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Vale Sister
Marnie Kennedy rscj
 2 December 1927 - 16 March
2011
MARNIE'S long and difficult journey finally came
to a close in the early hours of Wednesday,16 March when she
died peacefully at the Sacred Heart Hospice in Darlinghurst.
Dearly loved Religious of the Society of the Sacred
Heart, professed in Rome on February 11, 1956.
MARNIE'S life's work spanned roles of educator,
counsellor, activist, spiritual leader and defender of the rights of the dispossessed and marginalised. Following
her devoted work as teacher and administrator in Sacred Heart schools, she became involved with the
Jesuit retreat team and regarded her experiences in the "Street Retreats" in
inner city areas as among the most fulfilling and humbling of her life. She worked
for many years with her brother, the late Father Ted Kennedy, in the parish of
St. Vincent's Redfern and was much loved as a good friend of the Aboriginal people.
On Monday (March 21, 2011), a Farewell Ceremony was held at St.Vincent
de Paul Church in Redfern. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian
Burial was offered at St. Brigid's Church, Marrickville.
Eulogy by Sr Esmey Herscovitch rscJ
http://www.rscj-anz.org/rip_marnie.htm
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