Sister Virginia Young, a devoted minister to the deaf and hard of hearing community for 58 years, died in Mercy Hospital June 19, 2024, after several years of declining health. She was 93. Sister served in multiple positions at St. Mary’s School for the Deaf, teaching elementary and high school subjects from 1950-66. After a […]
While celebrating her 50-year jubilee as a sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, Sister Conchetta LoPriesti said, “People may be used to communicating through speaking. I do it with pictures in the air.” From her childhood days of translating Italian for her father to her current work in deaf ministry, Sister Conchetta continues […]