2025 Jubiliarian
Religious education and universal love have been central to Sister Honora McCawley’s life, shaping her ministries and guiding her commitment to fostering unity among neighbors and God.
Sister Honora taught mathematics and science at St. Joseph High School in Natrona and St. Canice in Pittsburgh, among other schools, before transitioning into religious education, where she discovered deep joy in forming parishioners, catechists, religion teachers, and lay leaders.
With a spirit shaped by God’s grace, she dedicated herself to developing faith formation programs as the coordinator of catechist formation for the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
As director of religious education at St. Mary in Kittanning, the priest called her a “remarkable woman,” adding, “I am a better pastor and we are a better people” because of Sister Honora’s nurturing presence.
Her vocation came full circle when she ministered as RCIA director at St. John Gualbert in Johnstown, not far from her childhood home in the town where her faith first took root.
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