Sister Consilio O’Keeffe, P.B.V.M. went peacefully to her eternal reward on August 25, 2020. Sister Consilio was born on November 21, 1937 in Kilfenora, Co. Clare, Ireland. In 1959 she entered Presentation Convent, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland and made Final Profession in 1965. She has ministered as an educator in Ireland (Presentation School, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath) and in the US. – Birmingham, AL, Cypress CA, Highland CA, and Globe AZ. Sr. Consilio spent her last 10 years in San Antonio as assistant archivist and she taught in the Religious Education Program at St. Matthew.
She will be sadly missed by her beloved Sisters: Sister Máirín O’Keeffe (Holy Rosary Sisters, Artane, Dublin), Madre M. Rafael O’Keeffe (Carmelitas Descalzas, Bolivar, Peru), her brother Paddy O’Keeffe (Drumshambo Co. Leitrim), her nieces, nephews, friends, and her Presentation Sisters here in the US Unit. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas O’Keeffe and Kathleen (nee Kerin) O’Keeffe, and her brothers, Donie O’Keeffe and John O’Keeffe.
Funeral Services will be at St. Matthew Catholic Church 10703 Wurzbach Road, San Antonio,Texas 78230. The Rosary followed by the Mass of the Resurrection will be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 9:30 am. It will be live-streamed; the website link is: https://livestreammedianetwork.com/st-matthews-church
Interment will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery. Special thanks for the loving care given to Sr. Consilio by her primary doctor, Dr Neela Patel, and by the staff at Villa de San Antonio.
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