Sister M. Regis Wynne, IHM

Sister M. Regis Wynne, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Sunday, July 2, 1950, at St. Patrick’s Convent in White Haven, PA.

She was born on February 14, 1867, in County Leitrim, Ireland, and given the name Catharine. She was the daughter of the late James and Mary O’Rourke Wynne. She entered the IHM Congregation on October 1, 1887, received the religious habit on March 6, 1888, and made profession of her vows on April 8, 1890.

Sister Regis served as principal at the following schools: St. Patrick Elementary School in White Haven, PA; and Immaculate Conception Elementary School in West Pittston, PA.

Sister served as a teacher at the following schools: St. Ann Elementary School in Scranton, PA; St. Paul Elementary School in Scranton, PA; and St. Patrick Elementary School in Spangler, PA.

Sister Regis also served as superior at St. Agnes Place in Elmhurst, PA.

She is survived by a sister, Cecilia Wynne of County Leitrim, Ireland.

The funeral will take place from St. Agnes Place, Elmhurst, with mass in St. Catherine’s Church, Moscow. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA.

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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