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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JANUARY 16, 2020
OBITUARIES SISTER ANNE DAVIDSON, RSCJ
Sacred Heart Sister Anne Davidson died Nov. 1, 2019, at her community’s Oakwood residence in Atherton. Sister Anne was a Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for 79 years and was 98 years old. She spoke French. Spanish, Italian, German, and English and was an alumna of San Francisco College for Women, Lone Mountain, Sister Anne now part of the University of San Davidson, RSCJ Francisco. Sister Anne’s service included teaching at the sisters’ Convent of the Sacred Heart Schools in San Francisco and teaching art at Lone Mountain where “she really become an art professor and taught art full time,” the sisters said in a statement. “Her favorite responsibility, however, was that of sacristan, a position she held for 25 years.” She served as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco and Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City. “She loved bringing the Blessed Sacrament to patients in the hospital, to parishioners from the cathedral, and to other homebound persons,” the sisters said. “She was much loved by the recipients of her ministry.” A funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 7 at Oakwood with interment in the sisters’ cemetery there. Remembrances may be made to Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 140 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton 94027.
SISTER SHEILA KEANE, OP
Dominican Sister Sheila Keane, OP, died at the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose St. Martin Residence in Fremont Dec. 12, 2019. She was 92 years old and in the 72nd year of her religious profession. Sister Sheila met the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose at St. Elizabeth Elementary School, Oakland, and entered the Congregation in 1945. On July 30, 1947, she made first profession of vows as a Dominican Sister.
For 11 years Sister Sheila was teacher or principal at Catholic schools in southern and northern California including St. Boniface School, San Francisco. After earning a graduate degree in social work, she ministered as a social worker at Serra Center, Mission, San Jose, and St. Vincent’s School, San Rafael. For 35 years, 1974-2010, she was a social worker for the St. Anthony Foundation at St. Boniface Parish, San Francisco. Sister Sheila A funeral Mass was celebrated Keane, OP Dec. 17, at the Dominican Sisters Motherhouse in Fremont with interment at the Congregation’s cemetery, God’s Acre located on the grounds of the Motherhouse.
Sister Kathleen frequently joined groups in preparing and serving sandwiches to the homeless. She gave out McDonald’s gift cards to the homeless holding signs on the streets. Watching the nightly news, she became distressed and appalled over how immigrants were being treated at the border, especially when children were being separated from their parents. She went to the border with other Sisters in January 2019 and often tearfully shared how it was a life-changing experience. She served as life care coordinator for the Sisters of Mercy from 2010 until 2018. Her funeral Mass took place at the Mercy Chapel in Burlingame Jan 6. Memorial gifts may be made to the Sisters of Mercy, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010.
SISTER KATHLEEN KEARNEY, RSM
Sister Ernestina Molinari, 89, died Jan. 5, at her congregation’s Caritas Center in Dubuque, Iowa. Sister Ernestina entered the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary congregation Sept. 8, 1948, from St. Philip Parish, San Francisco. She professed first vows on March 19, 1951, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1956. Sister Ernestina is a former principal of San Francisco’s St. Brigid School and St. Thomas More Sister Ernestina School, and member of the faculty Molinari, BVM of St. Paul High School. Among her other ministries were leadership of the congregational retirement center in Los Gatos and elderly housing in Santa Rosa. Survivors include her brother Roy Molinari and his wife Erlinda of San Mateo. A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 13 in the sisters’ Marian Hall Chapel with interment in Mount Carmel Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003.
Sister of Mercy Kathleen Kearney died Dec. 15, 2019, at Marian Oaks in Burlingame. Born in San Francisco Aug. 1, 1946, she grew up in St. Gabriel Parish and first met the Sisters of Mercy there. After graduating from Mercy High School San Francisco in 1964, she entered the community in 1964. Professing her vows in 1967, she took on the name of Sister Kathleen. Sister Kathleen She earned a bachelor’s degree Kearney, RSM in nursing from the University of San Francisco in 1971 and then ministered in nursing at Mercy San Diego and St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco where her gifts for administration were recognized and led to studies for a masters in hospital administration at UC Berkeley in 1978. She later earned a doctorate in psychology and worked as a clinical psychologist and administrator for 19 years for a number of Bay Area agencies as well as in private practice, working first with emotionally disturbed teens and then with the elderly and their caregivers
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