Sister Felicitas Curran, R.I. P.

A native of Dingle, County Kerry, Annie Curran joined the Columban Sisters on March 13, 1938 and made Profession of First Vows on February 4, 1941.

In 1947 she was appointed to the Philippines where she devoted 46 years in the service of education.  She left  the Philippines in 1990 and the following year she went to East Kilbride, near Glasgow in Scotland,  where she spent the following nine years.   She retired to the Motherhoue in Magheramore in 2000

On Tuesday, June 17, 2003 a  funeral Mass was celebrated at the Motherhouse of the Columban Sisters in Magheramore, Wicklow. Family members, relatives, friends and sisters from other Congregations travelled from many parts of Ireland as well as from Scotland to join the Columban Sisters in this celebration of life.  The principal celebrant  was Fr. Pat Donohue and the homily was given by Sister Patricia McGuinness who worked with Sister Felicitas in the Philippines.  Also present were Columban Fathers, many of whom had worked with Sister Mary Felicitas in the Philippines, Fr. Maher of the Sacred Heart Fathers and Fr. Frank McDonnell, parish priest of Wicklow.  

In her homily Sister Patricia spoke of Sister Mary Feliciatas as a person of courage and integrity, totally dedicated to her students and always ready to be sent wherever she was needed.  Her whole life could be summed up in the motto that she chose to have inscribed in her ring on the day of her Final Profession of Vows: “Here I am Lord. I come to do your will.”

After Mass, the funeral procession took place to the convent cemetery where, in bright sunshine, prayers were recited and hymns sung as Sister Mary Felicitas Curran was laid to her rest.  

May she rest in peace. 

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