Sister Rose Maria Moser
(Formerly Sister Mary Ferdinand)
July 13, 1923 – June 11, 2024
Professed: August 10, 1943
Sister Rose Maria was 100 years old and in her 81st year of religious profession.
She served God and the mission of the Sisters of Notre Dame through 30 years of teaching and 30 years as adoration Sister and Archival secretary in the Sisters’ Generalate in Rome.
In 1941 when Sister entered the Sisters of Notre Dame, she took the name Sister Mary Ferdinand, later changed to Sister Rose Maria.
She taught in many elementary grade schools including Maumee, Delphos, Norwalk, Napoleon and Toledo. Her degrees in mathematics from the University of Detroit and Marquette University in Milwaukee prepared her for 16 years of teaching on the secondary level at Notre Dame Academy, Toledo; St. John High School, Delphos and St. Mary High School, Sandusky. In addition to math, she was also very thorough in preparing for religion and German classes.
In 1973 an entirely new ministry opened up when she resided at the Generalate of the Sisters of Notre Dame in Rome. There she spent many hours in prayer as an Adoration sister and performed secretarial work until 2003. When in Rome, Sister had opportunities to travel throughout Italy and Germany for which she read extensively to be a good tour guide. Upon returning to the United States in 2003, Sister took care of the library at the Provincial Center for three years before beginning other types of community service until December 2015 when many sisters moved to the Sisters of Notre Dame Center in Whitehouse.
Visitation will be at the Sisters of Notre Dame Center, 5900 Davis Road, Whitehouse, OH on Saturday, June 15 from 9:00-10:15 when the eulogy begins. Liturgy at 10:30 will be livestreamed. Here is the link beginning at 10:00 a.m.
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