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In Memoriam
When she enrolled as a sophomore in 1948 at Mission Church High School in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Irene Kelly met SSNDs for the first time...
“Much later now, at journey’s end,
I walk along the shore again.
Spirit-filled, at rest, content.
Limited, no more.”
From the poem “Fiat,” by Phyllis Bradtke, SSND
Sister Elise turned 102 in March. She was in her 84th year as a School Sister of Notre Dame. She received her elementary education in a one-room school, known as the “mosquito” school, located in the nearby bush. It was there she discovered a library book on the Little Flower of Jesus. St. Therese’...
"Prayer is true heavenly food and nourishment for the soul, which will starve without it. It is a remedy for the sick who desire to recover again, joy for the afflicted, strength for the weak, medicine for sinners, delight for the just, mutual support for the entire church.”
-BLESSED THERESA GERHARDINGER