Posts by Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

1929 – 2019 Sister Dorothy grew up in a large family of seven brothers and two sisters. Three of her brothers died very young. Her parents came to the United States from Czechoslovakia and settled in Allentown. They were members of St. John the Baptist Slovak Catholic Church and Sr. Dorothy and her siblings attended…

Sister Maria (Maria Walburgis)- Rosa Mersch 1902 – 2006  Sister Maria was born at the time that our first sisters set sail for the Marshall Islands and New Britain. She embraced their spirit of sacrifice and adventure when as a postulant she, too, left home for the distant shores of America. This spirit, combined with…

Sister M. Weneburg (Weneburga) – Maria Kiiuper 1912 – 2005  Less than six months after her first vows, Sister Weneburg arrived in the United States on the Steamer Hamburg. Her older sister, Sister Floriberta, had just entered our congregation in Hiltrup. In 1936, Sister Weneburg studied nursing to meet our growing demand for nurses. Thus…

Sister M. Stephana – Hedwig Gemmeke 1903 – 2006  Shortly after beginning her postulancy in Hiltrup, Sister Stephana arrived in New York on the Steamer Bremen. The harvest was great in the United States, so a year after her first profession, Sister Stephana entered the field of teaching in the parish elementary schools of Pennsylvania.…

Sister M. Bridget –  Helen  Ulincy Born: December 20, 1917 in Bethlehem, PA Professed:   August 26, 1937 Died: May 1, 2006 in Reading, PA Sister Bridget was the oldest of eight children. Her parents, immigrants of Slovak heritage, enrolled Helen and her siblings in the parish school of SS. Cyril and Methodius Church in…

Sister Julianna Marie (M. Hiltrud, Hilda Marie) – Julia  Kollar 1910 – 2006   At the age of eleven, Julia arrived in America with her family on the steamer Red Line. They settled in northeastern Pennsylvania where many immigrants from Austria lived. Our sisters taught her in the parish school of Saint Peter’s Church in Coplay.…

Sister M. Dolora – Anna Mary Rose Fixl 1931 – 2005  Sister Dolora’s parents emigrated to the United States from Austria. Sister grew up in Our Lady of Hungary Parish in Northampton, PA where she came to know our sisters.. Upon completion of twelfth grade, she entered our congregation. In 1953, Sister began her life­…

Sister M. Kathleen – Mary E. Lyon 1913 – 2005  Just a week before her death, Sister Kathleen’s condition became critical. Rather than go to the hospital as she had done so often due to difficulty in breathing, Sister chose to remain at home in the care of the sisters and nurses. “One knows when…

Sister M. Borgia – Mathilde Deutsch 1914 – 2007    Sister Borgia’s parents arrived from Austria and made a home in the MSC parish in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. She was the fourth of ten children, three of whom succumbed to illness in childhood. These deaths brought young Mathilde and her family closer to God and the…

Sister M. Adella – Irene Rita Lukac  1924 – 2005 Sister Adella’s mother came to the United States from Slovakia. Eventually, her parents settled in Lansford, PA where in the parish elementary school, Irene Rita Lukac first came to know and love our sisters. In 1938, she entered the aspirancy in Reading. In 1946, Sister…