Sister Eleanor Marie Conlan, IHM

Sister Eleanor Marie Conlan (formerly Sister Maureen Robert) died in Camilla Hall on March 16, 2023, three days after 86th  birthday in the 67th year of her religious life. Eleanor was born on March 13, 1937.  Eleanor’s parents Robert Edmund and Mary (Dunne) Conlan raised their family of three in Most Blessed Sacrament Parish in …

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Sister Karen Marie Corcoran, IHM

Sister Karen Marie Corcoran, formerly known as Loretta Marie Corcoran, died suddenly in Camilla Hall on March 16, 2023. Sister Karen died in the 73rd year of her religious profession. Loretta Marie Corcoran was born on November 1, 1928. Her parents Joseph Corcoran and Frances (Feeley) Corcoran raised their family in Delaware County, PA. The …

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From the Archives…

Many wonderful accounts and treasures in the Archives continue to tell the ongoing story of our IHM Congregation’s charism of Love, Creative Hope, and Fidelity!  Click here for a few of the inspiring examples.  

Sister Judith Mary Stecklair, IHM

Sister Judith Mary Stecklair, formerly known as Florence L. Stecklair, died in Camilla Hall on March 15, 2023. Florence was born on February 28, 1934. Her parents, Francis and Josephine (Kelly) Stecklair, raised their family of six children in Most Blessed Sacrament Parish in Philadelphia. Florence attended Most Blessed Sacrament Elementary School (1939-1947) and West …

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Sister Michael Maureen McArdle, IHM

Sister Michael Maureen McArdle died in Camilla Hall on March 10, 2023. Sister was in the 72nd year of her religious life. Sister died shortly before her 90th birthday. Mary Teresa McArdle was born on March 29, 1933. Her parents Joseph and Anne (Ryan) McArdle raised their daughter in Holy Angels Parish in Philadelphia. Mary …

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Sister Jane Dolores Biddle, IHM

Sister Jane Dolores Biddle died in Camilla Hall relatively shy of her 93rd birthday.  Sister was in the 72nd year of her religious life. Mary Jane Biddle was born on June 3, 1930. Her father, Charles Biddle, and her mother Mary (McCarthy) Biddle raised their family of two girls in St. Francis de Sales Parish …

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Sister Thaddeus Marie Del Ricci, IHM

Sister Thaddeus Marie died in Paoli Hospital, in the 71st year of her religious life. Elizabeth Marie Del Ricci was born on September 1, 1930. Her parents Samuel and Catherine (DiNofa) Del Ricci were born and raised in Italy. When they came to the United States, they settled in St. Joan of Arc Parish in …

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Sister Marie Elaine Farabaugh, IHM

Sister Marie Elaine Farabaugh died on her 91st birthday in Camilla Hall, in the 73rd  year of her religious life. Anne Elaine Farabaugh was born on February 23, 1932, in New York; her parents later settled in Lansdowne, PA. Sister’s parents Cletus F. Farabaugh and Ellen V. Farabaugh (Rodgers) raised their family of three girls …

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Celebrating the 110th Death Anniversary of Mother M. Camilla Maloney, IHM

Creative Hope…Mother Camilla’s dream that Gradually Evolved into What Some Now Call “THE CITY OF MARY” Mother Camilla Maloney (1904-1913) Born at Susquehanna Depot, PA, November 10, 1852, on the Congregation’s seventh birthday, she entered the Novitiate at Reading on September 1, 1870, at the age of 17. Sister Camilla was still a novice when …

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Sister M. Jane Frances Rearden, IHM

Sister Jane Frances Rearden (Formerly Sister Marie Dorothy) died in Camilla Hall on January 19, 2023, in the 65th year of her religious life. Jane was born on August 3, 1934. Her parents Anthony and Agnes (Vogel) Rearden were born and raised in Reading, PA where they raised their family. Jane attended St. Margaret Elementary …

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