Obituaries
Two Local Teachers, Both Dominican Sisters From Caldwell, Are Mourned This Month
One was a principal in Essex County and one was an adjunct professor. Two prominent sisters from Saint Dominic of Caldwell died this month.
CALDWELL, NJ — Two prominent educators who were sisters of Saint Dominic of Caldwell passed away this month.
Sister Pat Daly, who represented the Dominican sisters as part of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), "held corporations accountable to their customers and the planet," noted a Jesuit Review. She died earlier this month of cancer at age 67.
She was considered a "pioneer" in socially responsible investing.
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She also served as an adjunct professor at St. Peter's University in Jersey City, and taught at St. Mary High School in Rutherford and at St. Dominic Academy in Jersey City. Read more about her here.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, Sister Catherine Gerard Kirchner, 93, passed away. She entered the Sisters back in 1948.
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She was considered a "dedicated and gifted educator. She taught elementary and junior high
students at St. Aeden, Jersey City; Ascension, New Milford; St. Theresa, Paterson; and Lacordaire Academy, Upper Montclair and was principal at St. Thomas More, Fairfield," says her obituary.
Services will be held for her this Wednesday, Dec. 21, starting at 9:15 a.m. Read more here.
The history of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell goes back more than 100 years. Find out more here.
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