Sister Evelyn Cahill, worked in St. Francis Medical Center
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 9 in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., for Franciscan Sister Evelyn Cahill who died March 2. She was 85.
Born in Fall River, Mass., the former Sister Marie Philomene was a member of the town’s St. Joseph Parish. She entered the Franciscan Sisters in 1951 and professed her first vows in 1953.
Sister Evelyn ministered primarily in domestic work in the convents where she lived and in caring for children in orphanages in Massachusetts and New Jersey. In the Diocese of Trenton, she served for a total of 35 years; from 1958-1964 she cared for the children of St. Michael Home, Hopewell, and from 1989-2008 served as a volunteer in St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. She also engaged in domestic work in the convents where she lived: St. Mary of the Lakes, Medford; St. Rose of Lima, Freehold, and Blessed Sacrament, Trenton.
Her other experiences were in the Archdioceses of Boston and Baltimore and Dioceses of Camden, Metuchen and Wilmington, Del. Since 2008 she has served in prayer ministry in Assisi House.
Sister Evelyn is survived by her sister, Franciscan Sister Ann Cahill; her sister, Clare Sonnett (Clyde), her nieces and nephews, and her Franciscan family.
Burial was in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Aston, Pa.
Memorial donations can be made to the Sisters of St. Francis Foundation, 609 S. Convent Road, Aston, Pa., 19014.
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A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 9 in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., for Franciscan Sister Evelyn Cahill who died March 2. She was 85.
Born in Fall River, Mass., the former Sister Marie Philomene was a member of the town’s St. Joseph Parish. She entered the Franciscan Sisters in 1951 and professed her first vows in 1953.
Sister Evelyn ministered primarily in domestic work in the convents where she lived and in caring for children in orphanages in Massachusetts and New Jersey. In the Diocese of Trenton, she served for a total of 35 years; from 1958-1964 she cared for the children of St. Michael Home, Hopewell, and from 1989-2008 served as a volunteer in St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. She also engaged in domestic work in the convents where she lived: St. Mary of the Lakes, Medford; St. Rose of Lima, Freehold, and Blessed Sacrament, Trenton.
Her other experiences were in the Archdioceses of Boston and Baltimore and Dioceses of Camden, Metuchen and Wilmington, Del. Since 2008 she has served in prayer ministry in Assisi House.
Sister Evelyn is survived by her sister, Franciscan Sister Ann Cahill; her sister, Clare Sonnett (Clyde), her nieces and nephews, and her Franciscan family.
Burial was in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Aston, Pa.
Memorial donations can be made to the Sisters of St. Francis Foundation, 609 S. Convent Road, Aston, Pa., 19014.
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