Sister Mary Loretta McDonell CSJ

died peacefully on Sunday, September 2,

in the 70th year of her religious life.

She is predeceased by her parents, William McDonell and Gertrude Casey

and by her brother Leo.She will be dearly missed by her sisters Theresa Fitzgerald and Eva Marcoux and by her brother Bill and his wife Winn and by her nieces and nephews.Sister Loretta entered the sisters of St. Joseph in 1942.

She served in the ministry of education as teacher and principal for thirty years

in many places across the country and then moved into parish ministry

in Winnipeg and Saskatoon for twenty years.From 1962 to 1964, Sister Loretta served the Congregation as the Director of Postulants. When Sister Loretta moved to the motherhouse in 1998, she ministered in an Out of the Cold program and in one of the groups of Associates of the Sisters of St. Joseph.

For the last ten years, her main ministry has been one of prayer for the works of the Congregation and the needs of the world.Her wake will be held at St. Joseph's Convent, 3377 Bayview Avenue on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 from 3:30 p.m.with a prayer vigil at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated

on Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Convent. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.