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Sr Athanasius Skehan MSA
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SSUMPTIONIST Sister Athanasius Skehan died on February 21 in Port Eliza-
beth. Born Mary Skehan in Clonmel, Ireland, the third of four children, she entered the Missionary Sisters of the Assumption in Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland, and came to South Africa in 1947, the year of her first profession. Sr Athanasius was a dedicated teacher who taught in various parts of South Africa: Johannesburg, Pretoria North, Grahamstown, Schauderville in Port Elizabeth, and KwaNgwanase. She also helped many immigrant clergy and religious over the years to become more proficient in English. She retired to Buckingham Road in Port Elizabeth in 2005 where she was community bursar for a while, and in 2007 celebrated the diamond jubilee of her
profession. She was interested in everyone and everything: her many skills were put to good use in crocheting dozens of knee rugs and blankets for the less privileged, making cards and bookmarks for charity, as well as enjoying crosswords. She was a formidable opponent at Scrabble, and would not be content with low scores from those who played with her.
Sr Athanasius loved receiving letters, and spent much time writing both to her own family and friends and to the relatives of sisters who had become too infirm to do so themselves. Keenly interested in the new generation of MSAs, she kept in contact with our younger sisters and prayed for them. She prayed and sang with the sisters in the infirmary, and was devoted to reciting the Divine Mercy rosary each afternoon. Sr Athanasius went to God quickly and quietly on February 21. She is survived by her younger sister, Teresa Ryan, in Ireland, and her nieces and nephews and their families. Her nephew Bill Ryan came from Ireland for Sr Athanasius’ Requiem Mass in St Bernadette’s church in Walmer. The main celebrant was Fr Eldridge Davids with seven priests of the diocese. Ann Genevieve MSA
Sr Margaret Mary Magorrian MSA
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SSUMPTIONIST Sister Margaret Mary Magorrian of Port Elizabeth died on April 8 at the age of 94. Born on May 17, 1921 in Ballykinlar, County Down, Northern Ireland, she was the eldest of 12 children. At the age of 18, Margaret Mary entered the Missionary Sisters of the Assumption in Ballynahinch, and came as a postulant to Grahamstown in South Africa to begin her novitiate. She made her first profession as Sr Mary Charles of the Immaculate Conception on January 23, 1942. The next two years were spent studying at the Grahamstown Training College, after which Sr Charles, later known as Sr Margaret Mary, taught at several Assumption schools and those with which the congregation has been associated, in Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, Johannesburg, Durban, KwaNganase, and Atteridgeville;. She also served in the library at Zingisa Comprehensive High School in Mthatha. Long after reaching retirement age, Sr Margaret Mary was involved in catechetics and other pastoral work in Missionvale,
Port Elizabeth, Lulekani and Pretoria North. Sr Margaret Mary celebrated the platinum jubilee of her profession in Buckingham Road, Port Elizabeth in 2012. A very neat and well-organised person, Sr Margaret Mary was very thorough in all she did. She was musical with a good singing voice, and even in the last months of her life could occasionally be seen tapping the rhythm of a hymn with her fingers on the blanket over her knees as she sat in the chapel. She was also very artistic, and used her talents generously in making attractive charts for her classrooms, and printing for her
Liturgical Calendar Year C – Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday May 22, Trinity Sunday Proverbs 8:22-31, Psalms 8:4-9, Romans 5:1-5, John 16:12-15 Monday May 23 1 Peter 1:3-9, Psalms 111:1-2, 5-6, 9-10, Mark 10:17-27 Tuesday May 24, Our Lady Help of Christians 1 Peter 1, 10-16, Psalms 98, 1-4, Mark 10, 28-31 Wednesday May 25, St Bede the Venerable, St Gregory VII, St Mary Magdalene de Pazzi 1 Peter 1:18-25, Psalms 147:12-15, 19-20, Mark 10:32-45 Thursday May 26, St Philip Neri 1 Peter 2:2-5, 9-12, Psalms 100:1-5, Mark 10:4652 Friday May 27, St Augustine of Canterbury 1 Peter 4:7-13, Psalms 96:10-13, Mark 11:11-26 Saturday May 28, Saturday Mass of Our Lady Jude 17, 20-25, Psalms 63:2-6, Mark 11:27-33 Sunday May 29, the Body and Blood of Christ Genesis 14:18-20, Psalms 110:1-4, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Luke 9:11-17
parish catechetics lessons. She used to do tapestry and exquisite embroidery, and made some beautiful banners—one for a newly built church in the Ingwavuma diocese where she was teaching at the time, and some for the then-new church in Mdantsane which her youngest brother, the late Fr Hugh Leo Magorrian, had started. Her devotion to the Sacred Heart was explicit in the motto “All for thee, O Sacred Heart of Jesus”, which was engraved in Latin inside her profession ring, and that to Our Lady in the Mystery she chose at her profession, the Immaculate Conception. Right until the end of her life she did her best to join in the recitation of the rosary each day with the other Sisters in the infirmary. Her only surviving sibling is her brother Patrick, who is 88 and lives in Oak Harbour, Washington, with his family. Sr Margaret Mary’s Requiem was celebrated in St Bernadette’s in Walmer, where the main celebrant was Mgr John Clarke with priests of the diocese and the oratory of St Philip Neri. Ann Genevieve MSA
Discernment: the art of decision-making Continued from page 7 might not be final. There may be many opportunities in our lives to revise our choices, each time drawing nearer to God’s plan of love for our lives. With each decision—good or poor—there are consequences, but those consequences are not there to condemn us or validate our correctness. The outcome of our decisions becomes an opportunity for grace and mercy, a space for forgiveness and reflection, a call to plunge ever deeper into the mystery of God’s personal love for us. Making decisions is never easy. But if we remember that our entire lives rest in God’s hands, the hands of a God who knew us, the God who tells us: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” (Jer 1:5), then we can trust that the Holy Spirit will guide us to the best possible outcome: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Phil 4:6-7). n Read past columns by Sarah-Leah Pimentel at www.scross.co.za/category/perspectives/sarahleah-pimentel
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DEATH
JUDGE—terezita (terry). wife of the late John Judge, sister-in-law to Georgette Fennessy and aunt to Sean Fennessy, passed away peacefully on Saturday May 7, aged 89. rest in peace terry.
IN MEMORIAM
POTHIER—Bernard. Passed away May 24, 2011. A memory kept alive and cherished never fades. His loving presence remains with us. In gratitude, Margaret, dominic, Siobhain, Nicholas, Heide, rosanne, tiernan and grandchildren. rIP. POTHIER—Bernard. died May 24, 2011. Five years later still missed and fondly remembered by the staff of The Southern Cross and colleagues on the board of directors. WINDVOGEL—Magdalene Martha. Mommy, Ma, called home three years ago on May 24, 2013 to join husband John, passed on September 23, 1968. we thought of you with love today. But that is nothing new. we thought about you yesterday and days before that too. we think of you in silence. we often speak your name. Now all we have are memories and your picture in a frame. your memory is our keepsake. with which we’ll never part. God has you in his keeping. we have you in our hearts. we miss you dearly. Always in our prayers. your children, in-
laws, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
PRAYERS
HOLY ST JUDE, apostle and martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke you, special patron in time of need. to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg you to come to my assistance. Help me now in my urgent need and grant my petitions. In return I promise to make your name known and publish this prayer. Pat
THANKS
O HOLY SPIRIT, in thanksgiving for favours granted. Chris H. ST JUDE, in thanksgiving for favours granted. Chris H.
PERSONAL
ABORTION WARNING: the pill can abort (chemical abortion) Catholics must be told, for their eternal welfare and the survival of their unborn infants. See www.epm.org/static/up loads/downloads/bcpill.pdf ABORTION WARNING: the truth will convict a silent Church. See www.valuelifeabortion isevil.co.za FOR ALL ROSARY requirements, chain rosaries in various colours and sizes, also luminous ones, contact Fr dominic Muheim CMM, cellphone 082 489 0706 or write to
Our bishops’ anniversaries This week we congratulate: May 23: Bishop Dabula Mpako of Queenstown on the 5th anniversary of his episcopal ordination
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