Sister M. Scholastica Bradley, IHM

Sister M. Scholastica Bradley, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Tuesday, February 16, 1904, at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Scranton, PA, after a brief illness.

She was born on December 31, 1870 in Williamsport, PA, and given the name Catherine. She was the daughter of Patrick and Catherine Jones Bradley. She entered the IHM Congregation on August 2, 1888, received the religious habit on December 27, 1888, and made profession of her vows on August 2, 1891.

Sister Scholastica served as a teacher at the following schools: St. Patrick School in Olyphant, PA; St. Cecilia Academy in Scranton, PA; and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Scranton, PA.

She was preceded in death by a brother, F. Xophier, and two sisters, Fanny and Dorothy.

She is survived by two brothers, William P. and Louis J., and four sisters, Frances, Mary M. McGuire, Ann J. Gerry, and Genevieve Stoetzel, nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Thursday afternoon, February 18. A high mass of requiem will be held in the chapel of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary with Reverend John O’Rourke of Athens, PA, will be the celebrant. Monsignor Coffey will preach the funeral sermon. Interment will be at Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton.

“The death of Sister M. Scholastica Bradley occurred on February 16, 1904. She, too, had given her heart to God at an early age, and during the fifteen years of her consecrated service had labored zealously for His honor and glory. Her beautiful voice heard so many times in the chapels at Saint Cecilia’s and Mount Saint Mary’s never failed to draw hearts to God, and her greatest delight was to train the children under her care to sing His praises.”

Excerpted from The Sisters of the I.H.M.: The Story of The Founding of The Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Their Work In The Scranton Diocese by Sister M. Immaculata Gillespie, IHM, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, NY, 1921, p. 384