Sister of Charity of Nazareth Ellen Paul McGovern dies

SCNLogo-fSister of Charity of Nazareth Ellen Paul McGovern died at Nazareth Home on Feb. 2. She was 86 and had been a religious for 60 years.

Sister McGovern served as an educator in Kentucky, Maryland and Massachusetts. In the Archdiocese of Louisville, she taught at St. Cecilia School.

She also served in leadership for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and served in parish ministry and volunteered in Massachusetts.

She is survived by her nieces and her religious community.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 7 at St. Vincent Church in Nazareth, Ky. Burial will follow in Nazareth Cemetery.

Visitation will be held on Feb. 6 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Nazareth Home, 2000 Newburg Road, and beginning at 4 p.m. at St. Vincent. A prayer service will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Memorial gifts may be made to the SCN Office of Mission Advancement, P.O. Box 9, Nazareth, Ky., 40048.

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