Month: April 2018

Eulogy for Sr Margaret Monica McGivern R.I.P

Eulogy for Sr Margaret Monica McGivern R.I.P

Janet Erskine Stuart, one of our English Congregational Leaders in the Society of the Sacred Heart and a great Educator, wrote an appreciation of her nuns. She called them God’s Middlemen. Without fanfare these sisters carried the burden of the day, full of deep desires while fulfilling simple duties daily done. Monica McGivern was, I feel, just one of those middleman who lived her spiritual life faithfully and served faithfully in whatever task she was asked to do. So let us look at Monica’s life. Monica was born in Grey Lynn, Auckland on 25 May 1917, the third child and only daughter of William James McGivern and Maud Kay She

Sr Monica McGivern, R.I.P.

Sr Monica McGivern, R.I.P.

A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends. – English Saying   Sr Monica, RSCJ, passed away early Wednesday morning, 4/04/2018 just a few weeks before her 101st Birthday. We will celebrate and farewell Monica on Monday, 9th April in the Sophia Chapel, Baradene College, at 10.30am. A Vigil will be held for Sr Monica at 6pm Sunday 8th, in the Chapel.