Sister John Catherine Arnold Op, August 27, 1931 — February 12, 2019

Sister John Catherine Arnold Op (Newburgh, New York, NY) August 27, 1931 February 12, 2019 Death notice, Obituaries, Necrology
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Sister John Catherine’s Obituary Sister John Catherine Arnold, OP of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, died February 12, 2019 at St Catherine of Siena Convent, Caldwell, NJ. She was 87 years of age. The daughter of the late John Edward and Catharine Dorothy Coffey Arnold, she was born August 27, 1931 in Newburgh, NY.

Sister John Catherine entered the novitiate of the Dominican Sisters of Newburgh, NY, in September 1951, made her First Profession in June 1953 and her Final Profession in August 1956. Sister John Catherine earned a BS in Elementary Education from Villanova; a BS in Home Economics from Marywood in Scranton, Pennsylvania; and her MS in Education from SUNY at Buffalo. Sister John Catherine was an elementary teacher at Annunciation School in Crestwood NY (1953-55), Regina Coeli School in Hyde Park NY (1955-68) and St Thomas School in Cornwall (1968-76).

She served as principal at Regina Coeli School, Hyde Park, from 1976-85. From 1985-2003 she was director of Saint Nicholas School in Palisades Park NJ. From 2003-2010, she did pastoral care for the sick and homebound at St. Columba Parish in Hopewell Junction NY.

When Sister John Catherine retired from parish ministry, she took great pleasure in regularly visiting our Sisters at The Wartburg in Mount Vernon and at Saint Catherine of Siena Convent in Caldwell, NJ. Sister John Catherine is survived by her sister Rose Arnold and her brother Michael and his wife Helene, and many nieces, nephews and grand nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her parents, her brothers Thomas and John and her sisters Catherine Henderson, Elizabeth Warrener and Marie Murphy.

All services will be held on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at the Chapel of the Most Holy Rosary at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. The wake begins at 9:00 AM followed by a Wake Service at 10:15 AM. The Mass of Christian Burial is at 11:00 AM.

Burial in the Dominican Sisters’ Cemetery follows immediately.

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death notice Sister John Catherine Arnold Op August 27, 1931 — February 12, 2019

obituary notice Sister John Catherine Arnold Op August 27, 1931 — February 12, 2019

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