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SR. KATHLEEN JANE MORAN CSJ

1948 - 2025

BORN

1948

DIED

2025

FUNERAL HOME

Norton, McKinney & Lawler Funeral Home - Framingham

53 Beech St.

Framingham, Massachusetts

KATHLEEN MORAN Obituary

MORAN, Sr. Kathleen Jane CSJ Sister Kathleen Jane Moran, CSJ, (Sister James Paula) in the fifty-eigth year as a beloved member of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston, died on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Devoted daughter of the late Francis Patrick and Honora Katherine (Gormley) Moran. Sister Kathleen is survived by her sisters and brother, Sheila Ashenfelder, Kevin Moran, and Claire Peterson; with remembrance of her late husband, William (Bill); and their late son, David Peterson. She is also survived by her cherished nieces and nephews and her Sisters in the Congregation. Formerly missioned as a teacher at St. Joseph School, Lynn; Our Lady Help of Christians High School, Newton and Principal at Mount St. Joseph Academy, Brighton. Sister Kathleen also ministered as Campus Minister at Aquinas Jr. College, Retreat Director of the Sisters of St. Joseph Retreat Center, Cohasset, served in the Congregation Leadership and for 20 years as Pastoral Minister at St. Luke Parish, Belmont. Visiting Hours at Holy Family Chapel, Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse, 631 Cambridge Street, Brighton, MA, Friday, June 27, 2025, 9:15 to 10:00 a.m. Prayer Service at 10:00 a.m., followed by the Funeral Mass and Prayers of Final Commendation at the Motherhouse, at 10:15 a.m. Burial will follow at St. Patrick Cemetery, 180 Pond St., Natick, MA. Arrangements by Norton, McKinney and Lawler Funeral Home, FRAMINGHAM. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to the Sisters of Saint Joseph, c/o Mission Advancement, 637 Cambridge St., Brighton, MA 02135.

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Published by Boston Globe from Jun. 23 to Jun. 24, 2025.

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Anita Hume

June 25, 2025

Sr.. Kathleen was such a beautiful person and one who clearly represented the teaching of Jesus. She helped me and many others. I worked with her visiting the sick and learning to plan and pray with families as part of the Funeral Planning Ministry that she formed at St. Luke Church. I will never forget her influence on my life. Rest in peace Sr. Kathleen.

Mary Sullivan Young

June 24, 2025

Sheila, Claire, Kevin and family. I am so very sorry to hear of Sr Kathy's passing. She was a beautiful soul and I always enjoyed the times I spent with her. She always had a smile on her face and a kind word. Like our Aunt, Sr Joseph Bernadette, choosing to align her life to serving the Lord was a true calling and it was evident in the way she lived her life. We were blessed to have her in our family. I am so sad I am out of the area for work and unable to attend the service, as you know how much I would like to be there. Please know my love and prayers are with you and all your family. I am happy she is rejoicing in the presence of our Lord and reunited with so many loved ones, who have preceeded her. Much love, Mary Sullivan Young

Ed McDonald (Dublin, Ireland)

June 24, 2025

I´m a distant relation, back in Ireland. I clicked as being family-related but I´m very distant. I never met Kathleen but am related to the wider family tree - I am descended from the Flynn-Traynor side of the family, from Ardagh near Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland. While saddened by the passing of a member of the wider family, I look fondly at the various tributes to Sr Kathleen which reflect a well-liked lady and guide. I lived for some years in New York and regularly visited Boston but never got to meet her. My prayers and thoughts are with all her family and community.

Kathleen Driscoll

June 24, 2025

Rest in Peace Sister Kathleen. We were classmates at St Theresa School in West Roxbury. Condolences to Kathleen's families.

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Jun

27

Visitation

9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Holy Family Chapel, Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse

631 Cambridge Street, Brighton, MA

Jun

27

Prayer Service

10:00 a.m.

Holy Family Chapel, Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse

631 Cambridge Street, Brighton, MA

Jun

27

Funeral Mass

10:15 a.m.

Holy Family Chapel, Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse

631 Cambridge Street, Brighton,, MA

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53 Beech St., Framingham, MA 01702

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