Maryknoll, NY: Sister Marie Lynch, M.M. died on August 6th, 2023 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center, Maryknoll, NY. She was 87 years old and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 64 years.
On February 11th, 1936 Marie Bernadette Lynch was born in Roxbury, MA to Catherine (Norton) and Edward B. Lynch. She had three brothers and one sister; her brothers Edward and Thomas survive her.
Marie attended Sacred Heart High School in Newton Center, MA from 1949 -1953. She then earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree at Regis College in Weston, MA with a major in Psychology and a minor in Education. She also attended Maryknoll School of Theology in Maryknoll, NY and received her Masters’ Degree in Theological Studies (Christian Heritage) in 1984. On September 2nd, 1959 Marie entered the Maryknoll Sisters in Maryknoll, NY from her home parish of Sacred Heart, Newton Center, MA. She pronounced her First Profession of Vows on June 24th, 1962 in Topsfield, MA and her Final Vows on June 24th, 1968 in Bolivia.
In 1963, Sister Marie received her first mission assignment to Peru where she worked as a teacher in Lima until 1966. She then moved to Guayaramerin, Bolivia from 1967-1968 and was the Principal of the grade school.
From 1969-1979, Sister Marie returned to Peru moving between Lima, Juli Prelature-Huancane, and Tacna. She served as a teacher, worked in pastoral ministry, formation, and religious education of the laity. In 1979, Sister Marie returned to the Maryknoll Sisters Center, Maryknoll, NY to work in Congregational Services as Director of Central Orientation Team 1983. She then returned to Peru in 1984 continuing her work between Lima, Juli-Prelature-Huancane and Tacna until 2017.
In 2017, Sister Marie returned once again to the Maryknoll Sisters Center, Maryknoll, NY. She served in Mission Services as a Participant Services Coordinator in the Mission Institute until 2021 when she retired.
Funeral Services:
A Vespers Service will be held for Sister Marie Lynch on Monday, August 4th at 4:15 p.m. in the Chapel of the Annunciation at the Maryknoll Sisters Center, Maryknoll, NY.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, August 15th at 10:00 A.M. at the Maryknoll Sisters Center.