Sr. Mary Bernadette, M.I.C.M., RIP

Posted By Brother André Marie On December 16, 2011 

Last night, Friday, December 16, at 8:08 pm, Sr. Mary Bernadette died. She was surrounded by family members and all the brothers and sisters, who were praying the litany of the dying when breathed her last. All fifteen decades of the Rosary were prayed, the prayers of the dying, and then immediately after those, the office of the dead was commenced by Father Phillipson. It was a beautiful death. 

This nonagenarian founding member of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary — until her death, the oldest surviving sister in any of the houses — received Extreme Unction Wednesday, in very edifying dispositions. She had been in declining health for some months. 

Family and long-time friends had been visiting her these last weeks at St. Philomena’s Convent, where she received wonderful care from her sisters in religion and from visiting nurses. 


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