St Bernards Church- Catholic

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VOCATIONS FROM ST. BERNARD'S PARISH
 
                            Sister Kathleen Ryan, S. A., Treasurer General of the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement, was born in Lyon Mountain in 1927 to the late Myra Ida Brusso and Henry Ryan, Sr.  Sister was baptized and received First Holy Communion in St. Bernard's Chtirch before the family moved to Dannemora.
     Sister entered the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement in 1942, made First Profession of Vows in 1944; was graduated from St. Francis High School, Graymour in 1945; and received her studies in Religious Education from Catholic University, Washington, D.C. and Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts.
     Sister Kathleen's assignments in the field of Religious Education, Parochial and Social Work took her to parishes in Schenectady, New York; Rockland, Maine; Camden, New Jersey; and Woodland and Arroyo Grande, California.  She has been Directress of Our Lady's Guest and Retreat House at Graymoor and recently received a degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Johnson & Wales Business College in Providence, Rhode Island.
                                     Sister Margaret (Dolly) Ryan was born in 1934 in Lyon Mountain to the late Myra Ida Brusso and Henry Ryan Sr. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Dannemora. After graduating from Dannemora High School in 1951, Sister was employed at the Dannemora State Hospital as a stenographer until 1955, when she entered the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement at Graymoor, Garrison, New York.
     Following Profession of Vows in 1958, Sister received a year of extensive study in the Scholasticate at Cobleskill, New York and continued in Religious Education in the summer programs at Siena College, Loudonville, New York and Boston College, Boston Massachusets.
     She served on missions in Cranbrook, British Columbia, where she was coordinator of the parish ecumenical kindergarten; on missions in Lincoln, New Hampshire; and St. John, New Brunswick in Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry.  She worked in Smoky Lake, Alberta, Canada compiling the Correspondence Course in Religious Education for the Diocese of St.
Paul. In 1972 Sister Margaret was elected to a four year term of office as Secretary General of the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement.
          Sr. Frances Clermont was born at Lyon Mountain, N.Y. on May 8, l908.  She is the daughter of Joseph Clermont and Mary Fisher. She was baptized on September 3, 1908. Wilfred Duquet and Victoria Cordeau were her God-Parents and she was baptized by Rev. Fr. Charles Pelletier who was helping Father J.A. Hervieux, Pastor of St. Bernard's Church.  She joined the Sisters of Joan of Arc of Ottawa on March 5, 1934. These Sisters work with young girls and with the Elderly. Their new habit of 1963 is pictured.

                                       Sister Yvonne Theresa (Yvonne LaRoque) was born in Standish, New York, the daughter of Adolph and Ophelia (Bourey) LaRoque.  She lived at Standish for about five years before moving to Tupper Lake. About 30 years ago she became a nun in the order of the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate whose Motherhouse is at Marycrest, New York.  Sister Yvonne Theresa is now on assignment in West Haven, Connecticut.


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