Remembering Sister Clara Vincent Slatinsky, CSJ

November 12, 1928 – December 25, 2023

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Clara Vincent Slatinsky, CSJ, who passed away on December 25, 2023, at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis. She was 95 years of age.

Sister Clara Vincent Slatinsky, baptized Rita Clara, was born on November 12, 1928, in Sedalia, Missouri, to parents Vincent and Clara (Janda) Slatinsky. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1946 and was received into the novitiate in 1947. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the College of St. Teresa (now Avila University) in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1953.

Sister Clara Vincent dedicated her years of service to health care ministry as a nurse and a hospital chaplain. She began in 1949 at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City as a student in geriatric care. Upon completing her undergraduate degree, she progressed to nursing supervisor. She was then a nursing supervisor at St. Joseph Hospital in Kirkwood, Missouri (1956-57), and at St. Joseph Community Hospital in Hancock, Michigan (1957-58).

She served as a staff nurse at Nazareth Convent in St. Louis (1958-60) and St. Joseph Community Hospital in Hancock (1960-62). She was then a nursing supervisor again at the St. Joseph Hospitals in both Kirkwood (1962-63) and Kansas City (1963-64).

From 1964 to 1969, Sister Clara Vincent returned to the St. Louis area to serve as a nurse at Nazareth Convent (1964, June-Oct.) and St. Joseph Hospital (1964-67).

Sister Clara Vincent dedicated the next 45 years of service to St. Joseph Hospital—Center for Life in Augusta, Georgia. She was a staff nurse from 1969 to 1996 and then transitioned to hospital chaplain until 2008. She continued in the role of chaplain at Trinity Hospital of Augusta for the next six years.

In 2014, Sister Clara Vincent retired to Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis, where she carried out her ministry of prayer and presence until her passing.

Sister Clara Vincent’s funeral will be held Tuesday, January 9 with visitation at 9 a.m. and Mass of the Resurrection at 10 a.m. Burial will be at Resurrection Cemetery. The Mass will be available to view via livestream at: https://video.ibm.com/channel/csjsl-general.

Memorial contributions may be made to Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis Province, 6400 Minnesota Ave., St. Louis, MO 63111-2899 or donate online