Sisters Of Mercy

On May 1, 2007, SR. CHRISTINA MARIE DAILY, RSM. Beloved member of the Sisters of Mercy. Daughter of the late John C. and Adele S. Daily; sister of the late Mary Daily Holmen; sister-in-law of Karl A. Holmen; aunt of Mary Holmen Ellis, Karl Holmen, III, Joseph and Robert Holmen. She is also survived by many other relatives. Friends may call at The Villa, 6806 Bellona Avenue, on Friday from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 P.M., where a Christian Wake Service will be held at 7 P.M. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in the Villa Chapel, on Saturday at 11 A.M. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.

SISTER MARY RUTH HENING, a member of the Sisters of Mercy who taught at numerous parochial schools, died of cancer complications Wednesday at her order's motherhouse in the Pinehurst section of Baltimore County. She was 93. Born in South Baltimore, she attended St. Mary Star of the Sea Parochial School and was a 1932 graduate of Mount St. Agnes High School. She entered the religious order in 1933 and earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Mount St. Agnes College and a master?

O'Donnell named head of honors program at Loyola CollegeBrendan O'Donnell, associate professor of English at Loyola College on Charles Street, has been appointed director of the college's honors program effective July 1. He replaces Illona McGuiness, the school's new dean of freshmen.O'Donnell, a member of the Loyola faculty since 1987, will be responsible for expanding the honors program, strengthening recruitment and working with the faculty to cultivate academic achievement of program participants.

Sister Mary Philip Grottendick, educator and supervisor of parochial schools operated by the Sisters of Mercy, died Thursday of pneumonia at The Villa, the order's retirement home in the Pinehurst section of Baltimore. She was 90.Retired since 1981, Sister Mary Philip had headed elementary and secondary parochial schools for the order in Maryland, Alabama, Georgia and Florida from 1953 until 1968."She was the kind of supervisor that people welcomed. She was so good, helpful and friendly," said Sister Barbara A. Wheeley, a member of the order's leadership team.

Columbia Bank celebrates anniversary with new logoThe Columbia Bank has adopted a new corporate logo to be used through 1998 in celebration of its 10th anniversary.The logo features the caption "Celebrating a Decade of Community Service," which temporarily replaces the slogan "You're Among Friends."The logo will be incorporated into all of the bank's marketing materials.The bank announced earnings of more than $4.1 million in 1997, or $1.82 per share, and assets of more than $373 million.

Sister Mary Jean Leacy, R.S.M., who retired as head of the biology and medical technical departments at the old Mount St. Agnes College, died of congestive heart failure Feb. 5 at Mercy Villa Convent in Rodgers Forge. She was 92.Sister Jean, a member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, began teaching biology in the late 1920s at Mount St. Agnes High School in Mount Washington. She later joined the college faculty and retired in 1971, the year that the institution -- founded in 1890 -- was merged with Loyola College.

Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore plans to buy Cardinal Shehan Center/Stella Maris in Timonium, in a deal the institutions' officials described yesterday as a "new beginning for Catholic health care in Maryland.""Stella Maris actively sought a partner with a Maryland and Catholic tradition," Sister Louis Mary Battle, president of Cardinal Shehan Center/Stella Maris, said at a news conference at Stella Maris. "We found that partner in Mercy."Both organizations will remain intact, continuing to offer care to residents and patients, said Sister Louis Mary.

A group of nuns were evicted yesterday from a historic building they had occupied since 1915 by USF&G Corp., which wants the Northwest Baltimore site to make way for a company-wide expansion.The eviction notice by the Baltimore insurance giant says the nuns must leave Provincial House in Mount Washington by Nov. 30, ending a five-year battle by the Sisters of Mercy to continue to operate the Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women in the landmark two-story, blue-stone house."We've gone to the wall and they've said no way," said Sister Mary Aquin O'Neill, Sister of Mercy of Baltimore, who helps run classes, worship and fellowship at the house and also lives there with another of the six staff members.

Sister Mary, 74, longtime hospital nurseSister Mary Pilkington, R.S.M., who had been in nursing for 41 years, died of respiratory failure Wednesday at St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 74.She had lived at The Villa, the Sisters of Mercy retirement center in Rodgers Forge after she retired from University of Maryland Hospital in 1988, where she had worked for 13 years.She also had been a supervisor at Maryland General Hospital and a nurse at Washington Hospital Center and hospitals in Atlanta, Savannah, Ga., and Daphne, Ala.Mary Pilkington was a native of Mobile, Ala., and entered the Sisters of Mercy after graduating from high school in 1941.

On television Tuesday evening, Sister Mary Aquin O'Neill attempted, with notable lack of success, to stifle a heart-wrenching sob."Oh, dear," said Kerrie Burch-DeLuca, spokeswoman for the insurance giant USF&G, corporate perpetrators of the sob witnessed across Maryland."

Sister Mary Elaine Costello, a member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy and a retired educator and administrator, died Wednesday of heart disease at The Villa, her order's retirement home in the Woodbrook neighborhood of Baltimore County. She was 96. Mary Elizabeth Costello was born in Washington, and after the death of her mother, was sent by her father to Mount St. Agnes in Mount Washington, where she attended elementary and high school. "There, her widowed father could count on her aunt, Sister Loretta Costello, author of "The Sisters of Mercy of Maryland 1855-1930," to keep an eye on his daughter," said Sister Augusta Reilly, a member of the Sisters of Mercy and a retired educator.

On August 19, 2009, SR. M. ELAINE COSTELLO, RSM; beloved member of the Sisters of Mercy; daughter of the late Michael and Anna Costello. Pre-deceased by siblings, Dan and Anna. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews, and great- nieces and great-nephews. Friends may call for a Christian Wake Service at The Villa, 6806 Bellona Avenue, on Friday at 7 p.m. Visitation will be held at The Villa Chapel on Saturday from 9:30 to 11 a.m., where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Sister Madeline Roddenbery, a member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy and a retired educator, died July 26 of complications from dementia at The Villa, her order's retirement home in Woodbrook, Baltimore County. She was 92. Martha Roddenbery was born in St. Augustine, Fla. She was raised in St. Augustine and Macon, Ga., where she graduated in 1935 from Mount de Sales Academy. When her mother, an entertainer who played piano on the vessels of the Merchants & Miners Transportation Co. between Savannah, Ga., and New York, was away for extended periods, she boarded at Mount de Sales.

Sister Mary Kateri Sullivan, a member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy whose career as a parochial school educator spanned nearly 50 years, died in her sleep Friday at The Villa, her order's retirement home in the Woodbrook section of Baltimore County. She was 94. Catherine Agnes Sullivan was born and raised in Southwest Baltimore. As a child, she attended St. Peter the Apostle parochial school. After graduating from Seton High School in 1933, she entered the Religious Sisters of Mercy.

While still a nursing student, Sister Elizabeth Anne Corcoran decided to enter the community of the Sisters of Mercy. "Sister Mary Thomas Zinkand (then Mercy president and CEO) was my mentor during my discernment period and a true friend until the day she died," said Corcoran. Since then, she has served in a variety of positions at Mercy Medical Center, including nurse recruiter, director of nursing and vice president for nursing. Corcoran is now assistant to the president for hospitality at Mercy.

Suzanne L. Carson, who headed The Villa nursing home after working as a University of Maryland Shock Trauma lab chief, died of stroke and diabetic complications Sunday at her Parkville home. She was 57. Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology at Niagara University in Lewiston, N.Y., and a medical technology degree from a U.S. Public Service Hospital, also in upstate New York, the next year. She then received a master's degree in microbiology from Wagner College on Staten Island, N.Y. After moving to Maryland in 1980, she worked at the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center and was a laboratory manager in the 1990s.

Sister Mary Evangeline Waters, a retired educator and member of the Sisters of Mercy for more than seven decades, died of heart failure Friday at The Villa, her order's retirement home in the Woodbrook section of Baltimore County. She was 97. She was born Ellen Ford Waters in Leonardtown and raised in Baltimore. She attended Margaret Brent Elementary School and was a 1928 graduate of Western High School. One day, she and several friends went to visit the Sisters of Mercy motherhouse on the grounds of St. Agnes College in Mount Washington.

On November 22, 2007, SISTER. M. MARCIA McKINLEY, in Savannah, GA, beloved member of the Sisters of Mercy; devoted daughter of the late Lowell and Margaret McKinley; dearest sister of Dorothy Horner. Also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends may call for a Memorial Mass at The Villa Chapel, 6806 Bellona Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21212, on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 11 A.M. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of Mercy Retirement Fund, c/o The Villa.

Sister Mary Janet O'Donnell, a retired educator and chaplain who was a member of the Sisters of Mercy for 62 years, died of congestive heart failure Nov. 10 at St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 83. She was born Rose Eileen O'Donnell in Buffalo, N.Y., into a "staunch Irish Catholic family," said Sister Mary Pat Smith, vice president of the Sisters of Mercy. After graduating from St. Mary's Business School in Buffalo, she went to work for then-U.S. Rep. James Michael Mead in Washington.

On September 12, 2007, SISTER M. CAMILLUS SMITH, R.S.M.; beloved member of the Sisters of Mercy; devoted daughter of the late Charles and Grace Smith; dearest aunt of Kathryn Rickell and Agnes Smith, both of Westminster, MD. Friends may call on Saturday, 9 to 11 a.m. at The Villa Chapel, 6806 Bellona Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21212 where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, those desiring may make memorial contributions to: The Sisters of Mercy Retirement Fund in c/o The Villa.