Sister Christine Diensberg, OSF
Funeral Mass for Sister Christine Diensberg, OSF, 81, who died Wednesday, March 2, was celebrated Monday, March 7 at the convent of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity in Stella Niagara, New York. Burial was in the sisters’ cemetery.
She was born on Oct. 27, 1940 in Buffalo, New York to the late Robert and Rose (Bilger) Diensberg.
She became a member of the Stella Niagara Franciscan sisters on Aug. 30, 1959 and professed her vows on Aug, 18, 1962, taking the name Sister Mary Chiara.
In the Diocese of Columbus, she was a teacher at New Lexington St. Aloysius Academy from 1966 to 1969. She also was a teacher and pastoral minister in the Diocese of Wheeling/Charleston, West Virginia.
Most of her service was in the Diocese of Buffalo as a teacher, parish and campus minister, tutor, occupational therapist, activities coordinator and mental health worker. She retired from full-time ministry in 2007 but was a volunteer for several organizations and had been in residence at the Stella Niagara Health Center since 2011.
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