Bishop celebrates Mass commemorating religious

Bishop Dennis Sullivan speaks at a Mass commemorating religious on Nov. 2 in the chapel of the St. Pius X Spiritual Life Center in Blackwood.

Photo by James A. McBride

Bishop Dennis Sullivan celebrated Mass commemorating religious serving in the Diocese of Camden on Nov. 2 in the chapel of the St. Pius X Spiritual Life Center in Blackwood.
More than 250 sisters and about a dozen brothers are working in ministries in the diocese. They include members of the Franciscans, Dominicans, Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception; Sisters of St. Joseph; Religious Teachers Filippini, Hospitaller Sisters and others.
During the Mass, religious who died during the past year were remembered. They include:
Sisters Irene Marie Mulholland, OSF; Mary Anicetus O’Handley, OSF; Frances Nevins, OSF; M. Marie Henry Wusteney, OSF; M. Teresa Michael Joyce, OSF; Patricia Mary Bianco, OSF; Marita Francis Barrington, OSF;
Sisters Mary Innocent Dolan, RSM; Mary Gail Nolan, RSM; Mary Stephen Kelly, RSM;
Sisters Agnes Edward Henwood, OP; Maureen Delaney, OP; Anne Gilson, OP; Barbara Tilkens, OP;
Sister Margaret Jennings, SHCJ;
Sister Virginia Cleary, SSJ;
Sisters M.K. Patricia Spingler, IHM; M. Terentia Corcoran, IHM;
Sisters Carmela Melucci, MPF; Mary DeAngelis, MPF; and
Sister Gemma Procopio, FMIHM.