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The death of Sr Louise Phelan was felt throughout the whole community. She passed away peacefully on February 27 at Brookhaven Nursing Home, Ballyragget after a...

Reply From the Maryknoll Sisters Maryknoll Sister Janice McLaughlin, who ministered in southern Africa for nearly 40 years and later became President of her religious order, died March 7th in Maryknoll, New York, at age 79. Janice was born on February 13th, 1942 in Pittsburgh, PA to Paul McLaughlin and Mary (Schaub) McLaughlin. She had one sister, Mary Ellen, who has pre-deceased her. In 1960, Janice graduated from St. Lawrence High School, Pittsburgh, PA. She then attended St. Mary of the Springs College in Columbus, OH from 1960-1961. Subscribe On September 2nd, 1961, she entered the Maryk...

Sr Phuthunywa Catherine Siyali HC Sr Phuthunywa Catherine Siyali HC belongs to the Congregation of the Sister of the Holy Cross, Southern African Province. She was born in 1970 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape Province and joined the Holy Cross Sisters in 1989. She made her First Profession in 1994 and her Final Vows in 2000. She obtained her BTH degree from UNISA in 2006 and BTH Honours through the University of KwaZulu Natal in 2011. She also trained as a Spiritual Director and Retreat Director through the Jesuit Institute of South Africa in 2017. At the end of 2020 she completed a Formation...

Sr. Mary Elizabeth Washburn, 84, passed away February 1, 2021, at Samaritan Medical Center.

The ceremony was held in the Chapel at St. Mary’s Dominican High School, New Orleans, LA, founded by the Congregation in 1860. Sr. Phuong ministers as an assistant in the school’s Guidance Department. Sr. Dorothy Trosclair, delegate of the Prioress, received Sr. Phuong’s vows. Providing the music was the school’s Laudare Music Ministry, led by Lauren Bordelon with accompaniment by Kenny Lannes. Dominican Sisters of Peace Prioress, Pat Twohill, OP, and Formation Coordinator Pat Dual, OP, addressed attendees via video link from Columbus, OH. Fr. John Restrepo, O.P., St. Martin de Porres...