Margie Conroy, RSCJ

Birth: August 25, 1930
Profession: July 21, 1960
Death: January 11, 2024

Religious of the Sacred Heart Margaret “Margie” Conroy died on January 11, 2024, in Uganda. She was 93 years old and a religious for 72 years. Margie was born on August 25, 1930, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, to Betty McGrath Conroy and Jim Conroy. She had one older brother, Charlie. When she was nine months old, her father died suddenly, leaving her mother with two small children. Her father and grandfather had worked in partnership as barristers.

Rosemary Dobler, RSCJ

Birth: October 15, 1931
Profession: July 30, 1958
Death: January 4, 2024

Religious of the Sacred Heart Rosemary Dobler died on January 4, 2024, in Atherton, California. She was ninety-two years old and a religious for seventy-four years. Rosemary, or “Rody” as she was called, was born on October 15, 1931, in St. Joseph, Missouri, to William Oscar Dobler and Rose Beardsley Dobler. She was the fifth girl and the youngest of seven children.

Mary Louise Gavan, RSCJ

Birth: December 5, 1934
Profession: July 21, 1962
Death: December 19, 2023

Religious of the Sacred Heart Mary Louise (Mary Lou) Gavan, died December 19, 2023, at Oakwood in Atherton, California. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, December 5, 1934, the first child of John Patrick Gavan and Louise Ann Murphy. Her brother, John Christopher, was born the following year. Her father joined the U.S. Army Air Force Medical Corps in 1942 with the rank of Captain, only to die six months later of pneumonia at Mitchell Field in New York.

Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779-1865): Founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

If you know someone to whom you would like to introduce Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, here is the book. Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779-1865): Founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a short biography that presents the essential facts of her life and significance for education and religious life. Written in response to many requests for something short on Sophie, it is suitable for Associates, Sacred Heart alumnae, colleagues, and friends.

Madeline Thibeau, RSCJ

Birth: September 9, 1926
Profession: July 19, 1955
Death: November 17, 2023

Religious of the Sacred Heart Madeline Thibeau, RSCJ, died November 17, 2023, at Caritas Residence, Halifax. Daughter of John Henry Thibeau and Margaret Anne Boudreau, Sr. Thibeau was born in 1926 in Thibeauville, Nova Scotia. Madeline was the sixth of nine siblings in a house of eleven children. Knowing from age five that she wanted to be a nun, Sr. Thibeau decided on being a Religious of the Sacred Heart after meeting an RSCJ from River Bourgeois while on retreat in Halifax.

Rosemary Bearss, RSCJ

Rosemary Bearss, RSCJ

Birth: October 29, 1931
Profession: July 21, 1960
Death: October 31, 2023

Rosemary Frances Bearss, RSCJ

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