In Memoriam

Help us remember our Sisters by sharing a story about a Sister who touched your life, or making a gift in their honor.

Sister Martin Therese Gensler, SSND
Sister Martin Therese taught for over 44 years. She was a dedicated and creative professional and was greatly appreciated at the St. Alphonsus School. She was very close to her family and had nineteen nieces and nephews, thirty-eight great-nieces and nephews, and five great-great-nieces and nephews!
Sister Joan Durkan
Joan was quiet and unassuming but a strong and determined woman.  When she spoke, her words were filled with wisdom.  Her insights and knowledge will be missed, especially at ACE, the Anti-Human Trafficking Alliance of Oxford, PA. Joan was instrumental in the founding of ACE.  She cared deeply about the vulnerable, was a strong advocate and touched many lives.
Mary Elizabeth Burke, SSND
Sister Mary Burke was a daughter of Boston who loved everything “Boston.”  She inherited a great love of history and politics from her dad, and her reading reflected that love.  Mary enjoyed life and had a quiet sense of humor.  Her big blue eyes radiated a warm composure and her personal relationship with God.

In death, we say our ultimate human yes to God. Trusting in God’s power to bring us to the fullness of life, we conclude our earthly life with an act of worship: in the action of death we proclaim God as God, and ourselves as God’s creatures. We are called by God and sent by the community; we go in joy!

- You Are Sent, Constitution of the School Sisters of Notre Dame