Sister Mary Conroy, SC (Sister Agnes Carmella), a beloved Sister of Charity, Halifax for 71 years, entered peacefully into God’s loving embrace on December 19, 2025. The daughter of the late John Joseph Conroy and Bridget (Guy) Conroy, Sister Mary was born and grew up in Saint Margaret Parish, Dorchester, MA. She was preceded in death by her brothers, John F. Conroy and his wife Gail, Thomas Conroy and his wife Margaret and Frederick Conroy. Sister Mary leaves her brother, Reverend Francis X. Conroy, and sisters, Sister Catherine Conroy, SC, Sister Lillian Conroy, SC and many cousins and friends as well as her Sisters throughout the Congregation in the United States and Canada.
Sister Mary was a gifted teacher, guidance counselor and social worker. She began her ministry in Saint Sebastian School in Woodside, NY and then at Sacred Heart School in Riverton, NJ where she served as the school’s principal. Drawn to work with the disadvantaged, Sister Mary served in Brownsville, NY teaching, visiting the home-bound and was involved in parish ministry while assisting in the guidance department of Our Lady, Help of Christians School in Brooklyn, NY. Having earned a master’s degree in counseling, she served on the Board of Education for the Brooklyn archdiocese and was later missioned to Saint Mary High School in Manhasset, NY. Sister Mary moved to Boston taking a position as Guidance Counselor for the Norton Public Schools. She returned to Saint Mary’s High School for one year before serving the next sixteen years as a college counselor at Bishop Kearney High School in Brooklyn, NY. Retiring from ministry in education, Mary volunteered as a patient advocate at Saint Francis Hospital in Port Washington, NY before coming to Mount Saint Vincent, Wellesley, MA.
Funeral Services for Sister Mary Conroy, SC will take place on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at Mount Saint Vincent, 125 Oakland Street, Wellesley, MA. Wake at 9:15 AM followed by a Prayer Service at 10:15 AM and the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:45 AM. Interment at Saint Mary Cemetery, Needham, MA immediately following the Mass. In lieu of flowers donations in memory of Sister Mary Conroy, SC may be made to the Sisters of Charity, 125 Oakland Street, Wellesley, MA 02481.