In Memoriam

Dear Sisters, Today in the United States we celebrate our American Thanksgiving Day. In the early morning hours, Ssiter Hildegarde was invited by the Lord into His Presence, I’m sure with great thanksgiving and praise. Sister M. Hildegarde – Gertrud OverhuesBorn: December 1, 1901 in Roxel i. West GermanyFirst Profession: December 1, 1923Died: November 22,…

(Stella Domitrovitz) 1927-1922 Sister Bernice was born and raised in Nazareth, PA with her younger brother Joseph and sister Helen. Her parents had emigrated from the Burgenland in Austria and were members of Holy Family Parish, an MSC parish and the only Catholic church in Nazareth. Sr. Bernice was taught by our Sisters in the…

(Sr. Mary Louis) 1937 – 2022 Sister Sylvia was born on New Year’s Day in Charleston, South Carolina, the only child of her parents. Her close and loving family were Southern Baptists with a deep Christian faith. Sr. Sylvia met our Sisters when she began working as an X-ray Technician at St. Mary’s Hospital in…

1942 – 2021 Our Sister Georgette was someone filled with abounding JOY.  It is said that to have true joy one must put Jesus first, Others second, and Yourself last.  This is how Sr. Georgette lived her life. Sr. Georgette grew up in a warm and loving Italian family in Conshohocken, near Philadelphia.  Both her…

Sister Rosemarie was born and grew up in York, PA, in a family of 10 children.  It was a family centered on their Catholic faith where early morning Mass was part of their daily routine. Three of the 8 girls entered religious life, each to a different congregation:  the Carmelites, the Sisters of St. Joseph,…

1952 – 2021 Sister Janice was born in Philadelphia and grew up in a warm and loving family with her younger sister Darlene. She first met our Sisters when she attended Little Flower High School. Her desire to enter our community grew quickly and she was received as a postulant in January 1971. When asked…

1956 – 2020 Sister Bonnie was born at Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown, PA where our Sisters ministered until just recently. In fact, our very own Sr. Theresa Lepera, MSC was the maternity nurse in the delivery room when Sr. Bonnie arrived in this world. Years later, when Sr. Bonnie was asked how she first…

1937 – 2019 Sister Colleen grew up in a warm and loving Irish family in Philadelphia with her brother William (Bill) and her two sisters Mary and Catherine (Cass).  Somehow the family became members of the German parish of St. Henry where Sr. Colleen was taught by our Sisters in the parish school. In 1958…

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…