We celebrate the lives and mourn the passing of our sisters who have recently died.
Sister Alice Roberta Benzing, 101, ended her journey as a Sister of St. Joseph on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House in Latham, New York. Sister had long expressed her desire to live past her hundredth birthday.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Janet Teresa Muehlbauer, CSJ who passed away on November 15, 2022, at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis. She was 87 years of age.
Sister Grace Saumur, CSJ died on November 15, 2022 in St. Paul. She was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota on April 30, 1923.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Anna Bridget Kearns, CSJ, who passed away on November 3, 2022, at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Kathleen Elliott (Sister Mary Madonna), who passed away on October 28, 2022, at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Sister Mary Madonna (Alberta) Ashton, CSJ, of St. Paul, Minnesota, had a long and impressive Minnesota-based career in public service and the private sector.
Sister Kathleen, baptized Annette, was born on February 6, 1936, in St. Louis to parents G.B. and Mary T. (Myerscough) Eggleston.
A dynamic teacher, gregarious lover of people, gifted storyteller, avid Minnesota Twins fan, and woman of deep faith, Elizabeth Ann Gits was born in Marshall, Minnesota, on March 22, 1925.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Therese Chaperone, who passed away on September 28, 2022, at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Born Eugenia Anne Foley in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 15, 1922, Sister Ursula Foley, CSJ died peacefully at Carondelet Village in St. Paul, Minnesota on August 25, 2022.
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet are a congregation of Catholic sisters. We, and those who share our charism and mission, are motivated in all things by our profound love of God and our dear neighbors. We seek to build communities and bridge divides between people. Since our first sisters gathered in 1650, our members have been called to “do all things of which women are capable.” The first sisters of our congregation arrived in St. Louis, Missouri in 1836, and we now have additional locations in St. Paul, Albany, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Japan and Peru. Today, we commit to respond boldly to injustice and dare to be prophetic.