Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Sister M. Constania Young CSC

1879 – Feb. 17, 1962

 

South Bend Tribune 2/17/1962

Sister M. Constania CSC, died at Saint Mary’s Convent early this morning following an extended illness. She was born Mary Helen Young in Glencarlyn, Va. in 1879. She was educated in Alexandria, Va., and entered the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1879. She received her habit in 1898 and made her profession of vows in 1903. During her community life she taught at various schools in Indiana, Virginia, Maryland, California, New York, and for many years in Washington DC. She retired to St. Mary’s from the Eastern Province in 1961.

 

A requiem high mass will be offered in the Church of Our Lady of Loretto at St. Mary’s at 6 a.m. Monday, with burial in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery on the campus. Friends may call in the convent parlor.