Cecilia Amelia Convery joined the convent and took the name Sister Mary Charles, OSU.

First name variations: Cecilia, Cecelia or Celia.

When her mother (Mary Faller Convery) died in 1887, Cecilia, and her brother Frank Peter, were taken in by their Aunt & Uncle in Butler, Pa., Margaret & Augustus Faller.

The 1892 Butler Directory by W. H. Armitage, lists Celia CONVERY as a boarder at 713 S. Main. This would be her Aunt Margaret and Uncle August Faller's house.

She was invested and made her profession at the Ursuline Convent in Paola, Miami, KS.

Date of Investment: 2 AUG 1899.
She entered the Ursuline Community on 17 JUL 1902.
Date of Final Profession: 18 AUG 1903.
Home Parish: St. Peter's, Butler, Butler, PA.
She celebrated her Silver Jubilee in 1924.
She celebrated her Diamond Jubilee in 1949.

Assignments for Sister Mary Charles Convery:
1902 - St. Anthony School, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1904 - St. Boniface School, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN
1913 - St. Boniface School, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1915 - St. Anthony School, Jeffersonville, Clark, IN
1916 - St. Peter School, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1920 - St. Ann School, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1921 - St. Boniface School (Principal), Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN
1927 - Ursuline Academy, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1928 - Holy Trinity School, St. Matthew's, KY
1930 - Blessed Sacrament School, Omaha, Douglas, NE
1933 - Catholic Sister's College, Washington, D. C.
1934 - Sacred Heart Academy, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1936 - Blessed Sacrament School, Omaha, Douglas, NE
1937 - St. Patrick School, Sidney, Cheyenne, NE
1938 - SS. Peter and Paul School, Cumberland, Allegany, MD
1942 - St. Patrick School, North Platte, Lincoln, NE
1943 - (Feb) Ursuline Motherhouse, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1943 - (Sep) Ursuline Academy, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1945 - Ursuline Motherhouse and Orphanage, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1946 - St. Joseph Orphanage, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1947 - St. Peter School, Columbia, Richland, SC
1949 - (Feb) Ursuline Motherhouse, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1949 - St. Francis of Assisi, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
1949 - (Dec) St. Boniface School, Louisville, Jefferson, KY

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Died at the Ursuline Motherhouse, Louisville, Jefferson, KY
Age at death: 67 years, 2 months, 17 days.

Buried in Block 9 of the Ursuline Sister's area of St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, KY.
-Source for much of the above information: Sister Amelia Dues, Archivist, Ursuline Sisters, 3115 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY 40206 Ph: 502-897-1811

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Obituary:
SISTER MARY CHARLES CONVERY
Sister Mary Charles Convery, aged 66 [actually, 67], formerly of Butler, died this morning in the Ursuline Convent, Louisville, KY. Born in Butler, a daughter of the late James and Mary Faller Convery, Sister Mary Charles was a resident of Butler until entering the convent. Last summer, she celebrated her 50th anniversary as a nun.

Surviving are a sister, Sister Mary Augustine of the Ursuline Convent, Louisville, KY.; and two brothers, Charles Convery of Evans City, R. D. 1, [Butler County, PA] and Frank Convery of Youngstown, [Mahoning County], OH. Funeral services will be held and burial made Tuesday morning in Louisville, KY.
-source: The Butler Eagle, January 28, 1950, page 3

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Information in 2002 from Blessed Sacrament School, Omaha, Nebraska:

In March 1936, the school principal, Sister Marcellina had surgery and died. Sister Charles came from Louisville to take her place. Sister Charles and Sister Marcellina must have been very close as her grief was very obvious. She helped the students handle their grief and made their graduation very special, too.