Sister Regina Anne LaSorte, served 14 years in Trenton Diocese
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb. 19 in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., for Franciscan Sister Regina Anne LaSorte who died Feb. 17. She was 89.
A professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 67 years, Sister Regina Anne entered the congregation in 1945 and professed her first vows in 1947. She earned her registered nurse license from St. Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia and ministered primarily in healthcare as a nurse and in parish ministry.
Sister Regina Anne ministered for 36 years in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia; for 14 years in the Diocese of Trenton and another 14 years in the Diocese of Harrisburg. She also served in the Diocese of Wilmington, Del.; Reading, Pa. and New Bedford, Mass.
In the Trenton Diocese, Sister Regina Anne ministered in St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, and Morris Hall, Lawrenceville. She also served in parish ministry in St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford, Corpus Christi Parish, Willingboro, and worked in St. Anthony School, Hamilton.
Sister Regina Anne is survived by nieces and nephews and her Franciscan family. Burial was in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Aston.
Memorial donations may be mailed to the Sisters of St. Francis Foundation, 609 S. Convent Rd., Aston, Pa. 19014.
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A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb. 19 in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., for Franciscan Sister Regina Anne LaSorte who died Feb. 17. She was 89.
A professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 67 years, Sister Regina Anne entered the congregation in 1945 and professed her first vows in 1947. She earned her registered nurse license from St. Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia and ministered primarily in healthcare as a nurse and in parish ministry.
Sister Regina Anne ministered for 36 years in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia; for 14 years in the Diocese of Trenton and another 14 years in the Diocese of Harrisburg. She also served in the Diocese of Wilmington, Del.; Reading, Pa. and New Bedford, Mass.
In the Trenton Diocese, Sister Regina Anne ministered in St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, and Morris Hall, Lawrenceville. She also served in parish ministry in St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford, Corpus Christi Parish, Willingboro, and worked in St. Anthony School, Hamilton.
Sister Regina Anne is survived by nieces and nephews and her Franciscan family. Burial was in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Aston.
Memorial donations may be mailed to the Sisters of St. Francis Foundation, 609 S. Convent Rd., Aston, Pa. 19014.
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