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April 14, 2018

Sister’s ‘retirement’ in Tuktoyaktuk earns Polar Medal

Sr. Fay Trombley preaches to the community at Our Lady of Grace Church in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories.

Many of us have visions of retiring to a warm spot and taking it easy, but not Sr. Fay Trombley. The 77-year-old former professor at Newman Theological College in Edmonton is spending her “retirement” in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., tirelessly working to ease the hunger, unemployment and spiritual needs of people in the Arctic. 

Published in Call to Service
March 8, 2018

Religious sister who worked with Padre Pio dies at 101

A undated photo of nuns visiting Padre Pio at the monastery of Our Lady of Grace in San Giovanni Rotondo.
SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy – Sister Consolata di Santo, one of the first religious sisters to work in the hospital developed by St. Padre Pio, died March 2 at age 101, according to the Italian publication Avvenire.
Published in International