July 16, 2012 - Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown

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Sisters Minister At Garvey Manor
Carmelite Foundress, Mother Angeline Teresa,
Declared ‘Venerable’ By Papal Decree
Visited Diocese
In 1965 For
Home’s
Dedication
By Msgr. Timothy P. Stein
On June 24, 1965, Mother
Angeline Teresa McCrory,
foundress of the Carmelite Sisters
for the Aged and Infirm, was
an honored participant in the
dedication of Garvey Manor in
Hollidaysburg.
She joined Bishop J. Carroll
McCormick in unveiling a portrait
of Bishop Eugene A. Garvey,
the Diocese’s first Bishop,
for whom the nursing home was
named.
Forty - seven years and
four days after her visit to the
Diocese of Altoona - Johnstown,
the Servant of God Mother Angeline
Teresa, who died on her
91st birthday in 1984, received
recognition for her life of heroic
virtue, when Pope Benedict
XVI, on Thursday, June 28, authorized
the Congregation for
the Causes of Saints to promulgate
the decree by which she is
now known as Venerable Mother
Angeline Teresa.
To her spiritual daughters,
who almost half - a - century
VENERABLE MOTHER ANGELINE TERESA: Mother Angeline Teresa McCrory, foundress of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged
and Infirm, has been declared “Venerable” by decree of Pope Benedict XVI dated Thursday, June 28. On June 24, 1965, Mother Angeline
Teresa joined Bishop J. Carroll McCormick in unveiling a portrait of Bishop Eugene A. Garvey at the dedication of Garvey Manor in Hollidaysburg.
The Carmelite Sisters continue to minister in the new Garvey Manor and Our Lady of the Alleghenies Residence, opened in 2003.
later continue to minister at the
new Garvey Manor and Our
Lady of the Alleghenies Residence,
the recognition granted
to their foundress is a cause for
deep joy. They point out, too,
that their presence in the Diocese
of Altoona - Johnstown is
due to Mother Angeline Teresa.
“Garvey Manor was in the
works before our community
was asked to staff it,” said Sister
Joachim, the home’s administrator.
“Bishop McCormick knew
of Mother Angeline and of her
charism, through having met our
Sisters and worked with them in
Philadelphia. He issued the invitation
for them to come Garvey
Manor, and it was Mother
Angeline who said ‘yes.’”
(Continued On Page 15.)
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