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Sister Mary Dolores Giblin, SND

June 4, 1937 — April 23, 2022

Dolores was born to George and Lucy (Brigger) Giblin, their third and youngest child.  Dolores had an older brother, Paul, and an older sister, Rita, along with a half-brother, Richard.  Most of her childhood was spent in Carthage, a neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Here she first met the Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Charles School and experienced an early attraction to religious life.

After two years at Our Lady of Angels High School, Dolores entered the Notre Dame Aspirant School and transferred to Notre Dame Academy, Covington, Kentucky.  She entered the community on February 2, 1955, and made her profession of vows on August 17, 1957.  She received her Bachelor of Arts at Edgecliff College in Cincinnati, and her Master of Education at Northern Kentucky University. 

Sister Padraic, as she was called then, spent ten years teaching elementary grades and four years at Bishop Brossart High School in Alexandria, Kentucky; however, most of her professional life was at Notre Dame Academy, thirty years as instructor of art, history, and social studies, and a decade as archivist. In pursuit of academic and spiritual growth, she traveled to Russia, India, and El Salvador.  In 1990, she returned to her baptismal name, Sister Dolores.  Outside the classroom she was engaged in significant out-reach activities.  She co-chaired the Ladies’ Retreat Team at St. Joseph Heights. She also participated in the jail ministry called Exodus. She was known for starting support groups for families of the incarcerated.  Furthermore, she worked in the NDA alumnae office, and wrote an interesting blog for the alumnae newsletter.

Sister Dolores described herself as grateful, earnest, and humorous.  Her sisters would affirm those traits, emphasizing the humor and adding a flare for dramatics.  Her quips and recitations would have the sisters in stitches.  In addition, companions knew her to be deeply prayerful and very devoted to God. 

As her health deteriorated, Sister Mary Dolores moved to St. Joseph Heights in 2018, soon transferring to the health care unit.  She went home to God very peacefully on April 23, 2022.  She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings. She is survived by her beloved nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews.

Visitation will begin at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at St. Joseph Heights, with the wake service at 5:00 PM.  The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 7:00 PM in the convent chapel. Interment in the convent cemetery will follow the 8:30 AM Mass on Thursday, April 28, 2022.

Memorials are requested to The Sisters of Notre Dame, Covington, Kentucky.


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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

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