{"id":48711,"date":"2021-12-18T16:32:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T21:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/?p=48711"},"modified":"2021-12-17T16:39:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T21:39:09","slug":"sister-mary-t-quinn-d-min-sth-85-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/sister-mary-t-quinn-d-min-sth-85-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister Mary T. Quinn, D.Min., (STH ’85, ’96)"},"content":{"rendered":"
This obituary was originally published by The Republican from Nov. 16 to Nov. 17, 2021, and can be found here<\/a>. Read Springfield Mayor\u00a0Domenic J. Sarno’s tribute to Sister Mary T. Quinn here<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n
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\"\"Sister Mary T. Quinn, 73, beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, died in Springfield on November 14, 2021. Born in Cumberland, RI she was the daughter of David L. and Florence V. (Carr) Quinn.<\/p>\n

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Sister Mary entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield from St. Joseph Parish in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1966 after graduating from Sacred Heart High School in Pawtucket. She earned a B.A. degree from the College of Our Lady of the Elms in Chicopee, an M.A. in counseling and psychology from Assumption College in Worcester. She earned both a M.A. and Ph.D. in Divinity from the Boston University School of Theology.<\/p>\n

Sr. Mary served as President of the Sisters of St. Joseph from 2005 \u2013 2011. She also served as Director of Vocations, Coordinator of Initial Formation, and Vice President of the Congregation. She taught at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Springfield and at St. Joseph Central High School in Pittsfield. She also worked in Student Services at Elms College and as a therapist at the Berkshire Counseling Center. Sr. Mary worked at the Hampden County Sheriff\u2019s Department holding a variety of positions over the many years she served there.<\/p>\n

Sister Mary was preceded in death by her parents. In addition to her Sisters in community, Mary leaves to mourn her loss, three brothers and a sister; David and Ann Quinn, Stephen Quinn, Elizabeth and Marc Quinn-Lacroix, and Kevin and Marie Quinn .She also leaves several generations of loving nephews and a niece, as well as a host of grateful students, dear colleagues and special friends who will forever remember the warmth of Mary\u2019s laughter.<\/p>\n

All services for Sr. Mary will take place on Friday, November 19, 2021 at Sacred Heart Church in Springfield. The Wake will be held from 9:15 to 10:45 am with a prayer service at 10:00 am. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will follow at 11:00 am. Burial will be in Mont Marie Cemetery in Holyoke.<\/p>\n

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph, 577 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104.<\/p>\n

Arrangements entrusted to the Sampson Family Chapels.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Published by The Republican from Nov. 16 to Nov. 17, 2021.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This obituary was originally published by The Republican from Nov. 16 to Nov. 17, 2021, and can be found here. Read Springfield Mayor\u00a0Domenic J. Sarno’s tribute to Sister Mary T. Quinn here. Sister Mary T. Quinn, 73, beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, died in Springfield on November 14, 2021. Born […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13877,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[206],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48711"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48719,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48711\/revisions\/48719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}