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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Since the foundation of our IHM Congregation, our sisters have been amazingly faithful in recording and preserving our community’s history. Recently, singular artifacts have been a great source of our interest, as we appreciate the fact that former archivists and many other sisters took notice of, as well as identified and saved them, for posterity. …
Sister Mary Leonard (Formerly Sister M. Margaret James) died in Camilla Hall on January 15, 2023, in the 65th year of her religious life. Mary was born on April 13, 1938; her parents James and Mary (Lynch) Leonard raised their family six children in St. Clement Parish in Philadelphia. Mary attended St. Clement Elementary School …
Sister M. Anne Kelly, formerly Sister Dennis Maureen, died in Camilla Hall on December 30, 2022, in the 67th year of her religious life. Nancy was born on August 3, 1937. Her dear parents Eanies and Winifred (Walsh) Kelly were born in Ireland, when they settled in Philadelphia, they raised their family of two girls …