Sr. Mary Bride Spratt SA

March 3, 2017

Sister Mary Bride Spratt, SA, age 100, a Franciscan Sister of the Atonement from Graymoor, died on Friday, March 3, 2017 at Lurana Health Care Residence in St. Francis Convent, Garrison, NY. Sister Mary Bride Spratt was born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland on November 22, 1916 to Mary (Cahill) and Cornelius Spratt. Survived by her Sisters in Community, she is also survived by her brother, Kevin, and numerous nieces and nephews. Sister is predeceased by siblings: William, Alfred, Cornelius, John, Bridget and Mary Cecilia. Sister entered the convent on March 29, 1930. She professed her first vows on May 5, 1934 and her final vows on August 31, 1940. As an Atonement missionary, Sister served in parish, catechetical and pastoral ministries in New York State (Schuylerville, Schenectady, Athens, Rocky Point, Long Island, and Graymoor), as well as Philadelphia, PA, Dickinson, TX, So. Plainfield, NJ, Milford, MI, Burlington, VT, and Byram, CT before returning to Graymoor in 2007. On Monday, March 6, 2017 the Reception of the Body service will be held at 4:00 p.m. and the Evening Prayer/Wake Service will be at 7:00 p.m. Sister’s funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. All services are held in the Motherhouse Chapel at St. Francis Convent, Graymoor. Burial will be in the Sisters’ Cemetery. Funeral arrangements by Dorsey-Carlone Funeral Home.