May 16, 1936 – January 15, 2025
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Mary Joan Dacey, who passed away on January 15, 2025, at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis. She was 88 years of age.
Sister Mary Joan was born on May 16, 1936, in St. Louis, Missouri, to parents James and Johannah (Gleason) Dacey. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (CSJ) in 1954 and was received into the novitiate in 1955 as Sister Mary Michaeline. She received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Fontbonne College (now University) in St. Louis in 1970.
From the late 1950s to the early 1970s, Sister Mary Joan taught at several grade schools across the country including Holy Rosary in Kansas City, Missouri; St. Viator in Chicago; St. Rose of Lima in Houston; St. Francis Xavier in Brunswick, Georgia; and St. Mary in Littleton, Colorado.
In St. Louis, she taught at St. Mary Magdalen, St. Jude, St. Anthony of Padua and St. Gregory grade schools. In 1983, Sister Mary Joan returned to St. Anthony of Padua and taught there until 1996.
After a two-year sabbatical, she served as the assistant activity director at St. Elizabeth Adult Day Care Center in Maplewood, Missouri, and then as the activity director. In 2000, she began 12 years of service in the Development Office at St. Joseph’s Academy, a CSJ member institution, in St. Louis.
Sister Mary Joan moved to Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis in 2012 and lived out her ministry of prayer and witness. She resided there until her death.
The Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, January 29 at 10 a.m. at the Nazareth Living Center Chapel, 2 Nazareth Lane, St. Louis, MO 63129. The Funeral Mass will be livestreamed at https://video.ibm.com/channel/csjsl-general.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis Province, 6400 Minnesota Ave., St. Louis, MO 63111-2899 or donate online.