SISTER AGNES HEARN

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SISTER AGNES HEARN, S.O.S. Sister Agnes Hearn, S.O.S. died peacefully at LaSalle Manor, Scarborough, ON, April 22, 2006, having served 78 years as a Sister of Service. Born in St. Catharines, ON, she was one of ten children born to Thomas J. Hearn and Mary Ann Bench. Predeceased by her sisters, Margaret Bussell, Eva Jones, Theresa Hearn, Catherine Blakely; her brothers, Joseph, Francis, Ambrose, Leo and Thomas; she would have celebrated her 100th birthday on May 5, 2006. A pioneer member of the Sisters of Service, she entered the Community in 1928, six years after its foundation. Her first assignment was Secretary to Fr. George Daly, CSsR, Co-founder of the Sisters of Service. Serving in the SOS Immigration ministry in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Edmonton, meeting immigrant boats and trains, she provided reception services, accomodation care and support for newly arrived women immigrants. With the advent of the Second World War and immigration at a standstill, her talents were directed to the SOS Catechetical Ministry delivered from Centers in Edmonton and Regina. Embracing the Vatican II approach to Catechetics, she studied theology and new techniques and methods and continued to serve in this ministry as a Parish Catechetical Coordinator in Winnipeg and Co-founder of a S.O.S. Catechetical Education Program in Clarenville, NL. Agnes will be remembered for her fervent zeal, her zest for life, her boundless enthusiasm and energy and her complete faith and trust in God. With her passing, the Sisters of Service have lost a Community icon and a reservoir of our early history. The Sisters of Service extend their sympathy to her nieces and nephews and her many dear friends across Canada. May she rest in peace. Relatives and friends may call at LaSalle Manor, 61 Fairfax Cres., Scarborough, after 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25 with a Vigil service at 7:00 p.m. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated in the Chapel at LaSalle Manor on Wednesday, April 26 at 11:00 a.m. Interment in the Sisters of Service Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, ON. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Rosar-Morrison Funeral Home Chapel, Toronto, ON. (416-924-1408).

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 25, 2006