Sister M. Paulinus Sullivan, IHM

Sister M. Paulinus Sullivan, IHM, of the Congregation of Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died Thursday, May 3, 1979, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Carbondale, PA.

She was born on March 3, 1899, in Pittsburgh, PA, and given the name Helen. She was the daughter of the late John B. and Elizabeth Wunder Sullivan. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1918, received the religious habit on August 2, 1919, and made profession of her vows on August 2, 1921.

Sister Paulinus served as a teacher at St. Ann School in Scranton, PA, and St. Patrick School in Oneida, NY.

At Marywood College in Scranton, PA, Sister Paulinus served on the faculty of the English Department, and was the chairman of that department, from 1963 to 1968.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Marywood College, and went on to acquire an Master of Arts degree and Ph.D. in English at Fordham University. She is best remembered for her lyric poetry, much of which is collected in two books, Sabbath and Wide to His Weather, which she co-authored with her sister, Sister M. Davida Sullivan, IHM.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Robert, and a sister, Sister M. Monice Sullivan, IHM.

She is survived by a brother, Reverend Edward P. Sullivan, SJ, who is Chaplain at Manhattan State Hospital, Ward Island, NY; five sisters, Sister M. Davida Sullivan, IHM, of Scranton, PA, and Katharine Sullivan, Marie Maloy, Eleanor Alton, and Betty Jane Franz, all of Pittsburgh, PA; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Monday, May 7, at 9:30 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at the Marian Convent. Interment will follow at St. Catherine Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Saturday evening, and Sunday afternoon and evening at the Marian Convent.