(12/30/13) Cahill, Sister Mary Blandina, 97, a Sister of Mercy and a former child care provider, passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2013 at Mount St. Rita Health Centre, Cumberland.
Born Veronica Mary Cahill in Mapleville, RI, she was the daughter of the late James and Della (Fournier) Cahill. She entered the Sisters of Mercy at Mount St. Rita Convent on September 9, 1940, and professed her perpetual vows on August 16, 1946.
Sister\'s first ministry was at the former St. Xavier Convent In Providence where she performed convent duties. She was then assigned to child care at St. Aloysius Home in Greenville, RI, where she served for 19 years as a Group Supervisor. In 1965 she was transferred to the former St. Joseph, Pine Harbor, in Pascoag, RI, where she ministered with special needs children.
After five years in Pascoag, in 1970 Sister Blandina was assigned to St. Mark Convent in Cranston, RI, where she remained until 2007 performing office work in the former Cranston-Johnston Regional School. In all that she did, convent work, child care, and office work, Sister had the most wonderful gift of leaving people with the sense that they were her best friend and that they had been in the presence of someone very special.
After several years at St Rose of Lima Convent in Warwick, Sister retired in 2009 to Mount Saint Rita where she continued in her work in the ministry of prayer.
In addition to her religious community, the Sisters of Mercy, Sister Blandina leaves many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Claire Cahill, and her brother-in-law, Ray Nerbonne. She was the sister of the late Raymond, Robert, Leonard, May McCabe, Margaret Lataille, Eileen, Theresa Desjarlais, and Dorothy Nerbonne.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, January 2, 2014, at 11 am in Mount St. Rita Chapel, Cumberland. Visitation will be at the Health Centre from 9:15 am to 10:50 am with a Mercy Prayer Service at 10:20 am. Interment will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Cumberland. In lieu of flowers, donations to Mount St. Rita Health Centre, 15 Sumner Brown Rd, Cumberland, RI 02864 or to Sisters of Mercy, 15 Highland View Rd., Cumberland, RI 02864 will be deeply appreciated. www.galloglyfuneralhome.com
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