Obituary

 

Sister M. Hilarion Doyle, IHM

Sister M. Hilarion Doyle, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Wednesday, November 3, 1915 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after an illness.

She was born on May 21, 1850 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and given the name Bridget.  She was the daughter of the late Christopher and Mary Fagan Doyle.  She entered the IHM Congregation on January 29, 1879, received the religious habit on May 13, 1879, and made profession of her vows on April 19, 1881.

Sister Hilarion enjoyed her years of teaching children in our IHM mission schools, including at St. Patrick School in Olyphant, Pennsylvania.

Interment is at the Marywood College Cemetery, on the grounds of Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Memorial contributions may be made to support the retired IHM Sisters c/o the IHM Sisters Retirement Fund, IHM Center, 2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton, PA 18509.



"The following Sisters opened the school: Sister M. Lucy, Superior, Sister M. Ligouri, Sister M. Hilarion, Sister M. Clementine, Sister M. Martha, Sister M. Scholastica, Sister M. Norbert, Sister M. Louise, and Sister M. William. God has blessed Saint Patrick's in a singular manner. It has prospered from the beginning and has attracted many students from the towns about Olyphant till at present it has an enrollment of over three hundred students, and a high school of the first class according to the Pennsylvania Bureau."

Excerpted from The Sisters of the I.H.M.: The Story of The Founding of The Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Their Work In The Scranton Diocese by Sister M. Immaculata Gillespie, IHM, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, NY, 1921, p. 253


"On November 3rd, Sister M. Hilarian (sic) Doyle died at Saint Joseph's Hospital, Philadelphia, whither she had gone some months before for treatment. She had given long and faithful service to the community and had edified the Sisters by her spirit of child-like simplicity."

Excerpted from The Sisters of the I.H.M.: The Story of The Founding of The Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Their Work In The Scranton Diocese by Sister M. Immaculata Gillespie, IHM, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, NY, 1921, p. 457