Michael Mary Sweeney, SCN, 83, a native of Lexington, Ky., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on November 28, 2008. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 61 years.
Sister Michael Mary served in the health care apostolate in Kentucky, Ohio and Arkansas for 41 years. In Kentucky, Sister served at Mount Saint Agnes Sanitarium from 1949-51; at St. Joseph Infirmary from 1963-66; at Our Lady of Peace Hospital from 1969-75; at Nazareth Infirmary, Nazareth, Ky., from 1975-81; and at Nazareth Motherhouse from 1981-90. Sister served in the apostolate of prayer at Nazareth Motherhouse from 1990-99, and at Nazareth Home/Maria Hall from June 1999 till her death.
Survivors include a sister, Mary Jo Sweeney, SCNA, who is a resident at Nazareth Home; Jewell Sweeney, a sister-in-law who resides at Stone Mountain, GA, and her Sisters in the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.