Dominican Sister of Peace Mary Esther Owens, OP, (98), a native of Charleston, MA, died December 4, 2022, at Sansbury Care Center in St. Catharine, KY. Sr. Mary Esther was born Mary Margaret to Margaret T. Ahern and William Owens on September 9, 1924. A sharing of memories and visitation was held on Thursday, December 22, at the Sansbury Care Center Chapel. She was 82 years of age. The Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, New York are a community of vowed women religious committed to bringing hope and mercy to people in need through various programs and advocacy.. A Wake and Vigil of Remembrance Service were held at the Columbus Motherhouse Chapel on December 29, 2022. She was 93 years of age. As much as she loved education, Sr. Michaeleen felt herself called to health care. A true Dominican in her love of study, Sr. Mary Esther also worked toward a degree in Applied Theology from Berkeley and took courses in Formation, Community Development, and Spiritual Direction at various institutes. She entered the Congregation in 1959, after earning her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Youngstown University. This was excellent preparation for her next ministry at the Archdiocese of Chicago, where she served as director of ecumenical affairs and interreligious affairs. Sister Mary Lorraine Beckes, OP died April 8, 2016 in the Saint Catherine Healthcare Facility, Caldwell, New Jersey. She saw Christ in every young face and served each child with love. Dominican Sisters of Hope. Living and Loving Laudato Si Retreat, June 18-23. Christine M. (Lynch) Mackin of Sandwich, 56, died on Sunday, February 26, following a battle with cancer. Sister Margaret James Curtin, OP of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, died on Dec 1, 2021, in Brandywine Senior Living at Wall, NJ. She advocated for unity in diversity, promoted voter registration, explored the needs of the poor in the Springfield, Kentucky area, and met with groups working to prevent suicide among the young. The Sisters live among Gods people sharing hope and joy, striving to live in a way that calls others to know, love and follow our brother Jesus. She brought good news to others for a long lifetime. There, she helped people make positive changes in their lives. Please know that your gifts are never taken for granted. Sr. Denise returned to study computer science at the University of Akron while teaching there as well. Feb 27, 2023. Sr. Marie would ask, What are you doing to make a difference with the poor? May she rest in peace. She made profession in 1967 as a Dominican Sister of Kenosha and transferred her religious vows to the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa in 1997. She advocated for unity in diversity, promoted voter registration, explored the needs of the poor in the Springfield, Kentucky area, and met with groups working to prevent suicide among the young. Sister Louise Place, OP (Sister Mary Lawrence) of the Dominican Sisters of Hope died on April 23, 2020, at the Wartburg, Mount Vernon, New York. The Dominican Sisters of Hope are ever so grateful for your continued support and generosity. Are you curious about the life of religious sisters? Sister Margaret James entered the novitiate of the Dominican Sisters of Newburgh on September 7, 1947, made her First Profession June 25, 1949, and Final Profession August 22, 1952. Professed in 1951, she taught in the following schools: Sacred Heart, Washington, DC; Sacred Heart, Faribault, MN; St. Clement, Sheboygan, WI; Bethlehem Academy, Faribault, MN, where she was also principal. She was director of religious education at Holy Trinity Parish, Bloomington, IL, and pastoral minister at South Side Catholic Church, Peoria, IL; Visitation Parish, Chicago; and St. She made first profession in 1961 and took her final vows in 1967. Per her request, Sister has been cremated. Sister Mary Aquin passed away on May 12, 2015. Dominican Sister of Peace Vincent de Paul Hutton, OP, (111) died on December 16, 2022, at Sansbury Care Center, St. Catharine, Kentucky. She made final profession in 1946 and celebrated her 75th Jubilee in 2021. Professed in 1951, she taught in the following schools: Annunciation, Minneapolis; St. Mary, Muncie, IN; Resurrection, Minneapolis; St. Mary, Elkton, SD; St. Gall, Milwaukee; St. Anne, Wausau, WI; St. Mary, Piscataway, MD; St. Rose of Lima, Baltimore, MD; and Visitation, Chicago. Sr. Michaeleen was preceded in death by her parents, Orville and Laura Paul Henderson, her brothers, John, Robert, and Joseph, and her sisters, Betty Plants, Dorothy Dudas, Mary Caroline Johnson, and Dolores Mahon. Sr. Joan was interred at the St. Catharine Motherhouse Cemetery. Sister Agnes Boyle, OP (Sister Mary Charles) of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, died November 10, 2019 in St. Catherine of Siena Convent, Caldwell, NJ. She moved to the Sansbury Care Center in 2001, where she continued her recycling ministry for some time. To donate in Sr. Joan Monica McGuires memory, please click here. Sr. Monice served as pastoral minister at St. Fabian Parish, Bridgeview, IL, and Immaculate Conception Parish, Chicago; as director of the permanent diaconate formation program for the Archdiocese of Chicago; and as a member of the Resources for Mission Team for the Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation while living in Chicago. "Beener" Strohbeen age 61, died on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at Meriter Hospital, Madison. She was 77 years of age. She was 87 years of age. She was 96 years of age. After working for several years following high school graduation, she entered the Congregation in 1932, made her first profession in 1933, and took her final vows in 1936. She was 92 years of age. She moved to the Sansbury Care Center in 2001, where she continued her recycling ministry for some time. Memorial gifts in Sr. Mary Esther Owens memory may be sent to the Dominican Sisters of Peace, Office of Mission Advancement, 2320 Airport Dr. Columbus, OH 43219 or oppeace.org. SPRINGFIELD, ILL.-The Dominican Sisters of Springfield will hold an open house for graduates of Sacred Heart Academy who lived at Siena Hall as students, a final memorial to the building before it is razed sometime during the summer months. Sr. Marya served as pastoral associate at St. Martin de Porres Parish, Peoria, IL; religious education teacher at Immaculate Conception School, Kieler, WI; support staff at the Motherhouse, Sinsinawa, WI; and in family care in Peoria, IL. May she rest in peace. She served God and Gods church as a Dominican Sister for 72 years. She worked for four years before hearing Gods call and entered the Congregation in 1953. She was 81 years old. Sr. Vincent held a Bachelor of Arts degree in Math and Spanish from Nazareth College. Sister Victoria Vicki Lauria, OP, died Nov. 17, 2022. She was 94 years of age. Burial of the cremains will take place immediately following the mass in the Dominican Sisters of Hope Cemetery on the grounds of Mount Saint Mary College. There, she was the social ministry director and administrator at Christian Emergency Help Centers, which was later renamed the Sullivan Center in her honor. Sr. Monice lived with integrity, fidelity, honesty, and a certain calmness. Sr. LaDonna was outgoing, kind, and generous. Completing her years of service in schools and parish, she moved to Middletown NJ. Sister Charles Elizabeth OBrien, OP of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, Ossining, NY, died on Monday, December 29, 2014 at the Wartburg in Mt. Sister Monica Socinski, OP of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, died on June 25, 2018 at Monmonth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ. Sister Brigid Kelly, OP (Sister Patrick Elizabeth) of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, died December 12, 2016 in Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, NY. Faith, Hope, and Charity, Winnetka, IL; St. Albert the Great, Minneapolis; St. Mary, East Dubuque, IL; St. Thomas of Villanova, Palatine, IL; and St. Rose, Cuba City, WI. Sr. Bernadette ministered in health care as an x-ray technician at Mt. She was 92 years of age. Our EIN number is 94-3356021, and our tax-exempt status is granted under a group exemption with the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops. Born Mary Elizabeth to Jay and Ellen Lane, Mary Kenneth told countless stories. May she rest in peace. Sr. Catherine was principal at St. Zachary, Des Plaines, IL, and St. Hugh, Lyons, IL, and taught at Dominican University, River Forest, IL. She was 88 years of age. Sr. Vicki taught in the following schools: Providence of God, Chicago; St. Therese, Albuquerque, NM; St. Bernadette, Milwaukee; Thomas McCarthy, Hanford, CA; and St. Thomas, Kenosha, WI. Sister Cecilia (Elianne) Davis, OP, died Nov. 17, 2022. May she rest in peace. Sr. Vincent was interred at the St. Catharine Motherhouse Cemetery among her Sisters and friends. She spent nearly two decades as a teacher and administrator in New York, New Jersey, and Illinois before being called by the Congregation to serve as Director of Junior Sisters at the St. Catharine Motherhouse and College. She devoted 31 years of ministry to the people of St. Joseph by offering her kind, unassuming presence. She was very involved in establishing a covenant relationship between the Metropolitan Chicago Synod and the Archdiocese of Chicago and was recognized with the James Fitzgerald Award from CADEIO(Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers) in 2009. In Memoriam - Dominican Sisters of Caldwell - Caldwell, NJ In Memoriam Life is not ended but changed. Sr. Vincent was preceded in death by her parents and siblings and survived by several nieces and nephews. She promoted and welcomed full-time volunteers, Catholic Sisters, medical personnel, and many others who sought a faith-filled community. Professed in 1957, she taught at St. Sister Miriam Joseph Schaub OP of the Dominican Sisters, Sparkill, New York, died on February 26, 2023 in Siena Hall, Dominican Convent, Sparkill. Sister Ann Cecilia Regan, OP of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, died July 22, 2017 at Brandywine Senior Living Facility in Wall, New Jersey. Sister Loretta (Mary Nathan) Zemaitis, OP, died Jan. 26, 2022. Read More Sister Arlene Oswald, OP Sister Arlene Oswald, OP (Sister Mary Mark) of the Dominican Sisters of Hope died on January 4, 2020 in Neptune, New Jersey. Sr. Connie served as youth minister for the Diocese of Rockford; pastoral associate at Holy Spirit Parish, Tuscaloosa, AL; and director of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) program at Christ the King Parish, Tulsa, OK. Sr. Michaeleen was preceded in death by her parents, Orville and Laura Paul Henderson, her brothers, John, Robert, and Joseph, and her sisters, Betty Plants, Dorothy Dudas, Mary Caroline Johnson, and Dolores Mahon. . Click here to send a memorial online. May she rest in peace. She was 83 years old. Born in. Memorial gifts in Sr. Michaeleen Hendersons memory may be sent to the Dominican Sisters of Peace, Office of Mission Advancement, 2320 Airport Dr. Columbus, OH 43219 or oppeace.org. Sister Teresa Paul Heinke, OP of the Dominican Sisters of Hope died on February 24, 2019. The daughter of the late James and Mary Haggerty Curtin, she was born July 14, 1928 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Sr. Michaeleen graduated from Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Zanesville, and after her religious formation, earned her BS in Elementary Education from Ohio Dominican College. Four St. Marys Dominican High School Seniors Named Finalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program, Dominican BIO II Honors Students Study Bacterial Transformation. Click here to send a memorial online. She was most at peace in their presence. Professed in 1962, she taught at Trinity High School, River Forest, IL, and Edgewood College, Madison, WI. She was a warm, friendly, and kind woman. She was strict and had high expectations but was respected as well. Sr. Loretta was curious, often seeking to understand the mystery of God and listening to others as they searched for meaning. Sister Joan Ruth Whittle, OP (Sister M. Regina Joseph) of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, died September 25, 2016 in Calvary Hospital. It was important to her to do meaningful work, and that was work she was able to do. Sister Mary Aquin McDonald, OP of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, died on May 12, 2015 in Hospice Care at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, NY. Sister Marie (Dennita) Sullivan, OP, died Feb. 9, 2022. Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team. She was 90 years of age. Both events were held at the Sansbury Care Center Chapel. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. Copyright 2021. She continued her education in science by earning a Master of Science in Chemistry with a minor in Physics from Notre Dame. She volunteered at St. Barnabas Parish, Chicago, with the religious education program and at Visitation School, Chicago, as a tutor. She welcomed many babies with hand-knitted outfits and blankets and was a helper wherever she lived. Sister Lorraine Gallagher, OP (also known as Sister James Helene) of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, died at St Catherine of Siena Convent, Caldwell, New Jersey. Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope | 1555 34th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601 | Phone: 510-533-5768. Born in New York City on November 24, 1920, Elizabeth was the daughter of Frank and Jane O'Connor Schaub. 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