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Sister Cecilia died on August 25, 2018 at the age of 92. She was in her 72nd year as a School Sister of Notre Dame.
Mildred entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame from her home parish, St. Leo’s. Her college education was completed during the candidature. She was received into the novitiate on July 26, 1941 and was given the name, Sister Eugene Marie.
When she was a fourth grader, the family moved to Chicago, and a year later she enrolled in St. Cyril’s School and met the Sisters of Loretto. “It was here, in the sixth grade, that I first thought I would like to be a sister.”
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
