Sister M. Clementine Muldoon, IHM

Sister M. Clementine Muldoon, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Sunday, March 21, 1926, at St. Rosalia’s Convent in Pittsburgh, PA.

She was born on December 15, 1896, in Ireland, and given the name Mary. She was the daughter of Matthew and Rose McBride Muldoon. The family emigrated to America, and settled in New York. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1919, received the religious habit on December 27, 1919, and made profession of her vows on December 29, 1921.

Sister Clementine served as a teacher at St. Rosalia School in Pittsburgh, PA.

Interment is at Calvary Cemetery in Pittsburgh, PA.

The Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary benefited from the efforts to bring young women from Ireland to Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Over the years a total of sixty-five young women became professed IHM religious. Their services were received as far west at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho at the IHM Academy and at St. Edward School, Twin Falls, Idaho. The southern missions witnessed their dedication in Washington, Raleigh, and Rocky Mount, North Carolina. It was remarked that black children in some southern schools were speaking with an Irish brogue! The Sisters from Ireland also served in many locations in Pennsylvania, such as Dushore, Lock Haven, Exeter, Altoona, Pittsburgh, St. Michael’s School in Hoban Heights, Cresson, Pittston, Scranton, and Williamsport. New York and Rhode Island missions also received their services.

Excerpted from The Story of the Native Irish Sisters Who Entered the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Scranton Pennsylvania by Sister M. Michel Keenan, IHM, 2006, p.18