Sr. Marion Michael Beagen, OP
September 9, 1930 ~ May 30, 2023
Sister Marion Michael Beagen, OP of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, died omMay 30, 2023 at St Catherine of Siena Healthcare Center in Caldwell, NJ. Shewas 92 years of age.The daughter of the late Michael Joseph and Marion Hein Beagen she was bornSeptember 9, 1930 in Jersey City, New Jersey.Sister Marion Michael entered the novitiate of the Dominican Sisters ofNewburgh, New York 1956, made her First Profession June 13, 1958, and FinalProfession August 21, 1961.
She earned Master's degrees in Religion fromLaSalle University and in Christian Spirituality from Creighton University.Sister Marion Michael taught at Saint Anthony School in Hawthorne NJ (1958-60), Saint Rose School inHaddon Heights, NJ (1960-61), Sacred Heart School in Camden, NJ (1961-62), Holy Trinity School inPassaic, NJ (1962-64), Saints Peter & Paul School in Trenton, NJ (1964-70), Saint Mary School inNewburgh, NY (1970-71), and Sacred Heart School in Newburgh, NY (1971-72). Sister also was directorof religious education while at Saint Mary's and Sacred Heart in Newburgh, NY. Sister was full-timedirector of religious education at Sacred Heart in Newburgh, NY (1972-79) at Star of the Sea Parish inLong Branch, NJ (1979-81), and at St. Ann's Parish in Nyack, NY (1981-85). She was attendance secretaryat the Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento, CA (1985-86). She returned to the northeast andtaught Religion at Franciscan High School in Mohegan Lake, NY (1986-88). She then moved to MountSaint Mary College in Newburgh, NY where she was college specialist in children's literature at the library.Sister Marion Michael retired and moved to Meadowview at the Wartburg in Mt. Vernon, NY December2014.
Sister Marion Michael is predeceased by her parents and her brother, Michael Joseph Beagen. She issurvived by her Dominican Sisters of Hope; her brother William; her nieces,Patricia Beagen and Eileen Daniel; and her nephew, Michael Beagen; and their families.
A celebration of Sister Marion Michael's life will take place on Friday June 9, 2023 at the DominicanCenter, in the Chapel of the Most Holy Rosary, at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. The viewingwill take place starting at 9:15 a.m. followed by a wake service at 10:15 a.m., and Mass of ChristianBurial at 11:00 a.m. Immediately following the liturgy, Sister will be buried in the Dominican Sisters ofHope Cemetery on the grounds of Mount Saint Mary College.
Donations in Sisters memory can be made to the Dominican Sisters of Hope Development Office, 299North Highland Ave, Ossining, NY 10562.