Sister Catherine Thomas Dwyer, O.P., dies at 88

A funeral Mass for Dominican Sister Catherine Thomas Dwyer was offered Feb. 7 at her religious community’s motherhouse in Sinsinawa, Wis. Sister Catherine Thomas died Jan. 27. She was 88.

Born in La Crosse, Wis., Sister Catherine Thomas made her first profession as a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa Aug. 5, 1954, and her perpetual profession Aug. 5, 1957.

In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, she taught at St. Rose of Lima School, Brooklyn, 1954-1958. Elsewhere, she served in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Montana.

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