June 4, 2010
People We Care About
Following is a feature in the Message, designed to help draw together the People of God in southwestern Indiana. Readers are invited to submit information about people who may benefit by some extra prayers and attention.
• Daughter of Charity Sister Mary Stella Aquilina, 80, died May 27 at Seton Residence in Evansville, Ind..
She completed a bachelor’s in education at the University of Detroit before joining the Daughters of Charity in 1951.
Her ministry as an elementary teacher began in 1953 at Cambridge, Mass. She also taught in Boston, Mass., Emmitsburg, Md., and Canton, Ohio.
In 1959, she earned a master’s in elementary education from Boston College. From August 1969 to 1997, she served as elementary principal in Long Beach, Miss., LaSalle, Ill., Youngstown, Ohio, and Prichard, Ala. Sister was also local superior for 25 years during that time.
Sister Mary Stella served as development director for St. James Major School from 1997 to 2001. For the next four years, she was Catholic Identity Coordinator for the Catholic Diocese of Jackson in Mississippi. Sister moved to Evansville in September 2005 to become a volunteer at St. Vincent Day Care Center. She became a receptionist at Mater Dei Provincialate in 2009.
Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated in Seton Chapel on May 29.
Please send information for PEOPLE WE CARE ABOUT to Mary Ann Hughes, The Message, P.O. Box 4169, Evansville, IN 47724. The e-mail address is mhughes@evansville-diocese.org.