Sister Bernadette Naughton, CSJ

(formerly Sister Carmichael)

Died peacefully, surrounded by her sisters at St. Joseph’s Residence, 2 O’Connor Drive, Toronto, Ontario, on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in the 77th year of her religious life. She is predeceased by her parents, Michael Naughton and Mary Kent, her sister Alice and her brothers: Joseph, Raphael, John, Charles, and Peter. She will be dearly missed by her nieces, nephews and friends as well as by her sisters in community. Sister Bernadette Naughton entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto on September 8, 1939. Following her Novitiate, she pursued the nursing profession through St. Michael’s Hospital School of Nursing. Throughout her life, Sister Bernadette’s primary ministry was in healthcare.

She continued her education to meet various needs from departmental management to administration. Sister Bernadette had the gift of calling forth the best in others to collaborate with her in the pursuit of excellence in healthcare. She never tired of wanting what was best for the patient, the dear neighbour. Her personal charisma and sense of humour made her a delightful presence in the healing ministry in the Congregational hospitals and nursing homes in Toronto, Winnipeg, and Comox, British Columbia. Sister Bernadette truly lived the Gospel phrase, “Whatsoever you do to the least among you, this you do to me” (Mt. 25). Following her retirement Sister Bernadette resided at St. Joseph’s Morrow Park Infirmary, and more recently at St. Joseph’s Residence, 2 O’Connor Drive, where she prayed for the Congregation and the needs of the world. Visitation will take place at St. Joseph’s Residence, 2 O’Connor Drive, Toronto, Ontario Friday, May 6, 2016 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. with a Prayer Vigil at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. in the Chapel at 2 O’Connor Drive, Toronto, Ontario. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.