Sister Maurilia Sierra, born on December 16, 1929, in San Antonio, Texas, went home peacefully to the Lord on January 19, 2017. She was a Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for 60 years.

On July 25, 1956, Sister Maurilia made her Religious Profession of Vows in San Antonio, Texas and celebrated her 60th anniversary as a Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on July 25, 2016. Sr. Maurilia was conferred the Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Incarnate Word College. Upon completion of studies at Baptist Memorial Hospital she was licensed as a registered nurse and thereafter, she obtained her license as a nursing home administrator.

She spent her religious life witnessing God's tenderness and compassion as a nurse, nursing home administrator, and in the 1960s she was sent by her religious congregation to be a missionary in Africa in NORTH CAMEROON in the ministry of nursing, among other Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She spent eight years in the Rio Grande Valley as Director of Nurses and Nursing Home Administrator of the San Juan Nursing Home. She served her religious congregation as a general councilor in Paris FRANCE, and as provincial councilor in the province of Texas, USA. She was formation director of novices in Mexico City and spent the remaining years of active ministry as a nurse in service to the sick and elder Sisters of Texas province.

She will be remembered for her gracious smile, compassionate care, and she made visible the living presence of God to all she met by loving and serving others with the Heart of God. Through her religious consecration, Sr. Maurilia Sierra opened her heart to the infinite riches of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and faithfully witnessed the charism of the congregation to be near to all who suffer with the tenderness and merciful love of the Heart of God.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Abundio and Maria Ricarda (Savedra) Sierra; sisters, Catalina De La Pena, and Velia Mendoza. She is survived by her sister, Maria de Jesus Sierra; brothers, Ruben and Richard Sierra, and numerous other relatives and her Religious Sisters.

FUNERAL SERVICES

Visitation will begin on Sunday, January 22, at 3:00 PM at

The Angelus Chapel

with Rosary to be recited at 5:00 PM

Funeral Mass will be offered on Monday, January 23, at

10:00 AM at Holy Spirit Catholic Church

Interment will follow in the

Cemetery of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:

Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

11931 Radium

San Antonio, Texas 78216