Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Archbishop's Aide Dies; Visitation For Friends To Be At St Joan Of Arc!

The plot thickens; The Joanies apparently had a Fifth Columnist in Chancery Headquarters

Sister Ann Ganley, archbishop's aide

Ganley, 70, was a teacher and principal before she began working for Archbishop Harry Flynn in 1998.
Sister Ann Ganley, a longtime educator who brought calm efficiency and graciousness to her job as special assistant to Archbishop Harry Flynn, died of ampullary cancer Monday at her home in St. Paul. She was 70.

"Sister Ann expressed her faith in a quiet manner and by treating everyone kindly and nonjudgmentally," said Flynn, of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Her work involved making sure he was able to interact with as many people as possible in meetings, lunches, conferences, worship services and confirmations, he said.

"She was even-tempered, extremely professional and courteous," he said. "I'll miss her terribly."
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Visitation will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 4537 3rd Av. S., Minneapolis. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the School Sisters of Notre Dame motherhouse, 170 Good Counsel Drive, Mankato, with visitation one hour before services. [StarTribune]

The Pioneer Press obituary confirms that she was a member of St Joan of Arc Parish, which has a strong peace and justice ministry, and that prior to coming to the Archdiocese, she had spent six months in a sabbatical with Quakers.

Thanks and a Tip O' The Hat to Mitchell from Our Word.



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That is making things make a lot more sense now huh? They were imbeded like a tick in a german shepard. I now see one of the main reasons that the AB did nothing about St. joans. I always wondered about one of the parish council minutes from them saying dont worry we have friends there (chancery) when they were doing their "selecting" of their new pastor.

I wonder how many more there are out there?

CDE said...

Does anyone know for certain the reason for the visitation at St. Joan's?

I'd urge a bit of caution here. I had a number of interactions with Sr. Anne, and she did not strike me as a typical St. Joaner.

Cathy_of_Alex said...

Sr. Ann was a member of SJA when I was there. I believe she taught at a Catholic school in Deephaven for a time.

There have been a small number of liberal sisters who are members of SJA. Sr. Ann was one of them. Many of them, like Sr. Ann, are up there in years.