ELNISKY Sr. Mary Clare (Dorothy Alice) OSC, Poor Clare Nun for 69 years, passed away on August 11, 2023. She entered Religious Life in 1954 and professed her final vows in 1960. Loving daughter of the late Joseph and Sophie Elnisky of Wilson, CT. She is survived by her beloved nieces and nephews.
Sister was a founding member of the Foundation of a new Poor Clare Monastery, made in Kiryu, Japan in 1961, where she served for 11 years. Sister returned to the States in 1972, and the Monastery in Jamaica Plain, MA.
A visitation will be held at the Monastery of St. Clare, 920 Centre St. Jamaica Plain on Thursday, August 17th from 9:00-10:30am. Sister’s Funeral Mass will occur in the Monastery Chapel at 10:30am. Interment Mt. Benedict Cemetery, West Roxbury. After the burial there will be a luncheon at the Monastery of St. Clare.