In Memoriam

Help us remember our Sisters.

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
Sister Lorraine

In Memoriam: Sister Lorraine Pratt

Sister Lorraine Pratt died peacefully at Resurrection Life Center on August 31, 2017. She was 90 years old and a vowed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 71 years. Sister Lorraine ministered as a teacher and administrator for 44 years at St. Anne, St. James and St.

Sister Carolyn Andrews

In Memoriam: Sister Carolyn Andrews

Sister Carolyn Andrewes died on September 12 at Norwalk Hospital near Wilton following a short illness. She was 86 years old and a vowed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 65 years.

Sister Mary Valeria Wagner

In Memoriam: Sister Mary Valeria Wagner

Mary Edna Wagner, seventh of the nine children of George and Mary Rose Knodle Wagner, was born in Emmitsburg, Md. on Dec. 4, 1923. Named Mary in honor of her mother, she was baptized and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 1923. Mary Edna wrote in her autobiography, “When I was old enough, I started school at St. Mary’s School, Hagerstown, Md.” She was taught by the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 12 years of grammar and high school at St. Mary’s, graduating in 1943.