May 11, 2016

Ogdensburg – Bishop Terry R. LaValley will preside at a Memorial Mass for Grey Nun Sister Rita Francs Brady June 3 at 4 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Priests of the diocese are invited to concelebrate.

A native of Madrid, Sister Rita Frances spent 44 of her 55 years of religious life serving in the Diocese of Ogdensburg, in Ogdensburg, Potsdam, Canton and Malone. Parishioners of Malone held a Memorial Mass at Holy Family School on Ascension Thursday.

Sister Rita Frances died Feb. 20 at Holy Redeemer Hospital in MeadoWbrook, Pennsylvania.

Her funeral Mass Was held Feb. 24 at the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart motherhouse chapel in Yardley, Pennsylvania.

The Memorial Mass has been scheduled to mark the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

A reception will follow at the Knights of Columbus.