Restoration
Projects
Contact
Info.
Outreach
Weddings
Other Links
Sister Maura Murphy
Maura made her religious profession in 1949, after which she taught for several years and became a principal at St. John's High School in San Francisco. She also served as Superior at the Ursuline Convent in Santa Rosa, California. She then held the position as Provincial of the Western Province encompassing Alaska, Montana, Idaho, and California. After completing this assignment, she went into Parish Ministry.
In 1992 Sister Maura moved to the Pacific north Coast in Parish Ministry (for which we are eternally grateful).
Sister Celeste Dempsey
Celeste taught Santa Rosa and Novato, California and also taught in Alaska. She then became connected with the Sister's Religious Formation. Celeste served as Provincial of the Western Province just prior to Sister Maura after which she served as Administrator at Ursuline.
In 1992, just eight months after Sister Maura, Celeste moved to the Pacific North Coast.
Sister's Maura and Celeste have become, in the words of Lisa Walters (writer for the Independent Coastal Observer) the "Coast's Hidden Strengths". In addition to teaching and "Normal Parish Ministry", they manage the Good Buy Clothes Store.