Sr. Mary Lourdes

Sr.Mary Lourdes’ father, Alfredo was killed during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II.  In time, Mrs. Garcia meet an American GI, Omer Cusson, working in the Philippines, they fell in love and married. He returned to his home in Indiana taking with him his wife. The government would not allow the girls, Remy and Lourdes to accompany them. So they lived with their grandmother in order to go to school and obtain a trade to help support their grandmother. Sr Lourdes graduated from the University of the Philippines majoring in business. She succeeded in acquiring a job as a bank teller until she was allowed to reunite with her mother and step father in Indiana. She is preceded by her mother, step father and sister Remy. Sister Lourdes felt a calling to religious life and entered the Monastery of the Precious Blood in Lafayette Indiana. However, Giod had other plans for her life as a religious. Sister Lourdes came to the Monastery of the Precious Blood in Manchester, New Hampshire and knew that this was where she was to spend the rest of  her life. Sister Lourdes was a devoted friend and spiritual counselor to hundreds of people around the world.

There will be no calling hours,

Funeral liturgy of Christian burial will be celebrated  Wednesday December  20 at 10 am at the chapel of the precious Blood Monastery

Buriel will follow after at St Joesph’s in Bedford Nh

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the monastery of Precious Blood,

700 Bridge st Manchester, New Hampshire 03104. The funeral will be private.