+ Sister Gloria Ess
Sister Gloria Ess, 88, lived a long and joyful life of service, dying peacefully on September 28, 2026, on Benet Hall at St. Scholastica Monastery in her 67th year of consecrated life.
Her wake (9:45 am) and funeral Mass (10:30 am) will be on Saturday, October 3, in Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel at the Monastery, with Father Corbin Eddy presiding. Livestream begins at 9:45 a.m at https://youtube.com/live/PaewjNKaZRw?feature=share. Interment will be in Gethsemane Cemetery.
https://duluthbenedictines.org/connect/blog/sister-gloria-ess/
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