Obituaries

Anna Marie Rhodes, SCN, 90, formerly Dorothy Jean, a native of Akron, Ohio, died at the Motherhouse, Nazareth, Kentucky, June 11, 2021. She was a professed Sister for 70 years.

Sister Anna Marie served in educational ministries, teaching fifth through eighth grades at several schools in Kentucky, including Bethlehem Academy in Bardstown, St. Anthony in Bellevue, and St. Martha in Louisville. She also taught at Holy Angels School in Maryland and Roanoke Catholic High School in Virginia.

She studied history at the University of North Carolina, earning a Ph.D. She taught history at Spalding University from 1971-2000. In 1994, Sister Anna Marie was named Kentucky Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Sister Anna Marie served her SCN Community at Nazareth Home in Louisville as a volunteer in Community Service starting in 2000. She continued to volunteer with the Congregation upon her move to the Nazareth Motherhouse in 2013. In recent years, she would read to Sisters with vision problems and also assisted others with learning new technology, like Zoom.

She is survived by her identical twin sister, Mary Jane Rhodes, SCN, her sister Shirley Patterson, and her brother, Joseph Rhodes; her extended family; and by her religious community.

Ann Carol Mann, SCN, 83, formerly Sister Joseph Andrew, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, July 16, 2021. She was a professed Sister for 58 years.

Sister Ann Carol was in the education ministry. She taught at St. Barnabas, Louisville. After St. Barnabas, she was assigned to Memphis, Tennessee, followed by Raymondville, Texas, before being assigned to Clarksdale, Mississippi. Fond memories are often shared of when she and Ann Spence, SCN (dec.), opened Holy Name Day Center for inner-city youth in Memphis. Also while in Memphis, Sister Ann Carol became an active participant in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sister Ann Carol also served at Our Lady of Guadalupe Multi-Service Center, Raymondville, Texas; and in Louisville, as Director of the Louisville Tenet Association, Pastoral Associate at St. Augustine, and Pastoral Associate at Sts. Simon and Jude Church. Her ministries also included Sister Visitor Center as staff and executive director, Candy for Caring, and Nazareth Home.

A nephew says those closest to her called her Nancy, or Sister Nancy.

She is survived by many nieces and nephews; extended family; and by her religious community.

Rosemarie Chase, SCN, 85, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, died at the Motherhouse, Nazareth, Kentucky, Aug. 4, 2021. She was a professed Sister for 57 years.

Sister Rosemarie attended Spalding College (now Spalding University) in Louisville, Kentucky, where she earned her undergraduate degree in history; Trinity College in Washington, D.C.; and Fordham in New York earning a master’s in theology. Among her ministries: Spalding College; Holy Family Hospital, Ensley, Alabama; La Salette Academy, Covington, Kentucky; St. Edward’s, Brockton, Massachusetts; and as an early member of Network, in Washington, D.C. She went on to teach theology and to be involved in campus ministry. Ministries included St. Mary’s Academy, Leonardtown, Maryland; Mt. Carmel Convent, New York; and in Ohio, the John XXIII Center in the Diocese of Steubenville; pastoral ministry in Appalachia while living in Athens; and Holy Spirit Parish, Columbus; as well as Lazarus House, Lawrence, Massachusetts. At Nazareth, she served as director of the SCNA Program, in archives and community service, and as a pastoral administrator.

She is survived by two brothers, and a sister; nieces and nephews; and by her religious community.

Mary Julia Zilka, SCN, 86, died at Cornerview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3, 2021. She was a professed Sister for 68 years.

Sister M. Julia served as an elementary teacher and as a principal in the Dioceses of Pittsburgh and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and in Monett, Missouri. Her ministries in Pennsylvania included Vincentian Home in Pittsburgh, St. Matthew’s in Pittsburgh, St. Ursula in Allison Park, St. Ann in Homestead, St. Denis in Versailles, St. Robert Bellarmine in East McKeesport, St. Agnes School in North Huntingdon, St. Catherine in Wildwood, Holy Trinity Parish in Ford City, St. Anthony Church in Johnstown, St. Sebastian Parish in Pittsburgh, St. Mary’s in Cecil, Vincentian Day Care in Pittsburgh, and St. Francis in Johnstown. She also ministered at St. Lawrence School in Monett, Missouri.

In addition to degrees in education, she pursued religious studies at John Carroll University, St. Vincent College, and Seton Hill College. After serving for 44 years in the education ministry, Sister M. Julia continued to be in ministry at Vincenti de Marillac Nursing home and at Vincentian Collaborative System. Sister M. Julia is survived by her sister, Agnes; many nieces and nephews; and by her religious community.

Sujata Maliakal, SCN (Mary Mathew), 71, a native of Kerala, India, died unexpectedly at her family’s home in Kerala, Oct. 28, 2021. She was a professed Sister for 46 years.

Sister Sujata entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Mokama, Bihar, India as a candidate in 1972, made first vows in 1975, and perpetual vows in 1980.

Sister Sujata ministered as a teacher, administrator, school principal, and secretary to the Provincial, as well as a dietician in various SCN missions in India and Nepal. In her most recent assignment as assistant director of EPDO (Eastern Province Development Office), Sister Sujata was entrusted with the responsibility of communicating with benefactors.

In Sister Sujata’s own words, her time with the children at Dharuhera, Haryana was one of her best ministry moments. She loved being with them, caring for and empowering them! She was in touch with some of them until the end.

She is survived by Rev. Sister Deepti, RNDM, Rev. Sister Smita, Provincial of Religious of Assumption, Mr. Jose Mathew, Mrs. Saly Kurian, and Mrs. Jecily Tomy; extended family; and by her religious community.

Mary Clement Pavlik, 105, died in Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 29, 2021. She was in her 91st year of her religious life.

Sister entered religious life from St. Matthew Parish in Southside Pittsburgh in 1930. She served in the nursing ministry. In 1940, she received her RN degree from St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh, followed by a Bachelors in Nursing Education from Duquesne University. Her early ministries included Vincentian Home, St. Vincent Hospital in Monett, Missouri, and as personnel director at St. Jude Hospital in Montgomery, Alabama.

She attended St. Francis School of Anesthesia to become a nurse anesthetist. In 1957, she received her Masters of Nursing Education degree at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, and in 1958, she was appointed administrator of St. Vincent Hospital in Monett, in the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau. She remained there for 17 years, after which time, she served as Councillor of Temporalities for two terms. Until her retirement, Sister was Health Coordinator for the Sisters at the Motherhouse. Sister Mary Clement was noted for her quick wit and great sense of humor, and remained physically active in her final years.

She is survived by her nieces; great-nieces and nephews; and by her religious community. Sisters prayerfully remember former students of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth:

Sharon “Sherry” Haydon Bruce, Nazareth College, 1969

Linda Walter Chudowsky, Nazareth College, 1959

Sylvia Goicoechea, professor at the Nazareth College, 1961-1968

Ann M. Lyons, Sts. Mary and Elizabeth, Louisville, 1955

Shirley Manecke, Saint Cecilia Elementary School

Ellen Banahan Mefford, St. Catherine Academy, Lexington, 1949, and St. Joseph School of Nursing, 1952

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