Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister Mary Helanus Leahy CSC

1885 – Sept. 3, 1953

South Bend Tribune 9/4/1953

Sister Mary Helanus CSC, died at 9:45 a.m. Thursday in the motherhouse of the Congregation, Saint Mary’s Convent, after a prolonged illness. She was born Ellen Leahy in Ireland in 1885 and received her education there. She came to the United States in 1903; entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross and received the habit in 1904; making her profession of vows in 1909. Until illness forced her retirement, she taught many years in LaPorte, Ind. and St. Joseph Academy in South Bend; St. Patrick and St. Peter School in Washington DC; and St. Paul in New York City.

A requiem high mass will be held at 7 a.m. Saturday in the motherhouse. Friends may call in the infirmary parlors.