In Memoriam

Mary Ellen Beck, IBVM Entererd Life:  February 8, 1933 Entered Religious Life:  September 15, 1950 Entered Eternal Life:  January 19, 2021 "Thy will be done." May she rest in peace. Funeral Mass:  Monday, January 25th at 11:00 am CST at St. John of the Cross Parish in Western Springs,...

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Peg Ivers, IBVM Entererd Life:  December 15, 1937 Entered Religious Life:  September 8, 1955 Entered Eternal Life:  July 28, 2020 "My vocation is love." May she rest in peace. Sr. Margaret “Peg” Ivers was born in Chicago and entered the IBVM in 1956, a year after graduating from Lore...

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Mary Alfred Guillard, IBVM Entered Life - September 13, 1927 Entered Religious Life - January 18, 1945 Entered Eternal Life - February 13, 2020 "Lord Serves." “Love Serves!”  Sister Mary Alfred chose those two words as her motto to lead and guide her throughout her life’s journey as a ...

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Maria Bierer, IBVM Entered Life - July 31, 1933 Entered Religious Life - September 8, 1952 Entered Eternal Life - December 29, 2019 "I am your reed, Sweet Shepherd, glad to be." Maria Bierer, IBVM was a daughter of Mary Ward who, early in the 17th century, was already convinced that women needed to be e...

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We ask you to pray for the repose of the soul of our dear sister Gabrielle Marry, IBVM Who died June 2, 2019 in her 79th year and in the 61st year of her religious life. May she rest in peace. Sister Gabrielle Marry, I.B.V.M. (Marie Therese Marry) was the first baby born in the new Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth,...

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