Posts by Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sister M. Canice, MSC (Maria Knaup) 1934 – 2011 Sister Canice entered the aspirancy in Hiltrup in 1927 and began her novitiate in 1933.  She arrived in the United States on the Steamer Hamburg in 1935 as an eager, newly professed Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. For the next fifteen years, with…

Sister M. Sophie, MSC (Margaret Shina) 1918 – 2013 Sister Sophie entered the aspirancy of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Reading, PA in 1937 and made her first profession in 1943. Although Sister Sophie dealt with frail health throughout her life, this did not keep her from being a dedicated religious and…

Sister Catherine Ann Galgoci, MSC (M. Jane) 1920 – 2013 In the early 1900’s, Sister Catherine Ann’s parents came from Czechoslovakia and settled among other Slovak immigrants in the coal mining region of Pennsylvania.  It was there in Lansford that Sister Catherine Ann first met the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart as her teachers…

Sister Kathleen White, MSC (Margaret Mary) 1950 – 2012 In her early years in elementary school, Sister Kathleen was taught by the MSC Sisters and it is from this association that she felt drawn to enter the aspirancy in 1964. Sister served in various ministries in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Diocese of Allentown: …

Sister M. Rosemary, MSC (Anna Balazek) 1916 – 2012 In the early 1900’s, Sister Rosemary’s parents emigrated from Czechoslovakia and settled among other Slovak people in the coal mining region of Pennsylvania.  It was there in Lansford that Sister Rosemary first met the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart as her teachers in elementary school.…

Sister M. Michele Marth, MSC (Anna Marie Marth) 1938 – 2012 Sister Michele’s first association with our MSC Sisters was through her aunt, Sister Armella, and it was from this relationship that she felt drawn to enter the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. For over thirty-five years, Sister Michele was involved in the teaching…

Sister M. Elise, MSC (Isentraud) (Apollonia Heuel) 1925 – 2012 When Sister Elise was two years old, her father died.  Since the family had no place to live, her mother’s brother, a parish priest, took them in.  They lived on the second floor of the rectory and he shared what little he had with them. …

Sister M. Deofilia, MSC Vilma Lacko (Latsko) 1918 – 2009 Sister Deofilia began life as one of four children of hard-working Slovak immigrants in Lansford, Pennsylvania.  There, the parish church and school, our first mission in the United States, was the center of her life.  It was no surprise to those who knew her that…

Sister M. Antonette, MSC (Elizabeth (Marcak) Martinko) 1913 – 2009 Young Elizabeth Martinko attended Saint John the Baptist Parish School in Allentown, then staffed by the MSC sisters.  She became an aspirant along with her step-sister Magdalen, Sister Donna Marie (+2000).  Their older sister, Sister. Helen Marie (+1984), became an MSC in 1927.  Both Sister…

Sister M. Josepha, MSC (Mary Lapos) 1912 – 2009 Sister Josepha’s parents came- to the United States from Slovakia.  After settling in the coal regions of Pennsylvania, Saint Michael’s Church in Lansford became their faith community.  It was here that Mary Lapos first met our sisters.  She was drawn to our missionary life and blossomed…