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Sister Grace taught for several years in primary/elementary classes, then became a teacher of French. She was also an administrator at Archbishop Keough and St. Maria Goretti High Schools in Maryland and at Madonna Academy, which later became Chaminade-Madonna High School, in Hollywood, Florida. Grace also spent six years as an ESL teacher at the Instituto Notre Dame in Honduras.
Sister Marie Angela was a woman with wonderful enthusiasm for life. She cared for all who came her way as she shared her warm smile, great sense of humor, and generous nature, always reaching out to aid those in need. Marie Angela lived that special spark of life, continuing to care for others, even as she retired to prayer and presence at Villa Assumpta.
Sister Joan celebrated her 90th birthday, the day before her passing, with her niece and MANY birthday wishes from those at Marian Village. Her niece festooned her room with balloons. At her funeral at the Marian Village chapel her prayer card included the quote from You Are Sent, the SSND constitution:
“SENT TO PROCLAIM GOD’S LOVE THROUGH MY LIFE.” May she be experiencing eternal Joy!
In death, we say our ultimate human yes to God. Trusting in God’s power to bring us to the fullness of life, we conclude our earthly life with an act of worship: in the action of death we proclaim God as God, and ourselves as God’s creatures. We are called by God and sent by the community; we go in joy!
- You Are Sent, Constitution of the School Sisters of Notre Dame
