Catherine Chatleain Chatleain
d. January 1, 1900
Catherine Chatleain Chatleain
Mankato Mortuary
1001 N. Riverfront Drive
Mankato, MN 56001
507-388-2202
Our beloved Sister Catherine Chatleain, 67, died peacefully at 9:22 p.m. on Sunday, April 15, 2012, in Notre Dame Health Care, Our Lady of Good Counsel Campus, Mankato, Minnesota. Many of her classmates and other sisters had visited and prayed with her throughout the day, and several sisters, including our Provincial Leader, Sister Mary Anne Owens, were with her when she died.
Over twenty years ago Sister Catherine developed symptoms of a neurological disease, later diagnosed as hereditary olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA). OPCA causes shrinkage in areas deep in the brain, just above the spinal cord. Difficulty with balance, speech and walking are some of the main symptoms; as the incurable disease progresses, the symptoms worsen and others may appear. Sister Catherine lived with OPCA for many years, and it ultimately caused her death at a relatively young age.
The funeral Mass for Sister Catherine, with Father James Friedel, OSA, as presider, will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 19, in Good Counsel Chapel, followed by burial in our cemetery. The vigil service will be at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18. We extend our sympathy to her immediate family, and her sisters in community, the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Sister Catherine was born in St. Joseph's Hospital, Mankato, on January 28, 1945. Her parents, Donald and Catherine (Simonett) Chatleain, and family resided northeast of Mankato in Cleveland, where her father managed the grain elevator. She was baptized Mary Kay on February 11 at the Church of the Nativity, Cleveland. When Mary Kay was two, the family moved to Franklin, Minnesota, where her father was again the elevator manager. Mary Kay had three older sisters " Lorraine, Betty and Phyllis, and a younger brother, Joseph.
Mary Kay attended Franklin Public School throughout grade and high school. She wrote in her autobiography, "On Wednesdays I went to catechism classes, taught by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. [In 1959 a Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Center opened in Franklin, staffed by Sisters Margaret Ann (Mary) Boylan and Cortona (Olivia) Aydt.
1001 N. Riverfront Drive
Mankato, MN 56001
507-388-2202
Our beloved Sister Catherine Chatleain, 67, died peacefully at 9:22 p.m. on Sunday, April 15, 2012, in Notre Dame Health Care, Our Lady of Good Counsel Campus, Mankato, Minnesota. Many of her classmates and other sisters had visited and prayed with her throughout the day, and several sisters, including our Provincial Leader, Sister Mary Anne Owens, were with her when she died.
Over twenty years ago Sister Catherine developed symptoms of a neurological disease, later diagnosed as hereditary olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA). OPCA causes shrinkage in areas deep in the brain, just above the spinal cord. Difficulty with balance, speech and walking are some of the main symptoms; as the incurable disease progresses, the symptoms worsen and others may appear. Sister Catherine lived with OPCA for many years, and it ultimately caused her death at a relatively young age.
The funeral Mass for Sister Catherine, with Father James Friedel, OSA, as presider, will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 19, in Good Counsel Chapel, followed by burial in our cemetery. The vigil service will be at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18. We extend our sympathy to her immediate family, and her sisters in community, the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Sister Catherine was born in St. Joseph's Hospital, Mankato, on January 28, 1945. Her parents, Donald and Catherine (Simonett) Chatleain, and family resided northeast of Mankato in Cleveland, where her father managed the grain elevator. She was baptized Mary Kay on February 11 at the Church of the Nativity, Cleveland. When Mary Kay was two, the family moved to Franklin, Minnesota, where her father was again the elevator manager. Mary Kay had three older sisters " Lorraine, Betty and Phyllis, and a younger brother, Joseph.
Mary Kay attended Franklin Public School throughout grade and high school. She wrote in her autobiography, "On Wednesdays I went to catechism classes, taught by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. [In 1959 a Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Center opened in Franklin, staffed by Sisters Margaret Ann (Mary) Boylan and Cortona (Olivia) Aydt.
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