Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister Mary Mulvaney CSC

Dec. 27, 1926 - April 4, 2001

South Bend Tribune 4/6/2001

Sister Mary Mulvaney (Sister M. Vincent Clare), CSC, 74, was born in Casper, Wyo., Dec. 27, 1926, the third child of Vincent and Clara Seidel Mulvaney. Sister Mary died following a short illness on Wednesday, April 4, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, Ind. Sister Mary is survived by her two sisters, Sister Patricia Mulvaney, CSC, and Sister Elsbeth Mulvaney, C.S.C, both of Boise, Idaho; her brothers, Richard Mulvaney of McLean, Va., and Peter Mulvaney of Cheyenne, Wyo.; a cousin, Rosemary Hughes of Chicago, Ill.; and several nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews.

Prior to entering the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, Feb. 2, 1948, Sister Mary worked as a legal secretary for a year and attended the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn., for two years. She knew the Sisters because her aunt, Sister Richardine, was a Sister of Holy Cross.

Sister Mary was a graduate of Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame. She became an accredited medical records technician in 1974.

Sister began her 13 years of teaching at St. Barnabas School, Long Beach, Calif. She served in elementary and secondary schools in Long Beach, San Mateo, Modesto and Fresno, Calif., and in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sister began her hospital ministry in 1964 in the medical records department of Holy Cross Hospital, San Fernando, Calif. She served as a provincial councilor for four years and then returned to hospital ministry. At Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Springs, Md., and St. Agnes' Hospital, Fresno, Sister Mary worked in medical records and the business office.

Sabbatical time was spent at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash. Following this experience, she was a core member of Mary's Solitude, Saint Mary's, Notre Dame. Later, Sister worked in parish ministry at Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Modesto, Calif. In the late 1990s Sister was receptionist at the information desk of Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills, Calif. Sister Mary retired to Saint Mary's, Notre Dame, in 1998 where she participated in community activities and the ministry of prayer until her death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of the Holy Cross Ministry with the Poor Fund, St. Mary's, Notre Dame, IN 46556.

A wake service will be held at 7 p.m. today, April 6, in the Church of Our Lady of Loretto, Saint Mary's, Notre Dame, Ind. Funeral Mass will be in the Church of Our Lady of Loretto, Saint Mary's at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 7, followed by interment at Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, Saint Mary's, Notre Dame. The Kaniewski Funeral Home is handling arrangements.