Sister Mary Catherine Harrington, IHM

Sister Mary Catherine Harrington, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Monday, July 30, 1894, at St. Rose’s Convent in Carbondale, PA.

She was born on March 29, 1865 on Staten Island, NY, and given the name Roseanna (Rose). She was the daughter of Rose Doyle Harrington and the late Timothy Harrington. She entered the IHM Congregation on April 24, 1889, received the religious habit on October 3, 1889, and made profession of her vows on August 2, 1891.

Sister Mary Catherine served as teacher at St. Patrick Parochial School in Scranton, PA, and St. Rose School in Carbondale, PA.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Joseph and Timothy Jr. (infant), and a sister, Margarette.

In addition to her mother, she is survived by four brother James, Edward, Francis J. (Frank), and three sisters, Mary A., Hannah, Eleanor (Ella or Ellen).

A private funeral will be Wednesday, August 1 at 9:00 a.m. in the chapel at St. Rose Convent in Carbondale, followed by interment at St. Rose of Lima Cemetery, Carbondale.

“Sister Mary Catherine Died Yesterday Morning In St. Rose Convent, Carbondale.

Death, the grim destroyer, this morning claimed as its own the life of a member of the community of Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary stationed at St. Rose Convent, this city, a woman whose self-sacrificing devotion to God’s cause prompted her to renounce all the pleasures of life to serve her Master as a religieuse. When Sister Mary Catherine died at St. Rose Convent this morning at 9 o’clock the life of one of the most faithful workers of the community was brought to a close. Sister Mary Catherine, whose name in the world was Miss Rose Harrington, was born in Brooklyn (sic), N.Y., on March 29, 1965, and was consequently 29 years of age.

She entered the convent here as a novice on April 21, 1889, and received the habit of the order in October of the following year (sic). Her religious profession took place on August 2, 1891, when she became a regular member of the order.

The greater portion of her life since she became a religuse was spent in St. Rose Convent in this city, with the exception of one year in which she was teaching at St. Patrick’s School, Hyde Park. She had been ailing but a short time and her death was in a great measure, most unexpected and was a great shock to the community. Her friends in Brooklyn were notified of her death and are expected to reach here tomorrow.

The funeral services will be held Wednesday morning. A requiem high mass will be celebrated in the chapel at St. Rose Convent at which none but the sisters stationed here and the immediate relatives and friends of the deceased will be present. Interment will be made in the sisters’ plot in the new Catholic Cemetery.” – Carbondale Herald

The Scranton Times · Scranton, Pennsylvania · Tuesday Morning, Jul 31, 1894 · Page 5