness in your family?
Have
you recently suffered the loss of a loved one?
Are
you celebrating a joyful event or favor in your life?
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
Your requests are welcomed at our e-mail:
pam@ssjspringfield.org
In Memoriam
Please
join us in prayer for these recently deceased
members
of our Congregation:
 Sister Rita
Deschenes, (Marie Xavier),
beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph in her 55th
year, died at Mont Marie Health Care Center on January 25,
2010. She was born in Fall River, MA, the daughter of
Albert and Bermonde (Lemieux) Deschenes. She entered the
Sisters of St. Joseph of LePuy in Fall River in 1955 from
St. Jean Baptiste Parish in Fall River and became a member
of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield when the two
Congregations merged in 1974. She attended high school at
Jesus Marie Academy and received a BA degree from Annhurst
College. She later earned an MA degree in religious
studies from Providence College.
Among Sister’s
teaching assignments were St. Michael’s in Ocean Grove,
St. Louis School in Swansea, St. Matthew’s, Fall River,
and St. Joseph School, Vinton, LA. She also taught at St.
Joseph High School, Conway, Arkansas and directed the
Religious Education program. Sister’s most recent ministry
was to the members of St. Joseph’s Parish in DeRidder,
Louisiana, as Director of Religious Education and Pastoral
Minister. Sister served in this ministry for the past
thirty-one years.
 Sister
Rita Rafferty,
(Sr. Rose Thomas),
91, beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Springfield in her 72nd year, died at Mont Marie Health
Care Center on December 26, 2009. She was born in Webster,
MA, the daughter of Thomas and Rose (O'Brien) Rafferty.
Sister entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield
from St. Louis Parish, Webster. She was graduated from St.
Louis High School. She earned A.B. and M.A. degrees from
the College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, MA.
Sister taught
her entire career in the Springfield Diocese, serving in
St. Joseph, Pittsfield; Holy Name, Springfield; Immaculate
Conception, Easthampton; Sacred Heart, Holyoke; Holy
Trinity, Greenfield, and St. Michael's, Northampton. For
thirty years she taught at Cathedral High School in
Springfield.
 Sister
Patricia B. Kane, (Sr. Geraldine Maria)
79, beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Springfield for 62 years, died at Mont Marie Health Care
Center in Holyoke on October 27, 2009. Born in Worcester,
Mass., she was the daughter of Patrick and Geraldine
(Shea) Kane. Sister entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Springfield from St. Peter Parish, Worcester. She was
graduated from St. Peter High School, Worcester, earned a
B.A. from the College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee,
an M.A from Marquette University in Speech/Drama, and an
M.S. in Mass Communications from Boston University.
Sister taught in
the schools of the Springfield Diocese at Sacred Heart,
Holyoke, St. Joseph, North Adams, St. Charles, Pittsfield
and Cathedral High School, Springfield and in the
Worcester Diocese at St. Mary School, Southbridge. She
taught on the faculties of St. Rose College, Albany, NY,
The College of St. Joseph, Rutland, VT and Tangaza
College, Nairobi, Kenya. She served in Catholic
Communications Ministry for the Diocese of Springfield,
including the Chalice of Salvation, and in Radio and TV
for the Diocese of Hartford. Most recently she was
co-director of Clementwood Spiritual Life Center in
Rutland, VT.
 Sister
Mary Richard Tyrrell, (Anna E.),102,
beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield
for 83 years, died at Mont Marie Health Care Center,
Holyoke, on July 5th, 2009. A native of Dudley,
Mass., she was the daughter of Richard and Mary (Harbort)
Tyrrell. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Springfield from St. Louis Parish in Webster, Mass. She
was graduated from St. Louis High School and earned an A.B.
degree from the College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee,
Mass.
Sister taught in
the Diocese of Springfield at Blessed Sacrament School and
Sacred Heart School, Holyoke; Annunciation School and St.
Mary School, Northampton and St. Patrick School,
Chicopee. She taught in the Diocese of Worcester at St.
Peter School and in the Diocese of Providence at St. Rose
of Lima School, Warwick. She also served in staff
positions in the Springfield Diocesan School Office and at
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Hope
parishes, Springfield. She retired in 1993.
 Sister
Elizabeth of the Trinity Marcotte,
98, beloved member of the Sisters of
St. Joseph for 79 years, died on June 25, 2009 in the
Mont Marie Health Care Center, Holyoke, Mass. A native of
New Bedford, she was the daughter of the late Hormisdas
and Carmelia Marcotte. Sister entered the Sisters of St.
Joseph of LePuy in Fall River in 1930 from St. Joseph
Parish, New Bedford and became a member of the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Springfield when the two Congregations
merged in 1974. She received her early education in the
parochial schools of New Bedford and graduated from
Novitiate High School in Fall River. She earned a B.A.
degree from Sacred Heart College, Fall River.
Among Sister’s
teaching assignments were St. Roch, St. Jean Baptiste,
and Blessed Sacrament Schools, Fall River, St. Louis and
St. Michael Schools, Swansea, and St. Therese and St.
Joseph Schools, New Bedford. She served as a nurse’s aide
in New Bedford and retired in 1974 in Fall River and
joined the Retirement Community at Mont Marie in 1992. She
became a resident of the Mont Marie Health Care Center in
2001.
For a more
complete complete
list of deceased members of our Congregation, please
click here.
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