Sister Mary Benitia Schatz, SSND
(née Margaret Mary Schatz)
First Profession July 25, 1929
Motherhouse
Baltimore, Maryland
A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Mary Benitia Schatz, S.S.N.D., a music teacher, will be offered at 10:00 a.m. today Villa Assumpta, 6401 N. Charles St.
Sister Benitia, who was living at the Maria Health Center at Villa Assumpta, the motherhouse of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, died Friday of a blood clot, following a long illness. She was 86.
She was born Margaret Mary Schatz, a daughter of George and Mary Ellen Doyle Schatz of Catonsville.
In 1910, she began her Roman Catholic education at St. Mark's Catholic School in Catonsville. Seventy-five years later, she ended her teaching career there.
As a child, she excelled in music. She later studied the subject at Catholic University in Washington, receiving her bachelor's degree in 1937 and her master's degree in 1943.
In 1925, she entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame order.
Sister Benitia began her teaching career in 1927 at St. John's Catholic School in Frederick.
She joined the faculty of the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore in 1937. For 16 years, she taught music, led the high school choir, organized recitals and instructed candidates for the order.
In 1953, she returned to St. Mark's Catholic School. She taught music there until retiring in 1985.
During her teaching career, Sister Benitia composed several choir pieces and also gave private piano and organ lessons. She organized hundreds of school performances, liturgical services and piano recitals.
She is survived by a sister, Helen Schatz of Baltimore; a nephew and several nieces.
Her order has suggested contributions be made to the Retirement Fund of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, 6401 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21212.
(newspaper obit, info supplied by School Sisters of Notre Dame, Baltimore Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
(née Margaret Mary Schatz)
First Profession July 25, 1929
Motherhouse
Baltimore, Maryland
A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Mary Benitia Schatz, S.S.N.D., a music teacher, will be offered at 10:00 a.m. today Villa Assumpta, 6401 N. Charles St.
Sister Benitia, who was living at the Maria Health Center at Villa Assumpta, the motherhouse of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, died Friday of a blood clot, following a long illness. She was 86.
She was born Margaret Mary Schatz, a daughter of George and Mary Ellen Doyle Schatz of Catonsville.
In 1910, she began her Roman Catholic education at St. Mark's Catholic School in Catonsville. Seventy-five years later, she ended her teaching career there.
As a child, she excelled in music. She later studied the subject at Catholic University in Washington, receiving her bachelor's degree in 1937 and her master's degree in 1943.
In 1925, she entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame order.
Sister Benitia began her teaching career in 1927 at St. John's Catholic School in Frederick.
She joined the faculty of the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore in 1937. For 16 years, she taught music, led the high school choir, organized recitals and instructed candidates for the order.
In 1953, she returned to St. Mark's Catholic School. She taught music there until retiring in 1985.
During her teaching career, Sister Benitia composed several choir pieces and also gave private piano and organ lessons. She organized hundreds of school performances, liturgical services and piano recitals.
She is survived by a sister, Helen Schatz of Baltimore; a nephew and several nieces.
Her order has suggested contributions be made to the Retirement Fund of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, 6401 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21212.
(newspaper obit, info supplied by School Sisters of Notre Dame, Baltimore Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
Sister Mary Benitia Schatz, SSND
(née Margaret Mary Schatz)
First Profession July 25, 1929
Motherhouse
Baltimore, Maryland
A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Mary Benitia Schatz, S.S.N.D., a music teacher, will be offered at 10:00 a.m. today Villa Assumpta, 6401 N. Charles St.
Sister Benitia, who was living at the Maria Health Center at Villa Assumpta, the motherhouse of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, died Friday of a blood clot, following a long illness. She was 86.
She was born Margaret Mary Schatz, a daughter of George and Mary Ellen Doyle Schatz of Catonsville.
In 1910, she began her Roman Catholic education at St. Mark's Catholic School in Catonsville. Seventy-five years later, she ended her teaching career there.
As a child, she excelled in music. She later studied the subject at Catholic University in Washington, receiving her bachelor's degree in 1937 and her master's degree in 1943.
In 1925, she entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame order.
Sister Benitia began her teaching career in 1927 at St. John's Catholic School in Frederick.
She joined the faculty of the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore in 1937. For 16 years, she taught music, led the high school choir, organized recitals and instructed candidates for the order.
In 1953, she returned to St. Mark's Catholic School. She taught music there until retiring in 1985.
During her teaching career, Sister Benitia composed several choir pieces and also gave private piano and organ lessons. She organized hundreds of school performances, liturgical services and piano recitals.
She is survived by a sister, Helen Schatz of Baltimore; a nephew and several nieces.
Her order has suggested contributions be made to the Retirement Fund of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, 6401 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21212.
(newspaper obit, info supplied by School Sisters of Notre Dame, Baltimore Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
(née Margaret Mary Schatz)
First Profession July 25, 1929
Motherhouse
Baltimore, Maryland
A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Mary Benitia Schatz, S.S.N.D., a music teacher, will be offered at 10:00 a.m. today Villa Assumpta, 6401 N. Charles St.
Sister Benitia, who was living at the Maria Health Center at Villa Assumpta, the motherhouse of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, died Friday of a blood clot, following a long illness. She was 86.
She was born Margaret Mary Schatz, a daughter of George and Mary Ellen Doyle Schatz of Catonsville.
In 1910, she began her Roman Catholic education at St. Mark's Catholic School in Catonsville. Seventy-five years later, she ended her teaching career there.
As a child, she excelled in music. She later studied the subject at Catholic University in Washington, receiving her bachelor's degree in 1937 and her master's degree in 1943.
In 1925, she entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame order.
Sister Benitia began her teaching career in 1927 at St. John's Catholic School in Frederick.
She joined the faculty of the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore in 1937. For 16 years, she taught music, led the high school choir, organized recitals and instructed candidates for the order.
In 1953, she returned to St. Mark's Catholic School. She taught music there until retiring in 1985.
During her teaching career, Sister Benitia composed several choir pieces and also gave private piano and organ lessons. She organized hundreds of school performances, liturgical services and piano recitals.
She is survived by a sister, Helen Schatz of Baltimore; a nephew and several nieces.
Her order has suggested contributions be made to the Retirement Fund of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, 6401 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21212.
(newspaper obit, info supplied by School Sisters of Notre Dame, Baltimore Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
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