Mother Mary Dorothy of the Holy Spirit, P.C.C.

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She came to Minooka as Mother Foundress of the Poor Clares of Joliet on October 13, 1995.

Mother Mary Dorothy of the Holy Spirit (Dorothy Jean) Urschalitz, P.C.C., age 83, Abbess of the Annunciation Monastery of the Poor Clare Colettine Nuns of Joliet, departed this life on Saturday, January 1, 2022, at 11:30 a.m., in the St. Joseph’s Infirmary Chapel of the Monastery.

Born May 28, 1938 in Findlay, OH, Mother was the daughter of the late Vincent and Edna Urschalitz. A brother, Robert, also preceded her in death. She is survived by three sisters, Mary Ann Bihn, Martha Warren and Sue Senn.

Mother entered Corpus Christy Monastery, Rockford, IL in 1959 after being a junior Professed Franciscan Sister in Tiffin, Ohio, from 1956 to 1959. She was Abbess of Corpus Christi Monastery from 1977-1996. She came to Minooka as Mother Foundress of the Poor Clares of Joliet on October 13, 1995. In August 2012, Mother celebrated her Golden Jubilee.

 

 

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Annunciation Monastery of the Poor Clare Colettine Nuns is not a member of the Federation of Mary Immaculate.

However, Corpus Christi Monastery in Rockford is back as a member of the above federation.