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"Let us not forget that the Eucharist is meant to nourish those who are weary and hungry along the way. A Church of the pure and perfect is a room with no place for anyone. On the other hand, a Church with open doors, that gathers and celebrates around Christ, is a large room where everyone--everyone, the righteous and sinners--can enter."

Pope Francis, Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, June 6, 2021.

Please join us virtually for a Pentecost Prayer Service on Sunday, May 23 at 4:15 pm EST. The service will be livestreamed on Facebook, as well as on our website, rshm-east.org.

We are sorry to announce that Sr. Rosaleen (Sr. Kostka) Sheridan (88) died April 27, 2021, at Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, NY. Born in Co. Cavan, Ireland, to Patrick and Annie McCannon Sheridan, she had been a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary for 71 years.

She taught at St. Anne’s School, Garden City, NY; Marymount School of New York; and Istituto Marymount, Rome, Italy. She taught and was a guidance counselor at Marymount International Schools in Rome, Italy, and London, England, and was the head of school in London. She ministered in social work and adult education at the parish of San Carlo Borromeo in Cibrone, Italy. While living in Rome, she was also very involved in the English-speaking communities at Santa Susannah and St. Patrick’s Church.

She retired from active ministry in 2012 and moved to Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, NY. She was a member of the Convent community at the time of her death.

Sister Rosaleen is survived by a sister in Ireland, by sisters-in-law, nieces, and nephews in Ireland and the United States, and by the members of her religious community. You can learn more about Sr. Rosaleen on the RSHM website, www.rshm-east.org/in-memory.

Mass of Christian Burial, Marymount Convent, Friday, April 30, 11:00 am. Burial Mount Calvary Cemetery, White Plains. Because of COVID-19, visitors are not permitted in the Convent. However, we invite you to join us for the live-streamed Mass on our Eastern American website (www.rshm-east.org) or page (Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Eastern America), where it will be also archived.

In lieu of flowers, gifts in her name may be made to Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, 50 Wilson Park Drive, Tarrytown, NY, 10591

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We are sorry to announce that Sr. Maureen-Thérèse (Sr. de Lisieux) McGroddy, RSHM, 82, died February 27, 2021 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Sleepy Hollow, NY. Born in New York City, NY, to Charles and Helen Cleary McGroddy, she had been a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary for 62 years.

She served in Arlington, VA as teacher at Marymount Junior School and dormitory prefect at Marymount Junior College. She was guidance counselor at Marymount International School, Rome, Italy. She was director of admissions at the School of Applied Theology in Berkeley, CA. At the time of her death, she was a member of the Marymount Convent Community, Tarrytown, NY.

She is survived by brothers and sisters, Charles McGroddy, James McGroddy, Patricia McGroddy Fleming, Helen McGroddy Murphy, Peter McGroddy, and by the members of her religious community.

Mass of Christian Burial, Marymount Convent, Thursday, March 4, 10:30 am. Burial Mount Calvary Cemetery, White Plains. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, visitors are not permitted in the Convent. However, we invite you to join us for the live-streamed Mass on our Eastern American website (www.rshm-east.org) or page (Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Eastern America), where it will be archived.

In lieu of flowers, gifts in her name may be made to Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, 50 Wilson Park Drive, Tarrytown, NY, 10591