On February 17, a Mass was held at Saint Marys Chapel to celebrate The Life and Legacy of Sister Domitilla DuRocher on the 70th Anniversary of her Passing.
Serving as the Saint Marys Hospital Administrator from 1939 through 1949, Sister Domitilla modernized Saint Marys Hospital in the final days of the Great Depression. By monitoring world events, she knew that, if the U.S. entered the spreading conflict overseas, labor and construction materials would be almost impossible to find. Sister Domitilla established nursing education at Mayo Clinic and together with Sister Amadeus, they created one of the first Neuroscience intensive care units in the nation.
Sister Nancy Kingsley shares that the former principal with whom she served with where she taught school, Jane Bona, was recently bestowed with a papal honor. It’s the first time that a Catholic educator of the Archdiocese of Minneapolis/St. Paul has received this honor.
