Obituaries

Read the most recent obituaries of our Sisters who have passed. Feel free to share a comment or memory or donate in her memory.

we remember . . . Mary Kay McNelis, SSJ

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | December 21, 2020

Sister Mary Kay McNelis, SSJ, (formerly Sr. Carmelita), 91, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on December 20, 2020. She was born in Altoona, PA, on September 9, 1929, the daughter of the late Atty. Gerald A. and Katharine (Judermanns) McNelis.  She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from St. Andrew…

we remember … Joyce Lowrey, SSJ

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | December 8, 2020

Sister Joyce Lowrey, SSJ, 81, formerly Sister Virginia, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania died on December 7, 2020.  Sister Joyce was born on February 18, 1939, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late John and Virginia Anderhalt Lowrey.  She graduated from Penn Hills Jr./Sr. High School, Pittsburgh, PA, in 1956,…

We remember . . . Mary Joan Beauseigneur, SSJ

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | October 5, 2020

Mary Joan Beauseigneur, SSJ, 83, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on October 4, 2020.  She was born Jean Beauseigneur on April 24, 1937, in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, to the late Quindon and Dolores Parks Beauseigneur. She graduated from St. Bernard High School in Bradford, Pennsylvania, in 1955 and entered the Sisters…

We remember . . . Agnes Marie Hughes, SSJ

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | October 3, 2020

Sister Agnes Marie Hughes, SSJ, age 90, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on October 3, 2020.  On November 5, 1929, she was born to the late Joseph and Margaret (Powers) Hughes in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from Immaculate Conception Parish in Osceola Mills, PA, on…

we remember . . . Rose Anne Fedorko, SSJ

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | August 9, 2020

Sister Rose Anne Fedorko, Ph.D., SSJ, formerly Sr. Helen Therese, age 91, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on August 8, 2020. She was in the 73rd year of her religious life. Sister Rose Anne was born in Johnsonburg, PA, on July 10, 1929, the daughter of the late Stefan and…

we remember . . . Ann Loretta Urmann, SSJ

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | July 20, 2020

Ann Loretta Urmann, SSJ, age 95, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on July 18, 2020.  She was born Mary Regis Urmann in Elbon, Pennsylvania, on August 23, 1924, the daughter of the late Joseph and M. Ruth McMackin Urmann.  She graduated from St. Leo High School, Ridgway, PA, in 1942. …

PHOTO AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE: (l-r) Eva Mastromatteo of Erie News Now interviews Stephanie Hall, SSJ Associate and Communications Director, and Nancy Fischer, SSJ, as part of a 5-part series during Catholic Sisters Week.

SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH MAXIMS

Your call is sublime…become what God dreams for you.

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A MODERN TAKE

Don’t go along to get along. Live from the Spirit’s promptings.

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“Keep always in mind the aim of your vocation which is sublime: and never do anything which contradicts the commitment to a life full of modesty, gentleness and holiness.”

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THE ORIGINAL

Don’t go along to get along. Live from the Spirit’s promptings.

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