Sr. Miriam of the Precious Blood, O.P., died on March 19, 2026. Born Patricia Gliatto in Chicago, IL, in 1937, she lived 68 years of her adventurous life as a religious.
Sr. Miriam was a trained nurse, but feeling drawn to the religious life she joined the Maryknoll Sisters in 1958. She soon decided to become a contemplative nun, and initially joined the Dominican Monastery in La Crosse, WI, in 1960. She always loved helping people and had a missionary heart, despite her cloistered calling, and helped at the Corpus Christi Monastery in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1978-1981. After that experience, she joined us in Lufkin in 1981. In 1999, she again went on a mission, helping to found the Queen of Peace Monastery, which is now in Squamish, Canada. She always used to say, “Join the cloister. See the world.”
Throughout her time with us, she served in many roles, including sacristan, librarian, helping in the Guild, and as organist. But we’ll mostly remember her for her joyful personality. She was known to charm everyone she met.
A rosary will be held for Sr. Miriam in the Monastery Chapel at 7:00 PM, Monday, March 23, 2026. The funeral Mass with be celebrated by the Most Rev. John Gregory Kelly at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, with internment in the Monastery cemetery immediately following the Mass.
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