Sister M. Dorotheus McAndrew, IHM

Sister M. Dorotheus McAndrew, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Friday, November 22, 1935, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

She was born on December 26, 1877 in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, and given the name Margaret. She was the daughter of the late Patrick and Margaret Corcoran McAndrew. She entered the IHM Congregation on January 6, 1901, received the religious habit on July 27, 1901, and made profession of her vows on July 2, 1903.

Sister Dorotheus served as a teacher the IHM Academy in Coeur d’Alene, ID; Marywood College in Scranton, PA; and St. Leo School in Ashley, PA.

The funeral will be Monday, November 25, at 9:30 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Church in Moscow, PA. Interment to follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow.

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