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Sr Marie Genevieve Flaherty
31 May 1885 – 24 Oct 1977
| Birth | 31 May 1885 |
| Death | 24 Oct 1977 |
| Cemetery | Saint Clara Cemetery Sinsinawa , Grant County , Wisconsin , USA |
| Added by | MRS on 24 Dec 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74511597 |
Bio
Ellen Nora Flaherty "... she was 16 when she moved with her family to St. Edward, NE. She graduated High School at St. Francis Academy in Columbus, NE....entered St. Clara convent as a Novitiate in 1911 and became a nun in the Dominican Order where the Motherhouse is at Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. A BA degree from Rosary and an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University, NY plus a certificate in Theology were the professional accomplishments to her excellent teaching ministry. She loved children as was evidenced in her 59 years "on the missions", beginning with St. John's, Milwaukee in 1912. In 1923 she organized Our Lady of Refuge School, NY and was its first principal and prioress until 1929. From then on until she retired in 1968 she taught or was principal of schools in Illinois, Wisconsin and South Dakota. She was Superior of Convents in Milwaukee, Chicago, New York and Oshkosh, Wisconsin. She did "special things" while at Chicago St. Thomas Apostle as library manager after she retired from teaching at age 79. She continued to write and tape Bible stories for children after she retired to St. Clara Convent and St. Dominique Villa in Dubuque, IA. After a year of retirement she was one of the first four nuns to volunteer for St. Martin House, Peoria, IL to live in the integrated neighborhood of St. Patrick's parish. Upon its successful beginning, she returned to St. Clara Convent as advanced years took more toll of her health; but she continued engaging in her many interests: needlework, writing, contacts with sisters and events in the organization's busy life until shortly before her death in 1977 of bronchiopneumonia. She was charitable, had a positive attitude toward everyone and everything. She was truly dedicated not only to the Church and her religious life, but also to her family and people everywhere. She is buried at St. Clara Convent in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. An emmaus window in the Convent Chapel clerestory was designated to her honor." [Greg Flaherty]
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Parents
Siblings
- James Edward Flaherty 1871–1920
- Mary Loretta Flaherty Scanlan 1874–1960
- Frank P. Flaherty 1878–1949
- Julia Flaherty Roach 1880–1923
- Kathryn Ludmilla Monica Flaherty Fischer 1882–1973
- William Joseph Flaherty 1887–1943
- Joseph Daniel "Joe" Flaherty 1889–1946
- Sr Mary Ambrose Flaherty 1890–1981
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