Sister Kathleen Moroney, who joined the Congregation of Sisters of Bon Secours at the age of 17 and was a nurse, died of cancer June 14 at her home in Marriottsville. She was 92. “She would want people to remember her as a dedicated sister of Bon Secours, a woman who lived deeply her call from God in ministry and who loved people,” said Dorothy Brogan, a sister at Bon Secours.
Elaine Davia, director of the U.S. chapter of Bon Secours, remembers Sister Kathleen for her thoughtful kindness and humor.
“She would always say to me, ‘I’m praying for you, Sister. I know you have a lot of things going on,’” Sister Elaine. “She was a fun person, and she loved Irish poetry.
” Sister Kathleen was born in Limerick, Ireland, the second of four children. At 8 years old, she decided to become a sister of Bon Secours, an international Roman Catholic women’s religious organization focused on nursing and founded in 1824. She joined the Sisters of Bon Secours in Cork, Ireland, in 1950 when she was 17 and took her final vows in 1958.
After graduating from nursing school, she worked for hospitals in Cork, Dublin, Cobh and Tralee, often playing organ part time for them. “Being a nurse was very gratifying, as I touched the lives of others by living the Bon Secours mission of compassion, healing and liberation,” Sister Kathleen said at a party marking her 70th anniversary with Bon Secours in 2022, according to Andrew Aldrich, a spokesperson for the organization. After studying.
