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Marjorie Adams, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Agatha
Home parish: St. John the Evangelist, Girard, PA
Peggy Balizet, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sr. John Daniel
Home parish: St. Agatha, Meadville, PA
Marie Celeste Bindseil, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Home parish: St. John the Baptist, Erie, PA
Rebecca Ann Costa, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sister Josita
Home parish: St. Andrew, Erie, PA
Josephine DePetro, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Mary Anthony
Home parish: Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Bradford, PA
Perpetua Dickant, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: September 2, 1954
Final profession: August 15, 1960
Home parish: St. Leo, Ridgway, PA
Phyllis DiFuccia, SSJ
Sister
Former Religious Name: Sister Paula Marie
Home parish: St. Peter Cathedral, Erie, PA
Jean Baptiste DiLuzio, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: February 2, 1944
Final profession: August 15, 1949
Home parish: Holy Rosary, Erie, PA
Antonia Domeracki, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Entrance: June 28, 1940
Final profession: August 15, 1946
Home parish: St. Gregory, North East, PA
Sister Antonia died on May 6, 2016. May she rest in peace.
Ann Donohue, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sr. Mary Timothy
Home parish: St. Bernard, Bradford, PA
Mary Thomas Downing, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Deceased: August 16, 2018
Entrance: February 2, 1947
Final profession: August 15, 1952
Home parish: St. Ann, Erie, PA
Mary Drexler, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sr. Mary Kristen
Home parish: Sacred Heart, Erie, PA
Mary Ellen Dwyer, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sr. Mariella
Entrance: August 30, 1955
Final profession: August 15, 1961
Home parish: St. Bernard, Bradford, PA
Rose Anne Fedorko, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sr. Helen Therese
Home parish: Holy Rosary, Johnsonburg, PA
André Feulner, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sr. Mary André
Entrance: August 31, 1955
Final profession: August 15, 1961
Home parish: St. Ann, Erie, PA
Nancy Fischer, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: September 1, 1968
Final profession: September 10, 1978
Home parish: St. John the Baptist, Erie, PA
Mary Helen Forney, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: September 2, 1954
Final profession: August 15, 1960
Home parish: St. Mary of Angels, Olean, NY
Margaret Frank, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Immaculata
Home parish: St. Leo Ridgway, PA
Mary Fromknecht, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Ann Raymond
Entrance: August 27, 1958
Final profession: August 15, 1966
Home parish: St. John the Baptist, Erie, PA
Linda Fusco, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: March 1, 1992
Final profession: September 22, 2001
Home parish: St. Joseph, Sharon, PA
Bernadine Gehringer, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Mary Michael
Entrance: August 31, 1955
Final profession: August 15, 1961
Home parish: St. John the Baptist, Erie, PA
Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Entrance: August 31, 1951
Final profession: August 15, 1957
Home parish: St. Patrick, Erie, PA
Mary Herrmann, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sr. Rosemary
Entrance: September 8, 1960
Final profession: August 15, 1968
Home parish: St. Ann, Erie, PA
Susan Herzing, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: September 8, 1966
Final profession: September 15, 1974
Home parish: St. Mary, St. Marys, PA
Phyllis Hilbert, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Joseph Therese
Entrance: August 28, 1957
Final profession: August 15, 1965
Home parish: St. Luke, Erie, PA
Mary Carol Hoke, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: August 3, 1951
Final profession: August 15, 1957
Home parish: St. Brigid, Meadville, PA
Martha Howick, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Mary Walter
Home parish: St. Agatha, Meadville, PA
Ann Marie Joint, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister John Patrick
Home parish: St. Ann, Erie, PA
Kathleen Kirsch, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sister Mary Leo
Home parish: Holy Rosary, Erie, PA
Mary Rita Kuhn, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: September 1, 1950
Final profession: August 15, 1956
Home parish: St. Andrew, Erie, PA
Emilie Rose LeBoeuf, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sister Dorothea
Home parish: St. Bernard, Bradford, PA
Joyce A. Lowrey, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sister Virginia
Home parish: St. Bartholomew, Pittsburgh, PA
Catherine Manning, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister James Miriam
Home parish: St. Bernard, Bradford, PA
Phyllis McCracken, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: August 29, 1971
Final profession: August 6, 1977
Home parish: St. Patrick, Erie, PA
Mary Rachael McGuire, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: September 4, 1940
Final profession: August 15, 1946
Home parish: St. Agatha, Meadville, PA
Mary Kay McNelis, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sister Carmelita
Home parish: St. Andrew, Erie, PA
Veronica Mittal, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Andrene
Entrance: August 28, 1957
Final profession: August 15, 1965
Home parish: Sacred Heart, Sharon, PA
Marie Eileen Moyer, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Entrance: August 27, 1958
Final profession: August 15, 1966
Home parish: Our Lady of the Angels, Cuba, NY
James Francis Mulligan, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: August 31, 1947
Final profession: August 15, 1953
Home parish: St. Brigid, Meadville, PA
Elizabeth Ann Niebauer, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: August 27, 1958
Final profession: August 15, 1966
Home parish: Blessed Sacrament, Erie, PA
Margaret O’Brien, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Mary Matthew
Home parish: St. Joseph, Oil City, PA
Rosemary O’Brien, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Cordelia
Entrance: August 27, 1958
Final profession: August 15, 1966
Home parish: St. Joseph, Oil City, PA
Joachim Onuffer, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Home parish: Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Lewis Run, PA
Maria Onuffer, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Maria Goretti
Home parish: Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Lewis Run, PA
Margaret Pellerite, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Anthony Marie
Home parish: St. Francis, Clearfield, PA
Nancy Prenatt, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Ann Charles
Home parish: St. Venentius, Rouseville, PA
Mary Alice Reed, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Entrance: December 8, 1944
Final profession: August 15, 1950
Home parish: St. Andrew, Erie, PA
Mary Rose Romeo, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sister Mara Joseph
Home parish: St. Jude, Erie, PA
Betty Ruza, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Mary Olive
Home parish: Holy Family, Erie, PA
Maria Assumpta Ruza, SSJ
Sister
Entrance: August 31, 1955
Final profession: August 15, 1961
Home parish: Holy Family, Erie, PA
Mary Julia Scully, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Entrance: February 6, 1944
Final profession: August 15, 1949
Home parish: St. Peter Cathedral, Erie, PA
Nancy Sonnenfeld, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Frederick Claire
Home parish: St. John the Baptist, Erie, PA
Marianne Stuckert, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Joanne
Entrance: August 30, 1967
Final profession: August 7, 1976
Home parish: Blessed Sacrament, Margate, NJ
Marilyn Terwilliger, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sister Rosaire Marie
Entrance: August 30, 1952
Final profession: August 15, 1958
Home parish: St. Bernard, Bradford, PA
Marie Timmons, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Louis Martin
Home parish: St. Andrew, Erie, PA
Carol Wilcox, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sister Mary
Entrance: September 8, 1960
Final profession: August 15, 1969
Home parish: St. Bernard, Bradford, PA
Norbert Wiley, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Entrance: September 8, 1939
Final profession: August 15, 1945
Home parish: Sacred Heart, Erie, PA
Dorothy Wilwohl, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Edward Marie
Home parish: Holy Rosary, Erie, PA
Naomi Wood, SSJ
Deceased Sister
Former religious name: Sister Ann Catherine
Home parish: Holy Rosary, Johnsonburg, PA
Barbara Ann Zakutney, SSJ
Sister
Former religious name: Sister Mary Zita
Home parish: Sacred Heart, Houtzdale, PA
