Sister Mary Jude Clark, O.S.B., a Benedictine Sister of Sacred Heart Monastery in Cullman, AL, died Thursday, July 28, 2016, at the monastery, at the age of 88.
Vespers for the Dead will be prayed Monday, August 1, 2016, at 5 p.m. in Sacred Heart Monastery Chapel in Cullman, followed by Visitation until 8 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, August 2, at 3 p.m. with Fr. Marcus Voss, O.S.B., presiding and Abbot Victor Clark, O.S.B., concelebrating. Interment in the monastery cemetery will follow.
Born in 1927 in Cullman to Marcus Rene and Anna Maria (Schwann) Clark, Sister Mary Jude was baptized at Sacred Heart Church and educated at Sacred Heart School and Sacred Heart Academy in Cullman. She entered Sacred Heart Monastery in Cullman in 1945 and made her Perpetual Monastic Profession in 1950.
Sister Mary Jude was preceded in death by her parents; by brothers Rene Marcus Clark and Patrick Hervey Clark; and by her sisters Catherine Clark Voss, Ida Mae Clark Cleghorn, Ruth Clark Germann, and Margaret Clark Kauffman.
Survivors include her Benedictine Sisters; her brother Abbot Victor Clark, O.S.B. of St. Bernard Abbey; brother-in-law Deacon Al Germann; sister-in-law Mary Clark; and numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Benedictine Sisters of Cullman, AL, 916 Convent Rd., Cullman, AL, 35055
