Necrology
Late in the evening of December 8, 2020, Sister Fabian entered into the embrace of the Heavenly Father. It was a feast day that was particularly dear to Sister, celebrating Mary, the Mother of God. Surely, Sister Fabian was welcomed into the Heavenly Kingdom by this beloved heavenly Mother, Mary.
On November 5, 2020 surrounded by her Sisters in community, Sister Mary Cecilia Jurasinski, professing a deep love for God, fell asleep in the Lord.
On Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Sister Elizabeth Bertoldi died at Germantown Hospital where she had been transferred from St. Joseph’s Villa Nursing Home.
For Sister Mary Grace, Holy Week 2020 was to be the threshold of her entrance into the life for which she yearned. Her last words to Sister Ruth, Provincial, were “I want to go to heaven.” In mid-afternoon of Holy Wednesday, April 8, 2020, she got her wish. She had received the Mystery of Holy Anointing earlier in that week, and so she was well prepared to meet Jesus to whom she had dedicated 63 years of her life.
Very early in the morning of Monday, August 12, 2019, Sister Ann Fedyszak (formerly Sister Aloysius) completed her earthly life and awoke to the dawn of her new life in the heavenly Kingdom. Sister Ann had been a resident of Mt. Macrina Manor just days shy of seven years, and it was from there that Jesus called her to Himself.
On July 17, 2019 Sister Bernarda Anna Arkatin, OSBM of the Jesus Lover of Humanity, Fox Chase Manor, PA, USA was called home to the Lord in the 96th year of her life, having lived 79 years in the monastery.
On July 6, 2019 Sister Yosyfa Anna Kushtan, OSBM of the Christ the King Province, Argentina was called home to the Lord in the 72 year of her life, having lived 33 years in the monastery.