On some days, it’s hard to keep in step with Sister Ruth Colaiaine. She starts her day with personal prayer in her room. She makes her way to the Motherhouse Chapel for daily Mass. She spends hours coordinating the annual lottery calendar, and she makes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the … [Read more...]
Sister Fran welcomes ‘first grader’ and her family
Kelly (Vavro) Malena recalls her first-grade teacher, Sister Frances Hurley, as a “wonderful teacher and a loving person” at St. Bernadette School in Monroeville. Kelly also remembers the rocking chair and “hug rug” that comforted the children in Sister Fran’s classroom – and her family’s annual … [Read more...]
Volunteer helps produce bountiful harvest
As the growing season waned in late October, Sister Lyn Szymkiewicz and volunteer Alice Valoski harvested the last 12 pounds of romaine lettuce from a garden on the grounds of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Some of the lettuce would be delivered to the local food bank, some would be tossed as salad in … [Read more...]
Sister Rose Marie Vogel
Sister Rose Marie Vogel, (Sister Mary Ronald) CSJ, 78, died Sunday, May 24, 2015, in the 61st year of her religious life as a Sister of St. Joseph. The daughter of Erhard and Rose Marie Harlan Vogel, Sister Rose Marie entered the Congregation from St. John Parish, Johnstown, PA. For 26 years … [Read more...]
Sister Bertha Virginia Sutton
Sister Bertha Virginia Sutton, CSJ, 78, died Friday, March 6, 2015, in Villa St. Joseph, Baden, in her 46th year as a Sister of St. Joseph. The daughter of Walter J. Sutton and Annie Walden Sutton, Sister entered the Congregation from the former St. Richard Parish in Pittsburgh. Sister Virginia … [Read more...]