Please join us in celebrating the lives and mourning the deaths of our beloved sisters who have recently passed away from the St. Paul province.
Sister Jacqueline (Jackie) Lawson died peacefully on December 19, 2023 at Carondelet Village in St. Paul. She was a creative, devoted, and engaging teacher; lover of music and family, with a delightful, mischievous sense of humor.
Karen Kennely, CSJ, died peacefully on the evening of December 15, 2023, at Carondelet Village in St. Paul.
Delightful storyteller, fun-loving and gregarious, tender caregiver, creative and talented seamstress with a spirited Irish wit, are just a few of the ways those who loved her, describe Mary O’Brien, CSJ.
Ever-present advocate for those in poverty, for single mothers, children, run-away youth, and the elderly, this compassionate, generous, and feisty promoter of peace, was born on a farm in Waverly, Minnesota, on October 10, 1922, to Kenneth and Margaret (Burns) McDonald, and died peacefully at Carondelet Village in St. Paul on November 20, 2023.
Sister Mary Vincent died Thursday, November 9, 2023 at Carondelet Village in St. Paul with friends and family at her side.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Jean Rooney, CSJ, who died on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 in St. Paul.
This wonderfully wise and witty woman was born on December 25, 1935, and died peacefully on the morning of September 8, 2023, at Carondelet Village in St. Paul.
Monica Lubitz, CSJ died peacefully on July 18, 2023, at Carondelet Village in St. Paul.
Sister Betty McKenzie died peacefully in the early morning of June 22, 2023, at Carondelet Village in St. Paul.
Maria June Wilson, CSJ, was a quiet, thoughtful and creative woman who loved family, photography and all things in God’s creation.
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.