Sister Marjorie (Rosella) McGrath, OSB, 86, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, died Jan. 7, 2013, at the monastery.
Born in Atchison, to John and Rose Mary Falk McGrath on Jan. 19, 1926, Sister Marjorie attended St. Benedict's Grade School and graduated from Mount St. Scholastica Academy in Atchison. She entered the monastery in 1943 and made monastic profession in 1945.
She studied music, as well as drama and music literature/history, receiving a master's degree from the University of Notre Dame and teaching elementary and high school music for 24 years. From 1969 to 1975, she served as a missionary in Peru. Returning for further education in pastoral ministry, she returned to South America, working in Brazil from 1980 to 1995. Since her return from mission work, she has offered her Benedictine presence in rural communities, most recently in Alma, and within the monastery.
Sister Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, by her brothers Jack, Robert and Dick, and by her sisters Rosemary Holland and Frances Osborne. She is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Lillian McGrath, by nieces and nephews, and by her monastic family.
Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Burial in the monastery cemetery.
Born in Atchison, to John and Rose Mary Falk McGrath on Jan. 19, 1926, Sister Marjorie attended St. Benedict's Grade School and graduated from Mount St. Scholastica Academy in Atchison. She entered the monastery in 1943 and made monastic profession in 1945.
She studied music, as well as drama and music literature/history, receiving a master's degree from the University of Notre Dame and teaching elementary and high school music for 24 years. From 1969 to 1975, she served as a missionary in Peru. Returning for further education in pastoral ministry, she returned to South America, working in Brazil from 1980 to 1995. Since her return from mission work, she has offered her Benedictine presence in rural communities, most recently in Alma, and within the monastery.
Sister Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, by her brothers Jack, Robert and Dick, and by her sisters Rosemary Holland and Frances Osborne. She is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Lillian McGrath, by nieces and nephews, and by her monastic family.
Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Burial in the monastery cemetery.
Sister Marjorie (Rosella) McGrath, OSB, 86, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, died Jan. 7, 2013, at the monastery.
Born in Atchison, to John and Rose Mary Falk McGrath on Jan. 19, 1926, Sister Marjorie attended St. Benedict's Grade School and graduated from Mount St. Scholastica Academy in Atchison. She entered the monastery in 1943 and made monastic profession in 1945.
She studied music, as well as drama and music literature/history, receiving a master's degree from the University of Notre Dame and teaching elementary and high school music for 24 years. From 1969 to 1975, she served as a missionary in Peru. Returning for further education in pastoral ministry, she returned to South America, working in Brazil from 1980 to 1995. Since her return from mission work, she has offered her Benedictine presence in rural communities, most recently in Alma, and within the monastery.
Sister Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, by her brothers Jack, Robert and Dick, and by her sisters Rosemary Holland and Frances Osborne. She is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Lillian McGrath, by nieces and nephews, and by her monastic family.
Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Burial in the monastery cemetery.
Born in Atchison, to John and Rose Mary Falk McGrath on Jan. 19, 1926, Sister Marjorie attended St. Benedict's Grade School and graduated from Mount St. Scholastica Academy in Atchison. She entered the monastery in 1943 and made monastic profession in 1945.
She studied music, as well as drama and music literature/history, receiving a master's degree from the University of Notre Dame and teaching elementary and high school music for 24 years. From 1969 to 1975, she served as a missionary in Peru. Returning for further education in pastoral ministry, she returned to South America, working in Brazil from 1980 to 1995. Since her return from mission work, she has offered her Benedictine presence in rural communities, most recently in Alma, and within the monastery.
Sister Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, by her brothers Jack, Robert and Dick, and by her sisters Rosemary Holland and Frances Osborne. She is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Lillian McGrath, by nieces and nephews, and by her monastic family.
Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Burial in the monastery cemetery.
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