Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister Marian Therese Slattery CSC

May 3, 1935 - Sept. 24, 2008

South Bend Tribune 9/26/2008

SOUTH BEND - Sister Marian Therese (Judith Ellen Slattery) CSC, 73, was born in Omaha, NE to the late Edward T. Slattery and Beatrice C. Buckley. She was the fifth child of seven, one of whom predeceased her, Beatrice G. Slatterey Campbell of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. Sister is survived by three sisters, Mary C. Guillott, Patricia A. Duralde of Fullerton, CA, and Sister Rita Slattery CSC of Notre Dame, IN; and two brothers, Edward F. Slattery of Palm Desert, CA and William J. Slattery of Marina del Rey, CA. Generations of nieces and nephews and her many friends will miss her. Before entering the Sisters of the Holy Cross, she was a student and graduated from Saint Mary's Academy of Los Angeles, CA in 1953. She entered the Congregation that same year. Sister received her BA from the University of Santa Clara in California and did post-graduate work there also. Sister's ministry in the Congregation included many years as a teacher/administrator in elementary schools in California, Utah and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Parish ministry and community service followed these years in Israel, Ghana, St. Mary's Convent Notre Dame, IN and San Antonio, TX. A special assignment as co-director of Relief Operations with Catholic Relief Services in Beirut, Lebanon in the mid-eighties was a highlight of her years of ministry.