70 Years
Sr. Mary Salome Bayer, fmm
Sr. Mary Salome Bayer entered the Novitiate of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in N. Providence, Rhode Island Sept. 18 1939. After pronouncing her first vows on March 19, 1942 she was sent to study nursing at St. Anne’s School of Nursing in Fall River, MA. After that she was sent in mission to Our Lady of Hope community in East Boston where she served as a Group Mother and a nurse in the Orphanage. She pronounced her final vows March 19, 1945. In 1950, she graduated from Boston School of Occupation Therapy as a registered occupational therapist. Her preparation as a nurse and an occupational therapist was in view of the new hospital for children that was under construction originally called Kennedy Memorial Hospital. It is known today as Franciscan Hospital for Children. Over the years, Mary served as a registered nurse in Franciscan Missionaries of Mary missions in Cardinal Hayes Home for Children, Millbrook, NY, Divine Providence Child Care Agency, Manhattan, and in St Francis Sanatorium, now St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY.
Sr. Mary has served as the local coordinator In communities in New York, Boston and N. Providence. Her current ministry is that of prayer and suffering for Church and the world.
Sr. Marie-Madeline Paradis, fmm
Sr. Marie-Madeline Paradis, entered the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary January 10, 1940 In Quebec, Canada. She was sent to North Providence to complete her religious formation and pronounced her final vows December, 1948. She is a skilled seamstress and her ministries have utilized this skill in communities in New York, Providence, Cincinnati, and Boston. She also did home visitation to the sick and elderly in North Providence, and taught religious education. Later in life Sr. Madeline was sent in mission to Nairobi, Africa where her ministry was one of welcoming and hospitality. Returning to the USA she was sent in mission to Waukegan, IL where she assisted in the Center for the Poor. Her current ministry is that of prayer for the Church and the world.
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