Obituary: Mary Ellen Doyle, SCN, 87, Louisville
Mary Ellen Doyle, SCN, 87, (formerly Sister Mary Benedict), died Sept. 24, 2019, at Nazareth Home in Louisville. She was born in Oak Park, Ill., and was a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 67 years.
She served as a teacher for 45 years at all levels of education. She taught at several grade schools including St. Agnes and St. Cecilia in Louisville, St. Mary Academy in Paducah and Cathedral School in Owensboro; at high school Our Lady of Nazareth, Wakefield, Mass. She taught at Nazareth College in Nazareth; Spalding College in Louisville; Christian Brothers College in Memphis; Huston-Tillotson College in Austin, Texas; and Divine Word Seminary, Epworth, Iowa. She specialized in African-American literature and English. She also taught English to SCN Novices in India in 1976. She served as Campus Minister at Aquinas College in Newton, Mass. from 1994-1997. In 1989, she began her term as Associate Regional for the Southern Region. She served the SCN Community in this capacity until 1994.
She published several books, including a biography of the foundress of the SCNs, Pioneer Spirit: Catherine Spalding, Sister of Charity of Nazareth.
She is survived by one brother, Joseph Patrick Doyle; her extended family; and by her religious community.
Visitation and a prayer service is 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, at the Nazareth Home Chapel, 2000 Newburg Road, Louisville. A wake service is 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening at St. Vincent DePaul Church, Nazareth.
The Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, at St. Vincent DePaul Church, Nazareth, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be sent to the SCN Office of Mission Advancement, P.O. Box 9, Nazareth, KY, 40048.
The Ratterman Funeral Home in Louisville is in charge of arrangements.
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