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NUNDAY with Sister Mary Devlin
Today is NUNDAY and we celebrate Sister Mary Devlin, a Sister of Charity who will be celebrating her 93rd birthday at the end of July. Sister Mary is from Saint Stephen, New Brunswick. I love how she describes her calling … one that many of us can relate to!
Sister Mary Devlin, SC; Doug Geddes photographer
She was still a young teenager when she first heard the call to become a nun, and it was “very strange” to her because she didn’t know any sisters at the time. Her first exposure to that way of life came when an Order of the Sisters of Charity opened a house in St. Stephen.
“The first time I saw them in church was the first time I’d ever seen them (at all) and within myself I heard: ‘One day I will be one of them.’ I thought, ‘Well that’s the funniest thought I’ve had yet.’ It was unreal. I was 14 then and I didn’t enter until I was 28.” …
Sister Mary Devlin remains highly active. Her life in the Church has been enormously fulfilling, and she continues to give generously to others, what she knows best — love. “The most important thing in life is love, and we all need it,” she smiles. “It’s a necessity.”
- SOURCE: St. Stephen native became a nun at 28
in Times & Transcript (May 18, 2010)
Did you ever experience that sense of God calling you as “very strange”? How did you respond immediately and/or eventually?
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Sister I want to thank you for your service to the Church and to God. Your story is inspiring and I plan on sharing it with my kindergarten class tomorrow as we learn about vocations.