{"id":929,"date":"2021-06-27T16:52:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T15:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/?p=929"},"modified":"2021-06-27T16:52:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T15:52:40","slug":"sister-mary-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/news-from-the-oblate-community\/obituaries\/sister-mary-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister Mary Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sr-Josephine.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sr-Josephine.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sr-Josephine-218x300.jpeg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sister Mary Josephine (Jude) O&#8217;Brien\ndied on May 7, 2021 at the age of 98, or, as she might have put it, in her 99<sup>th<\/sup>\nyear As a member of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary for 80 years,\nSister Josephine taught elementary school children in Ireland, Phoenix,\nSacramento and the Chicagoland area. In 1954 she and five other IBVM Sisters\nleft Ireland, traveled across the ocean as &#8220;Pioneers&#8221; to found SS\nSimon &amp; Jude School in Phoenix, AZ. In 1990 she retired from classroom\nteaching and began ministering to adults as a spiritual director, hospice\nvolunteer and CRHP leader. Josephine was a life-long learner, historian and\nteacher. She loved exploring the spirituality of St. Ignatius, Mary Ward, St.\nBenedict, and John Main. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing her\nlearnings in small groups was her delight. Her students loved listening to her\nwho possessed a strong Irish brogue and a witty sense of humor. She was\npassionate in what she taught and loveable in her presentations. Josephine was\nborn in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland on December 29, 1922. She was the\neldest of ten children born to Daniel and Annie (Fox) O&#8217;Brien. Her siblings\nReverend Rory O&#8217;Brien, SPS, and Sister Corona O&#8217;Brien, MMM, survive her along\nwith a very large extended family in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sr Jo was a faithful member of our\nmeditation groups at St John of the Cross JC since our very beginning 25 years\nago, always generously sharing her love of God, great wisdom, and wonderful\nsense of humor with us.&nbsp; She took to the teachings of John Main right from\nthe start, calling him her hero, and she treasured reading his books.&nbsp; She\nsavored them even more as she reread them in later years, and she shared many\ninsights with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sister Mary Josephine (Jude) O&#8217;Brien died on May 7, 2021 at the age of 98, or, as she might have put it, in her 99th year As a member of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary for 80 years, Sister Josephine taught elementary school children in Ireland, Phoenix, Sacramento and the Chicagoland area. 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