April 30, 2022

OBITUARY: Sister Anna Marie Kane, SSJ

REGIONAL

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Sister of St. Joseph Anna Marie Kane (formerly Sister Christina James), 82, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, died at Bethany Health Care Center in Framingham, Mass., on April 29. Born in Worcester, Mass., she was the daughter of Walter J. and Elsa C. (Carlson) Kane.

She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield from St. Philip Parish, Grafton, Mass., in 1959. She graduated from the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsboro, Mass. She earned a bachelor of arts degree from the College of Our Lady of the Elms in Chicopee, a master of science degree in chemistry from Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass., a master of science in chemistry education from Simmons College in Boston, and a master of arts degree in Christian spirituality from Creighton University, Omaha. She earned both a doctoral degree in philosophy of religion in Society and a doctor of letters degree in church leadership from the Oxford Graduate School at the American Institute of Ministry in Dayton, Tenn.

She taught in schools in Springfield and Milford, Mass., and Newport, R.I., before serving as a chaplain and chemistry instructor at Holy Cross College. She spent nine years as vicar of religious and director of the Office of Women in Worcester, and 10 years in the Office of Ministerial Resources at Mont Marie in Holyoke. She also served as director of family life volunteers, a ministry of the Little Sisters of the Assumption in Worcester, and was chaplain and bereavement coordinator for Brookhaven Hospice in Framingham.

In addition to her sisters in community, she leaves her brother, James Kane, and her friend, Sister Irene Mizula.

Services will take place at Blessed Sacrament Church in Holyoke on Tuesday, May 3. She will be waked from 9 to 9:45 a.m., with a prayer service at 9:15. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will follow at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Mont Marie Cemetery in Holyoke.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph, 577 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104.