Profession:
June 24th, 1982
Ministry:
Kitchen Supervisor Manager
Sr. Dolores Vincent Bauer OSB
Sr. Cecelia Marie Brickell OSB
Profession:
June 24th, 2007
Ministry:
Subprioress/Vice President, Spiritual Director, and Archivist
Sr. Catherine Markey OSB
Sister Catherine Markey, OSB, 94, of Fort Smith, passed away on Saturday, December 11, 2021 as a resident of Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab.
She was born on September 29, 1927 in Newton, Massachusetts to the late Joseph J. and Rose (Flanagan) Markey. Sister Catherine was a dedicated teacher and activist. Her passion for the poor and exploited touched every aspect of her tiny frame and gentle personality. She had a love of animals and root beer. She enjoyed traveling and her faith and love of family and friends never waned.
Sister Catherine earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. Sister Catherine made her Religious Profession on August 15, 1947 with the Sisters of Most Holy Sacrament. She later entered St. Scholastica Monastery in 1990 and made her monastic profession with the Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery on August 7, 1993.
She went on to earn her Masters in Science from Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana, with emphasis in Chemistry and Physics in 1961. She obtained her Library Science Degree from LSU in Baton Rouge, LA in 1973. She also completed Continuing Education Workshops in Archival and Oral History, Basic Genealogy, Theology and Canon Law from 1975 to 1977. She served as Archivist in the Diocese of Little Rock and the Diocese of Jackson in Mississippi.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her siblings, Sister Anna James Markey, SC, Sister Mary Richard Markey, MHS, and her brother, Richard Markey.
Vespers will be 7:30 P.M. Tuesday, December 28, 2021, Funeral Mass will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, December 29, 2021, both at St. Scholastica Monastery Chapel, with interment at St. Scholastica Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home, Fort Smith.
She is survived by her cousins, Genevieve Duffy and family from Rockville, MD Mary Behan and family from Valley Stream, NY; the Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, AR; and the Sisters of Most Blessed Sacrament in Lafayette, LA.
Sr. Barbara Bock OSB
Profession:
June 24th, 1959
Ministry:
Health Care Sister Supervisor, Organist, and Music Ministry
Sr. Andrea Loran OSB
Sister Andrea Loran, age 96, a member of St. Scholastica Monastery, died July 13, 2023, at Chapel Ridge Health & Rehab in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Sister Andrea was born August 26, 1926, in Rhineland, Texas, to Liberatus and
Bertha Strubel Loran, and was named Helen. She was the eighth child of eleven born to the Loran family.
Sister Andrea entered St. Scholastica Monastery as a candidate on September 2, 1940, joining her sister, Sister Martha, as a Benedictine. Following her novitiate in 1947, Sister Andrea made her first profession on June 24, 1949, and her final profession on June 24, 1952.
Sister Andrea was gifted in hospitality, nurturing both body and soul in the culinary fields. She ministered in Paris, Fort Smith, North Little Rock, Clarksville, and Shoal Creek, Arkansas. She served in the dietary departments of two hospitals in Moberly and Booneville,
Missouri, for eight years.
In 1997 she served as a core team member of Hesychia House of Prayer, in New Blaine, Arkansas, until her retirement in 2009.
She attended Fontbonne College in Clayton, Missouri, in dietetics and food service. As long as she was able, Sister Andrea enjoyed cooking and tending to flower gardens. She loved to read a variety of authors and topics. She was a hard worker and made tasks seem effortless.
Sister Andrea was a gentle and approachable person with an infectious laugh. She truly knew what it meant to live Benedictine Hospitality.
She was dedicated to her family, faithfully keeping in touch with family and friends through
letter-writing and telephone calls. The Sisters at St. Scholastica Monastery thank Sister Andrea’s caregivers at St. Scholastica’s and at Chapel
Ridge Health & Rehab for their loving care for her.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her siblings, Ralph Andrew, and wife, Bonnie Loran, Sr. Martha Loran, OSB, of St. Scholastica, Fidelis (Slim) and wife Agnes Rose (Redder) Loran, Monica and husband Troy Myers, Mary and husband, Alphonse Kuehler, Daniel Loran,
Roselia and husband Roy Pokorny, Ruth Loran, Jeanette, and Marvin Zeissel, and Vincent (Brother Eric) Loran, OSB of Subiaco Abbey. She is survived by her many beloved nieces and nephews and members of her Benedictine
family.
A Vespers Service will be held Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. The Mass for Christian Burial will be Friday, July 21, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., with Fr. Leslie Farley, as presider, and Fr. Joseph Chan, chaplain, as concelebrant. Both services will be at St. Scholastica Monastery Chapel, with
burial in St. Scholastica Cemetery under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Fort Smith.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St.
Scholastica Monastery Continuing Care Fund, P.O. Box 3489, Fort Smith, AR 72913-3489.
Sr. Agatha Knittig OSB
Sister Agatha Knittig, age 99, a member of St. Scholastica Monastery, died March 18, 2022, at Chapel Ridge Health & Rehab in Fort Smith, Arkansas, thirteen days before her 100th birthday. Anna Marie Knittig was born March 31, 1922, in Morrison Bluff, AR to Albert and Mary Neuman Knittig. She was the oldest of eight children. Sister Agatha entered St. Scholastica Monastery in 1940, made first profession on June 24, 1943 and final profession on June 24, 1946. She loved her 46 years teaching elementary students in Clarksville, Atkins, Fort Smith (St. John’s and St. Boniface), Russellville, Rogers, and Little Rock (St. Theresa’s) in Arkansas and in Moberly and Lebanon in Missouri. After retiring from teaching, she worked in the diet kitchen at St. Scholastica’s for seven years, then was director of religious education at Subiaco for four years. After retiring to the monastery in 2000, she helped in various household du-ties and was a regular visitor to residents in nursing homes.
She earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, TX and attended many workshops on religious education. As long as she was able, Sister Agatha enjoyed baking breads and cookies and making candy for the monastery’s bake sales. She faithfully kept in touch with family and friends through phone calls.
The Sisters at St. Scholastica Monastery thank Sister Agatha’s caregivers at St. Scholastica’s and at Chapel Ridge Health & Rehab for their loving care for her.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Marie Zaloudek and Rose Enderlin; and her brother, Charles Knittig. She is survived by her sister, Lona Weisenfels; and three brothers, Edward Knittig (Annette) of Fort Smith, Eugene Knittig of Southfield, MI, and Louis Knittig of Conway; her sister-in-law, Mary Alice Knittig; her many beloved nieces and nephews; and members of her Benedictine family. Her brother, Eugene, died two days after Sister Agatha.
A Vespers Service will be Wednesday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. The Mass for Christian Burial will be Thursday, March 24 at 10:30 a.m., with her former student, Fr. Jerome Kodell, OSB, as presider, Fr. Joseph Chan as concelebrant, and Deacon Greg Pair as deacon. Both services will be at St. Scholastica Monastery Chapel with burial in St. Scholastica Cemetery under the direction of Ocker-Putman Funeral Home of Fort Smith.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Scholastica Monastery Continuing Care Fund, P.O. Box 3489, Fort Smith, AR 72913-3489.
Sr. Adrian Wewers OSB
Profession:
June 24th, 1948.
Ministry:
Prayer and Joy
