• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Catholic Review

Catholic Review

Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Menu
  • Home
  • News
        • Local News
        • World News
        • Vatican News
        • Obituaries
        • Featured Video
        • En Español
        • Sports News
        • Official Clergy Assignments
        • Schools News
  • Commentary
        • Contributors
          • Question Corner
          • George Weigel
          • Elizabeth Scalia
          • Michael R. Heinlein
          • Effie Caldarola
          • Guest Commentary
        • CR Columnists
          • Archbishop William E. Lori
          • Rita Buettner
          • Christopher Gunty
          • George Matysek Jr.
          • Mark Viviano
          • Father Joseph Breighner
          • Father Collin Poston
          • Robyn Barberry
          • Hanael Bianchi
          • Amen Columns
  • Entertainment
        • Events
        • Movie & Television Reviews
        • Arts & Culture
        • Books
        • Recipes
  • About Us
        • Contact Us
        • Our History
        • Meet Our Staff
        • Photos to own
        • Books/CDs/Prayer Cards
        • CR Media platforms
        • Electronic Edition
  • Advertising
  • Shop
        • Purchase Photos
        • Books/CDs/Prayer Cards
        • Magazine Subscriptions
        • Archdiocesan Directory
  • CR Radio
        • CR Radio
        • Protagonistas de Fe
  • News Tips
  • Subscribe
A funeral Mass was offered Sept. 15 for Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Sister DeSales Wisniewski.

Sister DeSales Wisniewski, D.C., Baltimore native, dies at 88

October 2, 2018
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Share
Share on Facebook
Share
Share this
Pin
Pin this
Share
Share on LinkedIn

A funeral Mass was offered Sept. 15 for Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Sister DeSales Wisniewski at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister DeSales, who spent most of her ministry in health care, died Sept. 8 at 88. She spent 70 years as a Daughter of Charity.

A Baltimore native, Sister DeSales was a graduate of the class of 1947 from Seton High School in Baltimore. In December of the same year, she entered the Daughters of Charity from Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in Locust Point.

Sister DeSales served as a teacher in Virginia prior to earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing from St. Joseph College in Emmitsburg in 1956. She then served as a nurse in Washington, D.C.; Florida; Massachusetts; and Virginia (1956-74). She earned a master’s degree in medical surgical nursing from Boston University in 1963.

Sister DeSales served as director of education at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore (1974-79), and as the respect life coordinator for Catholic Charities of Baltimore (1977-79).

Her continued ministry in health care took Sister DeSales back to Washington, D.C., and she served as the local community superior (1979-85).

From 1985 to 2008, Sister DeSales ministered in health care in Jacksonville, Fla., returning to Hyattsville for one year (1988-89) to serve in maternity services at St. Ann’s Infant Home.

Sister DeSales’ final years in health care ministry (2008-16) were spent at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore as mission integration specialist.

Print Print

Share
Share on Facebook
Share
Share this
Pin
Pin this
Share
Share on LinkedIn

Primary Sidebar

Catholic Review Staff

Click here to view all posts from this author

For the latest news delivered twice a week via email or text message, sign up to receive our free enewsletter.

| MOST POPULAR |

  • St. Bernardine Choir celebrates 50 years of song, spirit and community

  • The three questions young people asked Pope Leo XIV — and his answers

  • Mount St. Mary’s launches new physician assistant program

  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps Movie Review: ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’

  • West Virginia bishop warns on immigration: ‘The final judge of our actions is God’

| Latest Local News |

Sister Agnese Neumann dies at 96

Maryland Catholic Conference pleads for peace on 80th Anniversary of atomic bombings

Father Donio receives Knights’ highest award for work as chaplain

Mount St. Mary’s launches new physician assistant program

Radio Interview: The Vatican Observatory

| Latest World News |

Knights of Columbus open 143rd Supreme Convention with call to be ‘heralds of hope’

At Mass to open convention, Knights urged to commit to ‘holiness, unity, charity, fraternity’

Prepare space in your hearts for God’s love to grow, pope urges

Pope Leo greets Knights of Columbus at Supreme Convention celebrating hope, service

Wenski: Pivot to immigration reform, not ‘Alcatraz’ camps, now the border is secure

| Catholic Review Radio |

CatholicReview · Catholic Review Radio

Footer

Our Vision

Real Life. Real Faith. 

Catholic Review Media communicates the Gospel and its impact on people’s lives in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and beyond.

Our Mission

Catholic Review Media provides intergenerational communications that inform, teach, inspire and engage Catholics and all of good will in the mission of Christ through diverse forms of media.

Contact

Catholic Review
320 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
443-524-3150
mail@CatholicReview.org

 

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Recent

  • Sister Agnese Neumann dies at 96
  • Knights of Columbus open 143rd Supreme Convention with call to be ‘heralds of hope’
  • At Mass to open convention, Knights urged to commit to ‘holiness, unity, charity, fraternity’
  • Prepare space in your hearts for God’s love to grow, pope urges
  • Pope Leo greets Knights of Columbus at Supreme Convention celebrating hope, service
  • Wenski: Pivot to immigration reform, not ‘Alcatraz’ camps, now the border is secure
  • Question Corner: How accurate is the portrayal of Judas in ‘The Chosen?’
  • Children of Abraham: Let us find another way to peace
  • Maryland Catholic Conference pleads for peace on 80th Anniversary of atomic bombings

Search

Membership

Catholic Media Assocation

Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association

The Associated Church Press

© 2025 CATHOLIC REVIEW MEDIA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

en Englishes Spanish
en en