Sister Ann M. (St. Remi) Harrington, BVM
Sister Ann M. (St. Remi) Harrington, BVM, 85, of Mount Carmel Bluffs, 1160 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa, died Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
Visitation and the Rite of Committal for natural burial were Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. Burial was in the Mount Carmel Cemetery. Memorial services will be Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in the Mary Frances Clarke Chapel at Mount Carmel Bluffs. Sharing of Memories will be at 1 p.m. followed by a Memorial Mass at 2 p.m. All services are available by livestream at https://stream.prestosports.com/bvmsisters.
Sister Ann ministered as a French and history professor and director of the Liberal Studies master’s program at Mundelein College, and as a history professor and director of the Asian Studies program at Loyola University, both in Chicago. She served as a secondary teacher in Wichita, Kans., and St. Louis. She authored several books including two about the history of the BVM congregation.
“Illuminating other cultures for students was at the root of Ann’s philosophy of teaching. She made foreign languages and cultures relevant by discussing current issues in the language being learned and by relating historical events to current events. ‘I like how much it teaches us about ourselves, our culture and why we do the things we do,’ she commented.” (Eulogy.)
She was born July 15, 1939, in Milwaukee to Earl and Tonnita (Freiman) Harrington. She entered the BVM congregation Aug. 2, 1957, from Christ the King Parish, Milwaukee. She professed first vows on Feb. 3, 1960, and final vows on July16, 1965.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters Helen Harrington, Mary (Eddie) Resch, and Kathleen “Katie” Harrington; brothers Thomas (Nancy), Timothy, and Joseph Harrington. She is survived by a brother Michael Harrington, Dousman, Wis.; sister-in-law Marian “PeeWee” Harrington, Pewaukee, Wis., nieces, nephews and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 67 years.
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May Sr. Ann Harrington rest in peace and rise in glory. She was a beautiful person.
It was with great sadness that I learned of Sr. St. Remi’s (as I knew her) passing. She taught at Xavier High School in St. Louis when I was a student there. She began the Japanese language program at Xavier, so I took two years of Japanese from her (along with three years of Spanish from Sr. Kateri and four years of Latin). I don’t think it is any accident that I became a linguist, with graduate degrees in Linguistics. In the Japanese class, we had to “pick” a Japanese-sounding name. The closest I could come to my real name was “Chini Miru.” To this day, I use “Miru” as a pseudonym for social media and for a recently completed children’s book.
I owe Sr. St. Remi, and all of the nuns at Xavier, a huge debt of gratitude for all they gave me, and all of us there. Their dedication and excellent teaching prepared us well for what lay ahead of us.
Thank you, Sr. St. Remi. May you rest in peace.
All her classmates from the Holy Angels Academy, class of 1957, Milwaukee, Wi are saddened by her passing. She was a girl/woman of joy who opened her heart with kindness to all. She was humble about her many accomplishments. In our senior year I carpooled with Ann and some others so got to know her well and we kept in touch for many years. May the angels welcome one of their own into paradise.
Sr. Ann was my teacher for French and Japanese literature and culture. The class on Japanese literature and history introduces me to Japanese culture. I loved it. She was wonderful person.