Sister Virgil (Virgilius) Fogarty, CSB, entered eternal life on Friday, October 13, 2023.  She was born in Drominagh, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland on September 21, 1930 to Denis and Annie O'Meara Fogarty.  She grew up on the family farm with her parents and three siblings, all of whom have preceded her in death.

Following her secondary education at a Brigidine School, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Brigid (Brigidines) and made her first vows on August 28, 1951.  Her first three years of ministry were spent in Windsor, England.  In 1954, just one year after the original six Brigidines came to Texas and Saint Paul School, Sr. Virgil joined them here in San Antonio.

Over the years she was a teacher at Saint Brigid's Kindergarten, Saint Paul School and Saint Luke School.  Later on she trained in Clinical Pastoral Education and took up roles in Pastoral Care both at Santa Rosa and St. Luke Baptist Hospitals.  In later years she continued to minister as a volunteer with VITAS Hospice and at the Benitia Family Center until her health required her to move to McCullough Hall Nursing Home at Our Lady of the Lake.

Sr. Virgil is survived by nieces and nephews, relatives, and friends in Ireland, as well as friends, co-workers, and past-students in Windsor and San Antonio.  She will be deeply missed by her Brigidine Sisters and their associates.

We want to extend our very sincere gratitude to the administration, nurses, and staff of McCullough Hall, for their compassionate and dedicated care of Virgil in recent years.

FUNERAL SERVICES

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Services will take place at St. Paul's Catholic Church

350 Sutton @St. Cloud

Visitation will take place at 9:00am

Rosary to be recited at 9:30am

Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00am

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Graveside Service and Interment

Holy Cross Cemetery at 2:00pm

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sr. Virgil's memory to the

Sisters of Divine Providence

McCullough Hall Nursing Home

603 SW 24th St.

San Antonio, Texas 78207