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Sisters' Profiles
Sr. My Hoa Nguyen, fmm
Sr. My Hoa Nguyen was born on November 11 at Nha Trang, Vietnam, the eighth child of thirteen children; eight brothers and four sisters.
While in Nha Trang, Vietnam, My Hoa already has responded to God's call by teaching catechism to children. She also helped the children in her neighboorhood with their homework.
Her love of working with children continued after moving to the United States with her family. She worked as an assistant teacher for 3 to 5 year old children in a day care sponsored by the government for one year in San Jose, California.
Sr. Helen Anna Klumpp, fmm
Sr. Helen Anna Klumpp entered the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary June 12, 1935 at North Providence, RI. After pronouncing her first vows, Dec. 15, 1937, her first mission sending was to St. Francis Sanatorium, Roslyn now called St. Francis Hospital. There she received tutoring on setting up and running a laboratory. These were the early challenging years of the hospital. She also worked as a practical nurse.
She pronounced her final vows, Dec. 15, 1940 at Roslyn, NY and she remained in mission there until 1959. Her various ministries have been as a sacristan, receptionist, Liturgist, Religious Educator, and life guard. Her present ministry is that of prayer for the Church and the world.
Sr. Beatrice Cote, fmm
Sr. Beatrice entered the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in Quebec, Canada September 14, 1934. After pronouncing her First Vows in Québec March 19, 1937, Beatrice was sent to do ministry as a commissioner, one of the many Sisters of our Institute who traveled the country selling handwork made in workrooms to support missionary works.
In April, 1938, she was sent in mission to Jerusalem via Rome. She stayed in Jerusalem until December of 1938, when she was sent to Bethlehem. There, she pronounced her final vows March 19, 1940. Most of her religious life was spent in the Holy Land in ministries of service, hospitality, making of altar bread for parishes and as a gifted seamstress. Her ministries in the United States were as sacristan, sewing and sending “sunshine cards” to many ill and homebound people, ministries that she continues presently.
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. Virginia Ptak, fmm
Sr. Virginia Ptak entered the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary September 15, 1944 at North Providence, RI.
After pronouncing her first vow March 19, 1947, Sr. Virginia was missioned to Roslyn, NY, St. Francis Hospital and Sanatorium, now known as St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center where she worked with children who came for treatment and relief from rheumatic fever and its many problems. She pronounced her final vows March 19, 1950 in N. Providence, RI.
Her various ministries have been X-ray Technician, registered nurse and local coordinator.
Her present ministry is the Care of Children who come to St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center for heart surgery and non-invasive surgery from foreign countries.
Sr. Patricia Murphy, fmm
Throughout her religious life, Patricia’s primary ministry has been teaching, at first in the USA; then in Japan; and again in the USA. But she has always had a great concern for the poor and suffering and has found numerous ways to reach out to them over the years. Her greatest interest is in people, which she shows by her compassion and understanding of the burdens she knows all carry.
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