Sister M. Sacred Heart Walsh, IHM

Sister M. Sacred Heart Walsh, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Wednesday, September 4, 1957, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA.

She was born on March 17, 1885, in Horseheads, NY, and given the name Margaret Teresa. She was the daughter of the late Patrick J. and Anna Riffe Walsh. She entered the IHM Congregation on July 2, 1903, received the religious habit on December 31, 1903, and made profession of her vows on December 28, 1905.

Sister Sacred Heart served as a teacher at the following schools: St. John the Evangelist School in Pittston, PA; St. Lawrence School in Portland, OR; and Holy Rosary School in Scranton, PA.

At Marywood College in Scranton, PA, Sister was a member of the home economics department faculty, from 1922 to 1956.

From 1956 until the time of her death, Sister Sacred Heart was a prayer minister at the Marian Convent.

She was preceded in death by a brother, James, and two sisters, Florence Walsh and Annabel Jordan.

She is survived by a three sisters, Catherine Lyons, Susan Leary and Helen Walsh, all of Elmira, NY; and a niece, Sister M. Loyola Jordan, IHM, at St. Patrick’s Convent in Scranton, PA.

The funeral will be on Saturday, September 7, at 9:30 a.m. at the Marian Convent. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Friday afternoon or evening at the Marian Convent.

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Archival Remembrance:

During the summer, God called Himself our devoted Sister Sacred Heart. She carried with her to God’s holy presence, many decades of consecrated service to God and to our Congregation. Besides their long and fruitful years of active service in the classrooms, God asked of each of these Sisters the added gift of long and painful suffering. In imitation of our Blessed Mother, whose life of sorrow is the essence of her Immaculate Heart, our dear Sister edified all by her patience and resignation. Sickness is the true index of character, and the Marian Convent bears holy witness to the sterling spiritual qualities of those Sisters whose active lives of dedication to God’s service blend into the painful days of awaiting God’s summons. In imitation of our Blessed Mother, our revered Sister exemplify an untroubled supernatural joy, even as she suffers intense pain. God grant that Sister Sacred Heart has entered into eternity, and heard the diving words, “Well done…” For each of them we pray that God’s eternal peace and rest may be her reward.