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Grace Maria Saia, SCN, 91, a native of Helena, Arkansas, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 19, 2020. She was a professed Sister for 68 years. Sister Grace served in educational ministries, teaching primary grades at St. William, Millington, Tennessee; St. Andrew, Roanoke, Virginia; Annunciation Academy, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; St. Anne and St. Anthony, Memphis, Tennessee; St. Helena, St. Thomas More, St. John Vianney, St. Luke, and Whitney Young, Louisville; and Holy Name School in Henderson, Kentucky. In Kentucky, from 1972-1978, Sister Grace served as a social worker. She also served for many years in Memphis in school administration at St. Michael, Blessed Sacrament, Holy Rosary, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and St. John School. From 2003-2015, Sister Grace served as a consultant to urban schools for the Diocese of Memphis. Sister Grace wrote “Catherine Spalding, Woman of Kentucky,” the first book for children on the life of Mother Catherine, published in 2013. Sister Grace is survived by her sister Agnes Saia Smith; her extended family; and by her religious community.
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Teresa Velloothara, SCN, 83, formerly Sister Thomas Aloysius, a native of Alleppey, Kerala, died at Nazareth Hospital, Mokama, India, Feb. 23, 2020. She was a professed Sister for 60 years.
Helen Carbol, SCN, 92, formerly Sister Frederica, a native of Lansing, Ohio, died at the Motherhouse, Nazareth, Kentucky, Apr. 14, 2020. She was a professed Sister for 67 years.
Sister Teresa joined the Congregation on July 9, 1955, as one of the Indian pioneers. She completed her General Nursing training at Nazareth Hospital. In 1960, she obtained a diploma in X-Ray Technology from Mercy Hospital, Jamshedpur, India. After completing the one-year preuniversity studies at Ram Ratan Singh College, Mokama in 1969, she pursued a further degree in Nursing at Christian Medical College, Vellore in Tamil Nadu.
Sister Helen served in educational ministries, teaching primary grades in Kentucky and Maryland. She served as principal at Resurrection School in Louisville, Kentucky, and Corpus Christi School in Wheeling, West Virginia, where she also served in family ministry.
For 40 years Sister served the people of Mokama through Nazareth Hospital. Between 1955 to 1979, she served in a number of roles, as a nurse, a supervisor of several wards, director of Nursing Service, and as an X-Ray technician. Sister Teresa also served as the administrator of the Community Health Centre in Bakhtiarpur from 1979 to 1981. She served in the social ministry in Sokho from 1982 to 1984. In 1985, she was in the Jamtara mission attending to the health needs of the Catholics. From 1985 to 1995, she resumed ministry at Nazareth Hospital as supervisor of the X-Ray department and other departments. From 1995 to 2001, she served in the spiritual care department.
Sister Helen taught history at La Salette Academy in Covington, Kentucky, and history and English at St. John Central High School in Bellaire, Ohio. From 1995-1998, Sister Helen served as an English teacher at Sisters of Holy Family of Nazareth High School in Warsaw, Poland. From 1998-2011, Sister Helen served her SCN Community in a variety of ministries in Bardstown and Louisville as a community service volunteer. Sister Helen is survived by her brother John F. Carbol of Grove City, Ohio; her sister Mary Dolores Crawford of Elyria, Ohio; and by her religious community.
One among the four Indian pioneers, Sister Teresa celebrated her Golden jubilee in December 2009 and Diamond Jubilee in October 2019. Sister Teresa is survived by her brother George; her sister Molly; nieces and nephews and their extended families; and by her religious community.
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