Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister Mary Antonine Farmer CSC

1866 – Apr 13, 1951

South Bend Tribune 4/13/1951

Sister Mary Antonine CSC, died today in St. Mary’s infirmary. She had been a patient there since 1942. Born in New York City in 1866 as Catherine Farmer, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1885. From 1892 to 1899 and from 1928 until 1931, she taught at St. Mary’s College. From 1887 to 1892 and in 1918 to 1925, she taught in Baltimore, and from 1899 until 1914 at St. Joseph Academy in South Bend. She also taught in Virginia. From 1935 to 1937 she was secretary to Mother M. Vincentia, superior general of the Sisters of Holy Cross.