Ossining, N.Y., July 17, 2026 ── Sister Roseann Hanley, M.M., a Maryknoll Sister of 76 years known for her love of the arts and dedicated service to youth, died on July 6, 2026. She was 98.

Sr. Roseann was born in Richmond Hill, Va., on June 23, 1928, to Joseph T. and Agnes O’Hare Hanley. She is predeceased by two sisters, Joan and Agnes, and one brother, Joseph.

Sr. Roseann graduated from Richmond Hill High School in 1947, and attended an eight-month course at Delehanty Business School in Jamaica, Queens. She then worked at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York, N.Y., for two and a half years, before entering the Maryknoll Sisters Congregation on Sept. 6, 1950. Sr. Roseann made her first vows on March 7, 1953, and final vows on March 7,1959.

In 1958, Sr. Roseann received her Bachelor of Education from the Maryknoll Teachers College in Maryknoll, N.Y. That same year, she was assigned to Hawaii and taught second grade at St. Michael’s School in Waialua until 1963. In her next assignment Sr. Roseann was called to Chile for the next 43 years. After studying language in Pucon and a year of pastoral work in San Alberto Parish of Santiago, she began service as a member of the parish pastoral team in Licanten until 1983. Sr. Roseann returned to the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y., to serve on the Congregational Leadership Team, work in the Treasury Department and as supervisor of the mail desk from 1984 until 1987.

Returning to Chile at this time, Sr. Roseann resumed her pastoral work in the town of Rauco until 2003 followed by three more years of pastoral service in Curico, until 2006.

Throughout her decades of service, Sr. Roseann found joy in collaborating with lay missioners and youth in many ways. Talented in art and music, she led craft workshops, formed church choral groups and once led a mixed group of Boy and Girl Scouts. She also created artwork and ceramic pieces that are still displayed in places throughout the Center today.

Sr. Roseann returned to the Center in 2006 and remained an active retiree in service to her Sister community, including a term as part of the Coordinators’ Team, until her passing. The Maryknoll Sisters would like to thank Sr. Roseann for her decades of dedicated service to our One Earth Community.

A wake for Sr. Roseann was held on July 15, 2026, in the Annunciation Chapel of the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. A memorial Mass was said for Sr. Roseann on July 16, 2026, also in the Annunciation Chapel.

Ossining, N.Y., July 10, 2026 ── Sister Marian Teresa Dury, M.M., a Maryknoll Sister of 73 years with unwavering faith and generosity, died on July 1, 2026. She was 105.

Sr. Marian was born on December 24, 1920, in New Bedford, Mass., to Ann Flynn Dury and Thomas Dury. She had two brothers and one sister, all of whom predeceased her.

In 1938, Sr. Marian graduated from Holy Family High School and began studying at Seton Hill College in Greensville, Pa., where she would earn a Bachelor of Science in biology in 1942. She went on to complete a Master of Nursing degree at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., in 1945.

Sr. Marian worked as a staff nurse in the Army Nurse Corps of the United States from 1945 to 1946, travelling between Korea and the Philippines on a hospital ship. In 1946, she worked as a nurse and clinical instructor at Deaconess Hospital in Boston, Mass., for two years. This experience inspired her to continue her education, earning a Master of Science in nursing education from the Catholic University of America in 1949. She then taught as an associate professor of nursing at the Catholic University of America, Louisiana State University and Boston College. Sr. Marian later received a certificate in midwifery at the General Nursing Council of England and Wales in 1968. During her time in Boston, Sr. Marian discovered the opening of a Maryknoll Sisters novitiate in Topsfield, Mass., where she entered on September 2, 1953. She made her first vows on March 7, 1956, and final vows on the same date in 1962.

In 1956, Sr. Marian was assigned her first mission, where she worked with women in Tanzania. She was one of the founders of its first secondary school for girls, Marian College, which offered a well-rounded education and a variety of extracurricular clubs. After overseeing the school for a decade, Sr. Marian returned to the United States for renewal and to work in fundraising at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. Upon her return to Tanzania in 1970, Sr. Marian began a new ministry with the Buhangija, Shinyanga Diocese as the administrator and midwife at the Mary Mahoney Dispensary and Clinic. She worked with sisters and staff to treat 250 patients on average each day, administering a 12-bed antenatal clinic, a 12-bed maternity clinic, as well as mobile maternal and child health clinics that served nine different villages.

After serving as head nurse and administrator in the Center’s infirmary from 1973 until 1976, Sr. Marian returned to Tanzania as part of the Medical Missionary of Mary Sisters. There, she shifted her focus to community health, training health workers as the maternal and child health coordinator of the Hanang Village Health Project. From 1981 until 1991, she served as regional coordinator of the Tanzanian Region, Coordinator of the Maryknoll Sisters World Section House in Nairobi, Kenya, and as a staff member of the VEMA Health Project in Kalebejo, Tanzania.

Sr. Marian returned to the Center in 1991 to serve in the Communications Department for two years, before being appointed as co-coordinator of the Main House Council, where she served for six years as a welcoming and dedicated presence to her Sister community.

She returned to Tanzania for a final time in 2000, teaching English to young women. Sr. Marian was awarded the Seton Hill College Distinguished Alumna Leadership Award in 2002, which described her as, “an educator and missionary, and woman of determination and unwavering faith.”

The Maryknoll Sisters would like to thank Sr. Marian for her decades of generosity and loving service to our One Earth Community.

A wake for Sr. Marian was held on July 6, 2026, in the Annunciation Chapel of the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. A Mass of Resurrection was said for Sr. Marian on July 7, 2026, also in the Annunciation Chapel.

Ossining, N.Y., June 30, 2026 ── Sister Rosemary Kane, M.M., a Maryknoll Sister of 80 years known for her sense of humor and generosity, died on June 18, 2026. She was 99.

Sr. Rosemary was born on June 15, 1927, to Katharine M. (Feurer) and Francis W. Kane, in New York City, N.Y. She is predeceased by two brothers — Francis Thomas Kane and Maryknoll Father Joseph R. Kane, M.M. — and one sister, Loretta Tum Suden.

In 1945, Sr. Rosemary graduated from St. Agnes High School in Rockville Center, Long Island, before dancing as a Rockette at the Radio City Music Hall. Sr. Rosemary then entered Maryknoll from the St. Agnes Cathedral Parish at Rockville Center on October 5, 1946. She professed her first vows in 1949, and final vows on April 6, 1952.

Sr. Rosemary’s first mission brought her to Maui, Hawaii, where she taught primary school students for one year. She then taught primary and secondary school students on the Island of Oahu for the next nine years, before returning to the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y., to work in Mission Promotion in 1959. During this time, Sr. Rosemary studied at Maryknoll Teachers College and completed a Bachelor of Science in education in 1963.

She then served at St. Anthony of Padua Primary School in the South Bronx, N.Y., as principal, sixth-grade teacher and house superior. Sr. Rosemary also attended leadership classes at Hunter College and Fordham University and studied Spanish at the Maryknoll Language Institute in Cochabamba.

In 1967, Sr. Rosemary’s began her next mission in Riberalta, Bolivia, conducting home visits in villages along the Beni River and preparing their people for Mass and sacraments. She and a Maryknoll priest co-founded Radio San Miguel in 1968, which served as the main source of communication, education and entertainment for the people of Riberalta. The station offered literacy programs and helped emphasize the needs of communities who had been geographically isolated by the jungle and rivers, through its programs on health, religion and recordings of community meetings.

After studying telecommunications at Indiana University’s Communication Department for two years, Sr. Rosemary returned to Bolivia in1979 to work with Radio San Rafael in Cochabamba, offering her expertise through 2013. She also served as the full-time communications manager of the Catholic archdiocesan radio station for 18 years, until 2002.

Sr. Rosemary then pursued other ministries, serving on the Board of Directors of the Archdiocesan Institute of the Blind from 2007 until 2008, and collaborating with the Santa Ana Parish Secondary School (formerly Maryknoll High School) religious formation team from 2008 until 2015. During that time, she also provided private English classes to students and directed the students’ year-end English Festival plays.

Sr. Rosemary returned to the Maryknoll Sisters Center in 2016, where she remained until her passing. The Maryknoll Sisters would like to thank Sr. Rosemary for her sense of humor and desire to reach out to others in her years of dedicated service to our One Earth Community.

A wake for Sr. Rosemary was held on June 25, 2026, in the Annunciation Chapel of the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. A Mass of Resurrection was said for Sr. Rosemary on June 26, 2026, also in the Annunciation Chapel.

Ossining, N.Y., June 30, 2026 ── Sister Mary Ann Duffy, M.M., a Maryknoll Sister of 78 years known for her intellect, curiosity and wit, died on June 5, 2026. She was 95.

Sr. Mary was born on November 11, 1930, to James and Mary Brennan Duffy in Philadelphia, Pa. She is predeceased by four of her siblings, and survived by her sister, Cass Begley.

In 1948, Sr. Mary graduated from West Philadelphia Catholic Girls High School. In September of that year, she entered the Maryknoll Congregation at the Maryknoll Sister Center in Ossining, N.Y. Sr. Mary pronounced first vows on March 7,1951, and final vows on the same date in 1954. She would go on to complete her bachelor’s degree in education at the Maryknoll Teachers College in 1956 and a Master of Arts in Spanish literature at Temple University in 1968.

Sr. Mary was called to Merida, Mexico, for her first mission in 1956. She taught there until 1968, when she was transferred to Puebla, Mexico. During her time in Mexico, Sr. Mary mastered the Indian dialect of the Tzeltal people and developed an experimental system of basic education for them, while providing pastoral care. She served in rural community development across Mexico, as well.

In 1985, Sr. Mary joined Sr. Judy Noone to serve the Maya Quiche people, whose lives had been devastated by military violence. Together, they worked with widows to build community vegetable gardens and contribute to reforestation efforts.

After completing a master’s degree in pastoral studies from Loyola University in 1995, Sr. Mary was assigned to Nicaragua, where she served for two years before working in Mission Promotion. A believer in justice and peace, Sr. Mary then began Congressional Service as a social concerns coordinator.

In her next assignment, Sr. Mary worked as a pastoral agent in Central Guatemala’s San Juan Sacatepequez and Ciudad Queztal, before moving to Centro Pastoral Red DeVida of Darien, Panama, from 2012 until 2016.

Sr. Mary returned to the Maryknoll Sisters Center in 2016, where she was a valued member in service to her Sister community until her passing.

The Maryknoll Sisters would like to thank Sr. Mary for her years of dedicated service to our One Earth Community.

A wake for Sr. Mary was held on June 10, 2026, in the Annunciation Chapel of the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. A Mass of Resurrection was said for Sr. Mary on June 11, 2026, also in the Annunciation Chapel.

Ossining, N.Y., June 22, 2026 ── Sister Euphrasia “Efu” Joseph Nyaki, M.M., a Maryknoll Sister of 35 years who changed lives as an optimistic and joyful leader in healing, died on May 30, 2026. She was 65.

Sr. Efu was born on Nov. 18, 1960, in Moshi, Tanzania, to Joseph Fredrick Nyaki and Maria Genesis Lyimo Kusare. The second of nine children, Sr. Efu is survived by five sisters — Chrisanta, Margaret, Gudila, Eliakunda and Rebecca — and one brother, Blass. She is predeceased by sisters Redempta and Lucy.

Sr. Efu graduated from Tambaza High School in Tanzania in 1984, with advanced certificates in math, physics and chemistry. She went on to earn her diploma in education at the Chang’ombe Teacher Training College in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1986. She then taught at the Chanjale Seminary from 1987 to 1989. Sr. Efu entered the Maryknoll Sisters at Newburgh, N.Y., on Aug. 26, 1990, and pronounced first vows on Aug. 15, 1992. She pronounced final vows on May 15, 1999, in Joao Pessoa, Brazil.

In April 1993, Sr. Efu began her first assignment with the Brazil Mission Unit, where she collaborated with the Maryknoll Brazil Mission Community to support women’s groups in mental health, sexuality, human rights, domestic violence prevention and spirituality. She was active in the Catholic Church’s Afro-Brazilian pastoral ministry, and became a co-founder of Bamidele, the first Afro-Brazilian women’s non-governmental organization in the state of Paraiba.

In 2000, Sr. Efu co-founded the Afya Holistic Health Center for Women in the Alto do Mateus neighborhood of Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, alongside Sister Connie Pospisil and Brazilian advocate Maria de Lourdes Gomes. Afya offers alternative forms of preventative care and holistic healing, as well as training in family constellation, somatic experiencing and Reiki techniques. The Center recently celebrated its 25^th anniversary and now welcomes people from all over the world, who travel to Brazil for trainings and healing.

Sr. Efu was called to Haiti in 2011, where she offered healing to help its people overcome the trauma of a catastrophic earthquake. She would return to Haiti annually along with Maryknoll Father Dennis Moorman, to train local leaders in trauma healing.

In recent years, Sr. Efu traveled the world teaching family constellation and Somatic Experiencing trauma healing in over 15 countries, and was a faculty member of the Hellinger Institute. In 2025, she launched her book, “Healing Trauma Through Family Constellations and Somatic Experiencing: Ancestral Wisdom from the Snail Clan of Tanzania in Portuguese.”

The Maryknoll Sisters would like to thank Sr. Efu for sharing her gifts with so many around the world and for her years of dedicated service to our One Earth Community.

A Mass of Resurrection was said for Sr. Efu on June 2, 2026, at the Mission Society of St. Columban in Seoul, Korea.

Ossining, N.Y., May 11, 2026 ── Sister Mary Vertucci, M.M., a Maryknoll Sister of 62 years who empowered countless women as a mentor and visionary leader, died on April 30, 2026. She was 80.

Sr. Mary was born Aug. 28, 1945, in New Brunswick, N.J., to Micale and Adelaide Zarski Vertucci. She was the eldest of five children, and is survived by three sisters — Christina, Cecelia (Dee) and Michele — and her brother, John.

Sr. Mary graduated from St. Peter’s High School in New Brunswick, N.J., and entered the Maryknoll Sisters Congregation novitiate in Topsfield, Mass., on Sept. 2, 1964. She made her first vows on June 24, 1967, at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in New York, and final vows in Morogoro, Tanzania, on July 22, 1972. Sr. Mary earned an Associate of Arts degree from Mary Rogers College in 1968, and a B.A. in Chemistry from the College of St. Elizabeth. In 1982, she completed a certificate in Clinical Pastoral Education from Central Islip Psychiatric Hospital in Islip, N.Y.

In 1970, Sr. Mary was assigned to East Africa’s Tanzania, where she taught science courses to young women at the Korogwe Girls Secondary School, the Sekei Secondary School (formerly the Arusha Diocesan Youth Center) and the Murigha Girls School in Singida.

After teaching for many years, Sr. Mary spearheaded the development and opening of the Emusoi Center in Arusha, Tanzania, in 1999. There, girls and women of pastoralist and hunter-gatherer communities found a safe and supportive home of hope, where they were able to access information and discover their own worth through education. By 2025, more than 2,000 women passed through secondary school, vocational school and college or a university.

Grace Scorey, who completed the Emusoi Center’s program with the class of 2000, said that Sr. Mary “built leaders, champions and change-makers,” and that, “her legacy lives on in every girl she empowered and every woman who now stands strong in her community.”

Sr. Mary also accompanied many women as they discerned a call to the Maryknoll Sisters through her work with the Tanzania Vocation team, and as Director of the Congregational Admissions Team from 1982 until 1986. She also served as regional treasurer for sisters in Tanzania for the Dominican Sisters of Africa.

A wake for Sr. Mary was held on May 7, 2026, in the Annunciation Chapel of the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. A Mass of Christian Burial was said on May 8, 2026, also in the Annunciation Chapel.

Ossining, N.Y., April 22, 2026 ── Sister Rita Kane, M.M., a Maryknoll Sister of 82 years known for her wisdom and kindness, died on March 25, 2026. She was 105.

Sr. Rita was born on Sept. 11, 1920, to James and Marie Seidel Kane in Sterling, Illinois. She was one of eight children, and is predeceased by four brothers and two sisters. Her surviving sister, Joan, lives in Sterling, Illinois.

Sr. Rita graduated from Sterling’s Catholic Community High School in 1938 and entered Maryknoll on Sept. 6, 1944. She took her First Vows on March 7, 1947, and Final Vows on the same date three years later. That same year, Sr. Rita received a Bachelor of Education from Maryknoll Teachers College.

In her first assignment, Sr. Rita taught in New York City’s Chinatown. After one year, she was assigned to the Hawaii Region, where she would serve for the next 57 years. She taught elementary students in Kalihi and Maui, before an assignment in 1953 at the Maui Children’s Home, where she built deep connections with children in need until its closing in 1965. Sr. Rita’s next mission brought her to the service of troubled youth as a juvenile probation officer with Hawaii’s Family Court. In 1980, Sr. Rita joined the staff at a shelter for abused women and children, where she empowered them and connected them to community resources. After working with Maryknoll’s Mission Institute Program, Sr. Rita returned to Hawaii’s Waianae Coast in Nanakuli in 1998, offering counseling sessions to the native Hawaiian community through Child and Family Services.

In addition to her work in communities, Sr. Rita served on the Regional Governing Board twice, was elected as a delegate to the 1984 General Chapter and helped create the Diocesan Sisters Council. She also served on an Interfaith Urban Task Force, the Campaign for Human Development and the Hawaii Council of Churches.

Sr. Rita returned to the Maryknoll Sisters Center in 2007, where she continued volunteer work and sharing her kindness and generosity with the Sister community until her passing.

A wake for Sr. Rita was held on April 9, 2026, in the Annunciation Chapel of the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. A Memorial Mass was said on April 10, 2026, also in the Annunciation Chapel.

Ossining, N.Y., March 24, 2026 ── Sister Cecilia Vandal, M.M., a Maryknoll Sister of 80 years known for her joyful and gentle presence, died on March 6, 2026. She was 98, and passed in the company of her sister, Alice, and her Maryknoll family.

Sr. Cecilia was born on May 22, 1928, to Estelle Nordin and Leonard Vandal, in Bottineau, N.D. She grew up in a large and loving family, with seven sisters ­­— Rose Marie, Theresa, Marguerite, Helen, Alice, Grace and Eugenia — and five brothers — Edward, Lawrence, Norman, Aime and Michael. Sr. Cecilia is survived by two of her sisters, Alice and Grace.

Sr. Cecilia graduated from Notre Dame Academy High School in Willow City, N.D., in 1946 and entered Maryknoll that same year on Oct. 5. Sr. Cecilia professed her First Vows in 1949, and her Final Vows in 1952. She went on to receive her Bachelor of Education degree from Rogers College of Maryknoll, N.Y., in 1953.

Her first mission brought Sr. Cecilia to New York’s Chinatown, where she served as a teacher from 1952 until 1954. Three years later, she would embark on her first overseas mission to Chile, where she worked as a teacher, principal and pastoral counselor at Maryknoll schools in Santiago, Pemuco and Talcahuano Huachipato. She also served as the regional coordinator of the Maryknoll Sisters Chile region for four years.

In 1979, Sr. Cecilia returned to New York to join the Maryknoll Sisters Mission Institute. Then, from 1982 until 1988, she served as a pastoral associate for parishes in Bottineau County, N.D., to assist in liturgies and religious education. During this time, Sr. Cecilia also provided aid to her family and aging parents at home.

Sr. Cecilia was assigned to El Salvador in 1989 to serve within the Soyapango parish communities, before moving to the small town of Santa Cruz, Analquito, to establish a church there. Sr. Cecilia served in the Maryknoll Sisters Center Rogers Community as Co-Coordinator from 2004 until 2007, before returning to El Salvador’s Soyapango. She was welcomed back “home” once again by the community, and served with the Council for the Deanery and the Evangelization Committee.

After retiring to the Maryknoll Sisters Center, Sr. Cecilia found great joy in cooking, gardening, playing Scrabble and spending time with her fellow sisters until her passing.

A wake for Sr. Cecilia was held on March 19, 2026, in the Annunciation Chapel of the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. A Memorial Mass was said on March 20, 2026, also in the Annunciation Chapel.

Ossining, N.Y., March 13, 2026 ── Sister Patricia Gallogly, M.M., a Maryknoll sister of 75 years known for her adaptability and commitment to justice, died on March 1, 2026, surrounded by friends and staff at Maryknoll. She was 93 

Sr. Patricia was born on February 15, 1933, in the Bronx, New York, to Joseph and Rose O’Rourke Gallogly. Her parents and sister, Peg, predeceased her; she is survived by her sister, Kathleen.

Sr. Patricia was baptized at St. Jerome’s Parish, and received her high school diploma from the St. Simon Stock School. She would go on to complete her bachelor’s degree in education at the Maryknoll Teachers College in 1960, and attend the Pius X School of Liturgical Music at Manhattanville College.

In 1951, Sr. Patricia entered the Venard Maryknoll Society Community in Clarks Summit, Pa., after being inspired by stories in Maryknoll’s Field Afar Magazine. As she studied theology and missiology, Sr. Patricia’s spark for mission work grew into a flame — she received her first vows on March 7, 1954, and made her final vows six years later to the day, in 1960.

Sr. Patricia’s first mission took her to Africa in 1960, where she taught at the Makoko Girls Primary School for seven years. She also taught at the Musoma Junior High School Seminary for young boys in Tanzania, and at a girls’ high school in Machakos, Kenya. In 1980, she was called back to the Maryknoll Sister Center in Ossining, N.Y., to serve as the orientation director. Sr. Patricia returned to Tanzania once again to serve in the village of Kung’ombe, Bunda, where she taught local women how to knit and sew, while discussing women’s rights with them. She also worked as a health promoter, organizing support groups and trainings amid the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Msang village and Mwanza. During this process, Sr. Patricia helped develop the Uzima Wellness Center in 2004, where women received medical assistance.

In 2007, Sr. Patricia was called to the Eastern U.S. Region, where she continued her ministry of justice and peace in Yonkers, N.Y. She later became the representative for the Faith and Justice Network in Washington, D.C. From 2017 until 2020, Sr. Patricia served as representative to the Maryknoll Affiliates and Full Circle.

Sr. Patricia returned to the Center in 2019, where she spent time writing about her experiences in mission and keeping in touch with her many friends from Tanzania, until she passed.

A wake for Sr. Patricia was held on March 10, 2026, in the Annunciation Chapel of the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. A memorial Mass was said on March 11, 2026, also in the Annunciation Chapel.

Ossining, N.Y., Feb. 18, 2026 ── Sister Marie Rosso, M.M., a Maryknoll sister of 75 years with a passion for social work, died on February 8, 2026. She was 95. 

Sr. Marie was born on Nov. 16, 1930, to Daniel and Anna Brennan Rosso in Philadelphia, Pa. She had five siblings, four of whom pre-deceased her, including Maryknoll Sister Dolores Rosso, M.M. Her younger brother, Thomas Rosso, currently resides in Maryland. 

Sr. Marie graduated from the Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1948. She entered the Maryknoll Sisters on Sept. 4, 1948, at the Venard in Clarks Summit, Pa. Sr. Marie pronounced her first vows on March 7, 1951, and her final vows on the same date in 1954. She received her Bachelor of Education degree from Maryknoll Teachers College in 1954, as well. 

In 1954, Sr. Marie set out on her first mission, teaching for a year at the Transfiguration School in Chinatown, N.Y. She then taught eighth grade for five more years at St. Anthony’s of the Bronx, N.Y., before being called to teach in Honolulu, Hawaii. Sr. Marie spent the next three years in Likiep of the Marshall Islands, serving as a teacher, principal and house superior. She would spend the next decade teaching in the Kalihi neighborhood, before becoming the regional superior in 1976. 

In 1979, Sr. Marie joined the Hale Kane integrated prayer community of Kihei, Maui, to share ministry and prayer, detaching from material things and deepening her trust in God. In 1982, Sr. Marie began her next role, working within the Treasury Department in Honolulu, before serving as the wage and benefit consultant for the Catholic School Department in 1986. 

Following her passion for social work, Sr. Marie’s next roles allowed her to provide support for women in many ways. She joined Walking with Women to assist women fleeing violence, as well as the Home for the Rebirth of Women and Sisters Offering Support, offering help to women leaving prostitution. In 2000, Sr. Marie worked as the house manager at a transition house for abused women, operated by the United Church of Christ. Additionally, she often gave homilies for the Dignity Honolulu Faith Community, in support of the gay and lesbian struggle for recognition. She received the St. John Award for this work in 2000. 

By 2006, Sr. Marie was assigned to Monrovia, where she managed human resources for lay employees, while serving with the Interfaith Council of Monrovia, acting as secretary for the California Corporation and working with the finance committee. She returned to the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y., in 2018, where she remained until her passing. 

A wake for Sr. Marie was held on Feb. 11, 2026, in the Annunciation Chapel of the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. A Mass of Resurrection was said on Feb. 12, 2026, also in the Annunciation Chapel.