Sister Mary Scholastica
Sr. Mary Salome
Sr. Mary Alban
Sr. Mary Raymond
Sr. Mary Luella
Sr. Mary Ethelreda
Sr. Mary Patrice
Sr. Mary Theodore
Sr. Mary Inez
Sr. Mary Fidelis
Sr. Mary Edmund
Keeping up with past and present happenings in a remarkable small town.
[List composed by Fr. John Dillon]
Sr. M. SebastianSr. M. AnnetteSr. M. ReginaldSr. M. PriscillaSr. Miriam RitaSr. M. JolittaSr. M. Ann JoachimSr. M. StephanieSr. M. DorotheaSr. Norbert MarieSr. M. AvilaSr. M. GiuseppeSr. M. PatriceSr. M. Stella MarisSr. M. ClotildeSr. M. GilesSr. M. AnnritaSr. M. CampionSr. M. WendelinSr. M. CorneliaSr. Paula MarySr. M. SophiaSr. MarisitaSr. M. EvangelistaSr. M. DamianSr. M. David
RSM Cemetery, Cresson, Pa.
We went to the graveyard to find themThe nuns from grade school daysLying beneath their crosses,All there except one,The delicate nun with soft handsShe whom we took music lessons from.
Alone with her nowIn the convent parlorBending over her pianoShe plays songs they had sung together.And hears herself hummingWhen standing out among the crosses,Tearless, she confided,For having to wait so long.
She looks awayBut keeps on playing,Not lifting her eyesFrom off her soft white fingersTrembling lightlyOn yellowish ivory keys.
Photo: Albert Ladoux