Barbara Helen Howatt
April 5, 1927 – January 10, 2018
Sister Helen Clare Howatt, SNJM departed this life January 10, 2018, at San Leandro Hospital, San Leandro, California. Sister Helen celebrated 90 years of life and 70 years of her religious profession.
Sister Mary Margaret of the Sacred Heart
November 11, 1927 – January 4, 2018
Sister Helen O’Sullivan, SNJM departed this life on January 4, 2018 at Our Lady of Fatima Villa, Saratoga, California. Sister Helen celebrated 90 years of life and 70 years of her religious profession.
Sister M. Lorene Therese
October 3, 1942 – December 25, 2017
Sister Celine Steinberger, SNJM departed this life December 25, 2017, at Hospice House, Spokane, Washington.
Sister Celine celebrated 75 years of life and 55 years of religious profession.
Advent greetings from Winnipeg! As I spend time on retreat before my vows, I am watching the beautiful snowflakes fall so gently. As they create this seamless blanket of white covering the ground it is not difficult for me to dream of a white Christmas. Admittedly, I am praying for …
Margaret Backenstos
January 30, 1922 – December 14, 2017
Sister John Maureen Backenstos, SNJM departed this life on December 14, 2017 at Marie Rose Center, Mary’s Woods at Marylhurst in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Sister John Maureen had celebrated 95 years of life and 73 years of religious profession.
Alice Harris
January 30, 1918 – December 9, 2017
Sister Marilyn Harris, SNJM departed this life on December 9, 2017 at Marie Rose Center, Mary’s Woods at Marylhurst in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Sister Marilyn had celebrated 99 years of life and 79 years of religious profession.
Sister Mary Antonetta Misetich
April 22, 1928 – December 3, 2017
Sister Marianne Misetich, SNJM departed this life December 3, 2017 at Marie Rose Center, Mary’s Woods in Lake Oswego, OR. Sister Marianne celebrated 89 years of life and 70 years of religious profession.
Sister James Burke
March 25, 1942 – November 29, 2017
Sister Mary Burke, SNJM departed this life on November 29, 2017 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Portland, Oregon. Sister Mary had celebrated 75 years of life and 55 years of religious profession.
Born in California, Joanne Veronica Goheen did not meet her father’s Oregon-based sister (and her own namesake), Sister Veronica Mary Goheen, until she was 10 years old. Still, her aunt made a lasting impression.
“I was in awe of her,” relates Joanne. “She was quite petite but had a power and authority about her that immediately caught your attention.”
Sister Veronica Mary served as principal of eight schools in Washington and Oregon between 1929 and 1957…
November marks a defining time of harvest and abundance, a diminishing time of light and the remembrance of those gone before us. Gratitude is an emotion, an attitude, and a virtue that covers all these dimensions.
Gratitude as an emotion: It’s a feeling like joy, happiness, delight, gaiety and bliss…