Remembrances
The prayer card for Loretto’s deceased members reads, “Gracious God, may they live forever in the splendor of your light and life in the company of all the saints.” We know that they do, but it’s good to say it. View all Obituaries.
“I was born into the Grawer family, the youngest of four children. Anthony (Tony) was the oldest, then Dolores, next Alvera and last yours truly. Our parents were Albert George Grawer…
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What a blessing and honor for us to participate in the wake and the life celebration in a Mass at the Motherhouse of Elaine Satterwhite. How kind of Elaine’s nephew,…
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(Editor’s note: The following is Sister Rosalie Marie Phillip’s own composition, the story of her life on the occasion of her 100th birthday three years ago. Several sentences have been…
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Loretto Co-member Paul Wexler died July 26 at his home in Bryn Mawr, Pa., following illness. Paul was married to Jacqueline Grennan Wexler, Loretto Co-member and former vowed member, who…
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Elaine Satterwhite wrote a brief autobiography at the time she rejoined Loretto; in it she described her life in her characteristic plain and simple style: “I was born in Denver,…
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Lois Celeste Dunphy was the second child born to Coloradans Arthur John Dunphy and Edith Louise Malholm Dunphy. Carol was one year older; Phyllis and Lynn were younger. Lois tells…
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Loretto Co-member Bill Roat met Michele Stimac in 1974 in Boston. He was a systems engineer, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and she, the former Sister Mary…
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The following is an autobiography of Sister Elizabeth Ann, dated July 14, 1998: “I cannot believe that I am finally going to write my autobiography. Kate Misbauer, our new archivist,…
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Sister Angelus began life as Blanche Louise Caron, the second of the six children of Frank Patrick and Nettie Margaret Roelfs Caron. Three of her siblings also made religious commitments.…
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Sister Mary Agnes began life on the first day of 1925, born in her mother’s hometown of East Las Vegas, N.M. She was the only child of an older couple…
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Mary Louise Prendergast was born in Fort Collins, Colo., of Catholic parents. Her father, John Prendergast, was a native of Ft. Collins and her mother, Mary Krogh Prendergast, came from…
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Ethel Mae Kincaide was born in Detroit, the seventh of eight children of two Michigan natives, George Gino and Mary Anna (Mason) Kincaide, known as Mae. Ethel was a twin,…
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