{"id":69084,"date":"2025-12-17T23:44:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=69084"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:44:54","slug":"sister-mary-michael-last-of-mother-angelicas-founding-nuns-dies-at-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/sister-mary-michael-last-of-mother-angelicas-founding-nuns-dies-at-94\/","title":{"rendered":"Suor Mary Michael, l'ultima delle suore fondatrici di Madre Angelica, muore a 94 anni"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Sister Mary Michael of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, PCPA, died Nov. 10, 2025, after roughly three-quarters of a century of religious life. She was 94. \/ Credit: Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

CNA Staff, Nov 12, 2025 \/ 15:54 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n

Sister Mary Michael of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, PCPA, died on Nov. 10 after roughly three-quarters of a century of religious life. She was 94.<\/p>\n

Sister Mary Michael was the last of the original five nuns who, along with EWTN foundress Mother Angelica, began the Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Irondale, Alabama. (The monastery is now located in Hanceville; EWTN, the parent company of CNA, remains in Irondale.)<\/p>\n

Born Evelyn Shinosky on Feb. 25, 1931, to Joseph and Helen Shinosky, she entered Sancta Clara Monastery in Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 15, 1951, and received the habit and her new name the following May.<\/p>\n

Sister Mary Michael made her first profession on May 1, 1954, and her solemn profession exactly six years later in 1960. Shortly after her solemn profession she joined Mother Angelica to journey to Alabama to help found the new monastery.<\/p>\n

Her religious community said she was renowned for her talent in baking, cooking, and sewing. Sisters frequently sought her advice when an insurmountable difficulty arose in the kitchen or a novice was at an impasse making a new habit.  <\/p>\n

Sister would go on to serve several terms as vicar and councilor for the community. With a special devotion to the Church Fathers, she was a fervent devotee and reader of St. Augustine.  <\/p>\n

Devoted to prayer until the end of her life, Sister Mary Michael attended Mass until she was physically unable to do so. In her final days she was known to fall asleep in the monastery\u2019s infirmary with her hands folded in prayer.<\/p>\n

Father Joseph Mary Wolfe, chapel dean and chaplain for EWTN, told CNA that Sister Mary Michael \u201calways radiated a quiet love and joy and was always ready to use her sewing and baking skills to bring joy to others.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, she and Siater Gabriel made the first habits for the friars here in Irondale,\u201d he said. He noted that Sister Mary Michael \u201clovingly and tirelessly\u201d served Mother Angelica in the latter\u2019s final years, \u201coften at the expense of her own rest.\u201d  <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I asked Sister Michael about her own vocation, she told me that she loved St. Francis of Assisi; spending time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament; and was drawn to the contemplative life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe wasn\u2019t sure where she could find all three together and it was right there in the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration community in Canton, Ohio, where she entered before moving with Mother Angelica to found the new monastery,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Her passing marks the end of an era at EWTN and at the monastery \u2014 one that saw both the launch of the global Catholic network and the expansion of the religious community to include the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery.<\/p>\n

Just days before her death, Sister Mary Michael urged followers of Christ to \u201ckeep doing what you are doing so we can be one big family in heaven.\u201d She also expressed gratitude for prayers offered to God on her behalf.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want everyone to be Catholic,\u201d she said prior to her passing, \u201cand to love God passionately.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Sister Mary Michael of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, PCPA, died Nov. 10, 2025, after roughly three-quarters of a century of religious life. She was 94. \/ Credit: Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration CNA Staff, Nov 12, 2025 \/ 15:54 pm (CNA). Sister Mary Michael of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, PCPA, died on Nov. 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