In Memoriam

IN MEMORIAM LONG BEACH, Calif -sister Cecilia Mahriam of the Holy Family, OCD, died May 5. She was 92. She was a professed Carmelite nun who had been a Chapter Sister at the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Little Flower in Jackson since Jan. 28, 1998. Sr. Cecilia Mahriam entered religious life in 1951 at the age of 27, eventually professing solemn vows on Oct. 15, 1954, at the Carmel by the Sea in Long Beach, Calif. Before her transfer to Jackson Carmel, Sister Mahriam visited numerous Carmelite monasteries with a special interest in preserving Russian liturgy with the goal of eventually returning it to Russia once the church could freely practice again. While in residence at Jackson Carmel, Sister Mahriam helped organize a Lebanese society in Mississippi. NOTE: A Funeral Mass for Sister Mahraim will be celebrat- ed at the Carmelite Monastery in Jackson Thursday, June 16, at 10 am, followed by burial at St. Joseph Cemetery in Gluckstadt. A reception will follow at St. Joseph Parish.