Sister Anna Catherine Murphy, at 92; helped found Fontbonne Academy

from The Boston Globe

Sister Anna Catherine Murphy, who was founding principal of Fontbonne Academy for girls in Milton and a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph for 75 years, knew by the third grade that she would live a religious life, she told others.

“She felt the Lord calling her. She said yes and she never said no her whole life,’’ said Sister Therese Higgens, a former president of Regis College who lived and worked with Sister Murphy for more than 50 years. (Read the full story here.)

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