Sister Maureen Quigley- 70th Jubilee

Written on: May 9, 2023

Sister Maureen Quigley (Sister Mane Marguerite) is a teacher to her fingertips, no matter her ministry. She is creative and fun loving and these talents have made her a favorite among her students through the years. Though a native of Buffalo, New York, where she met the Grey Nuns at Holy Angels Academy, she spent many of her ministry years in the Philadelphia area.

She received a degree in classical languages from Villanova University and an MA in Spanish from LaSalle University. Maureen, a Latin and Spanish scholar taught at St. Mary’s Academy in Ogdensburg, New York, and at Melrose Academy in Philadelphia. She volunteered and lived for many years in Lima, Peru, as she mentions in her reflection below. This was a life-changing experience for her. On her return to the States and the Philadelphia area, she continued her teaching career at Gwynedd Mercy Academy.

After several years there, she was asked by the congregation to serve as coordinator at the Motherhouse in Yardley. A different experience but one in which she also used her great gifts of creativity and compassion. She presently resides at Holy Redeemer Lafayette in Philadelphia.

During my ten years in Lima, Peru teaching in a variety of ways (English as a second language, preparing university students to be catechists, teaching poor women to read and write) I came to appreciate and be grateful for my own education. I realize now that I received far more from my students and the people of the parish San Norberto than I offered them. Their loyalty to me through the years is humbling. I thank God for the blessing of teaching and all the wonderful people I know and the experiences I have had.

“My life as a Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart for 70 years has been so different from what I anticipated when at the age of seventeen, I arrived in Philadelphia to begin my journey. I recall praying on that first day: “Please let me stay here forever.”

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