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“This is the good zeal which monks must foster with fervent love: they should each try to be the first to show respect to the other”
- Rule of St. Benedict, Chapter 72 verse 3
Sr. Mary Stella (Mary Elizabeth) Davis, OSB died on Sunday January 15, 2023, at St. Joseph Monastery, Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on May 30, 1926, in Billings, Oklahoma to Estella Maria O'Donnell and John Francis Davis. She received the sacrament of Baptism at Sacred Heart Church, Billings. After attending business school, she entered the Benedictine Sisters in Guthrie, Oklahoma in 1945 and professed perpetual vows on January 2, 1950.
Sr. Marie Pierre (Mary Hazel) Fleming died on October 25, 2022 at St. Joseph Monastery Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born to Lillie Smith Warrich and James Fleming on December 17, 1928 in Ashdown, Arkansas. She attended Benedictine Heights in Guthrie, Oklahoma and entered St. Joseph Convent in Guthrie in 1947. She made temporary vows in 1949 and professed perpetual vows on July 15, 1952 in Guthrie.
Sr. Marie Jacinta Dorado (Mary Crispina) died peacefully on October 22, 2021 at St. Joseph Monastery, Tulsa, OK. She was born on October 25, 1928 in Shattuck, OK to Adeleida Miramontec Dorado and Bonifacio Dorado. Her parents fled Mexico shortly before their daughter was born due to the religious persecution in Mexico.
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