Sister Cabrini (Margaret) Cahill, CSB, entered eternal life on Friday, April 5, 2024. She was born in Ballacolla, Co. Laois, Ireland on March 28, 1928 to Patrick and Annie (Dunphy) Cahill. She grew up on the family farm with her parents, the youngest of four siblings, all of whom have preceded her into eternal life.
Following her secondary education at the Brigidine School Mountrath, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Brigid (Brigidines) on St. Brigid’s Day in 1948 and professed first vows on August 28, 1950. She attended University College, Dublin for two years before volunteering for the new Texas mission in San Antonio. She is the last of the original Brigidines here who came to Texas and Saint Paul School in August of 1953. Over the years she devoted herself to education, both as a teacher and principal, at St. Paul and St. Luke schools and the two schools where Brigidines ministered in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Sr. Cabrini was preceded in death by her parents, her sisters Anne and Sheila, her brothers, James and John, her niece Stella and her nephews Pat and Barry. She is survived by nieces Ann, Cabrini (White), Madeline, Kate and Cabrini (McDonnell), nephews Jim and Tony, as well as many grand and great-grand nieces and nephews, relatives, and friends in Ireland, co-workers, and past-students in San Antonio and Wisconsin. She will be deeply missed by her Brigidine Sisters and their Associates.
We want to extend our very sincere gratitude to the Seraphic Sisters, the administration, nurses, and staff of St. Francis Nursing Home, for their compassionate and dedicated care of Cabrini for the past nine years.
Visitation will take place at St. Paul Church on Thursday, April 18 at 9:00 a.m. with Rosary at 9:30 a.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be at Saint Paul Church (350 Sutton) at 10:00 a.m. https://livestreammedianetwork.com/st-paul-church
Interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery at 2:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Sr. Cabrini’s memory to the Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows (Seraphic Sisters), St. Francis Nursing Home, 630 West Woodlawn, San Antonio, TX 78212
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