Xavier Valiakunnackal, SCN

Xavier Valiakunnackal, SCN, died at the age of 75 on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Sister Xavier was in her 53rd year of religious life.

Sister Xavier entered the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth on May 27, 1959, from Chengalam South, Kerala, India. Sister Xavier received a BA from Patna Women’s College, Bihar. Sister was trained in x-ray, lab technology, and culinary arts from Mumbai and Hindustani and instrumental music from Panchamari, Uttar Pradesh.

Sister Xavier served the sick as a supervisor for 18 years at the admitting office and dietary department of Nazareth Hospital, Mokama. She preached Charismatic retreats to God’s people for 31 years until her retirement from active retreat ministry in 2010. In the 49 years that she spent in caring for the sick and the spiritually poor, she touched thousands of lives and brought much consolation and joy.

Sister Xavier is survived by four brothers, two sisters, many nieces and nephews and her SCN family.

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Phyllis Gembarosky, SCN

Phyllis Gembarosky, SCN, died at the age of 77 on Tuesday, February 5, 2014. Sister Phyllis was in her 60th year of religious life.

Sister entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity on September 8, 1954, from St. Dominic Parish in Donora, Pa. Sister Phyllis received a BS. Ed. with a major in Social Studies from Mt. Mercy College (Carlow) and a M.Ed. in elementary education administration from Duquesne University.

Sister Phyllis served God’s children as a teacher and principal in the Dioceses of Pittsburgh and Greensburg in Pennsylvania, Mobile, Alabama, and Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In the 54 years that she spent in education, she touched the lives of hundreds of children and infants and this brought her much joy.

Sister is survived by her sisters Clara McDonough and Martha Gembarosky of Baltimore, Md., and many nieces and nephews. Sister also leaves to celebrate her life, the many members of her religious community.