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December 2003
FEDERATION FOUNDER DIES
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SISTER NOREAN MCCOLGAN
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ON 8TH DECEMBER 2003 SISTER NOREAN MCCOLGAN (MOTHER M. ST.
EDWARD) DIED AT NORTH BAY. SISTER MCCOLGAN WAS ONE OF THE
SIX GENERAL SUPERIORS WHO FOUNDED THE FEDERATION OF THE SISTERS
OF ST. JOSEPH OF CANADA, AN ENTITY WHICH WAS FORMALLY APPROVED
ON 20TH SEPTEMBER 1966. HER FUNERAL WAS HELD IN THE SACRED
HEART CHAPEL, ST. JOSEPH’S MOTHERHOUSE ON 11TH DECEMBER
2003 AMONG FAMILY, CONGREGATION AND MANY ADMIRERS.
SISTER NOREAN WAS BORN IN QUYON, QUEBEC AND ENTERED THE SISTERS
OF ST. JOSEPH OF SAULT STE. MARIE IN 1938. A TEACHER, SISTER
NOREAN TAUGHT IN NORTH BAY AND SUDBURY DURING HER EARLY YEARS
IN THE CONGREGATION. SHE WAS DIRECTRESS OF BOARDERS AT ST.
JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NORTH BAY FROM 1945-1952. IN 1952,
SHE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTRESS OF NOVICES FOR THE CONGREGATION.
SISTER NOREAN WAS ELECTED SUPERIOR GENERAL OF THE CONGREGATION
IN 1962, A POSITION SHE HELD UNTIL 1974. DURING THIS TIME
SHE GUIDED AND NURTURED THE CONGREGATION THROUGH THE CHANGES
TO RELIGIOUS LIFE INITIATED BY VATICAN II. IN 1978, SHE WAS
ELECTED ASSISTANT SUPERIOR GENERAL AND SERVED THE CONGREGATION
IN THAT CAPACITY UNTIL 1982. DURING THIS TIME SHE CONTINUED
HER INVOLVEMENT WITH THE FORMATION OF NEW MEMBERS.
IN 1974 SISTER MCCOLGAN WAS APPOINTED VICAR OF RELIGIOUS
WOMEN IN THE DIOCESE OF SAULT STE. MARIE. SHE WAS A MEMBER
AND PRESIDENT OF THE DIOCESAN PASTORAL COUNCIL, A MEMBER OF
THE COMMITTEE ON FAMILY LIFE, THE COMMITTEE ON SPIRITUAL RENEWAL
MINISTRY AND A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE CATHOLIC CENTRE
IN SUDBURY.
THE SISTERS OF SAULT STE MARIE REMARKED IN THEIR FORMAL DELIVERY
THAT SHE WAS "DEARLY LOVED BY MANY. WE REMEMBER HER ONGOING
ENCOURAGEMENT, CHALLENGE AND LEGACY TO LIVE OUR LIFE ATTENTIVE
TO THE INNER SELF, ALWAYS REMEMBERING "ALWAYS MORE, ALWAYS
BETTER AND ALWAYS WITH LOVE"!"
THE FEDERATION MEMBERSHIP OFFERS THEIR SYMPATHY TO OUR SAULT
STE MARIE SISTERS ON THE DEATH OF THIS REMARKABLE WOMAN, AND
REJOICES WITH THEM IN HER LEGACY OF LOVING SERVICE, COURAGE
AND VISION. THE MOMENT OF HER PASSING MARKS A MILESTONE IN
OUR THIRTY-SEVEN YEAR HISTORY. MAY SHE REST IN PEACE AND MAY
HER WONDERFUL SPIRIT CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US IN OUR MISSION
OF ACTIVE AND INCLUSIVE LOVE.
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