Sister M. Dominic Sullivan, IHM

Sister M. Dominic Sullivan, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Monday, March 11, 1957, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA.

She was born on December 13, 1877, in Scranton, PA, and given the name Nora A. She was the daughter of the late John and Anna Bahen Sullivan. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1903, received the religious habit on December 31, 1903, and made profession of her vows on December 29, 1905

Sister Dominic enjoyed her years teaching in our IHM mission schools, including at St. Mary of the Mount School in Pittsburgh, PA. She also served served in child care for resident children at St. Patrick’s Orphanage and St. Joseph’s Shelter, both located in Scranton, PA.

She was preceded in death by three sisters, Genevieve Hoppel, Sister M. Anina Sullivan, IHM, and Anna F. Sullivan; four brothers, Michael, Maurice, Richard Aloysius and John Lawrence; and an aunt in community, Sister M. Chrystostom Bahen, IHM.

She is survived by three sisters, Mary Donnelly of Binghamton, NY, and Theresa Hoar and Veronica A. Sullivan, both of Scranton, PA; several nieces and nephews, including Sister M. Michael, IHM, of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA, and Reverend John J. Colligan, SJ, of Woodstock, MD. She is also survived by several cousins, including Reverend Serenus R. O’Connell of Hughestown, PA, and Reverend Raymond Fitzpatrick of St. Vincent’s Church in Scranton, PA.

The funeral will be Wednesday, March 13, at 9:30 a.m. at the Marian Convent. Interment will be at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call Tuesday afternoon or evening at the Marian Convent.

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Archival Remembrance:

Few Sisters have surpassed our beloved Sister Dominic in her exercise of sweet charity. In her long years at St. Patrick’s Orphanage and later at St. Joseph’s Shelter, she brought peace and order into the lives of hundreds of children. As a classroom teacher she was loved beyond measure. So fond of her were her pupils that years after their school days, they still referred to her as “Our Sister.” At St. Mary of the Mount School, in Pittsburgh, she was an outstanding teacher. She was a pioneer in the Shields Method of teaching reading; her excellent work brought frequent visitors to her classroom. Yet she will be best remembered for her self-sacrifice and long service to the Sisters with whom she lived. No labor was too arduous or too time-consuming. She served with humility and graciousness, so that all who received her kindness felt that they were privileged to live with her. May she enjoy in Heaven God’s reward for her selfless life, her loving concern for the comfort of others, and for the edification she so constantly manifested.