BETHLEHEM – Mother Perpetua (née Laura) Giampietro O.S.B., 69, a member of the Abbey of Regina Laudis, died Feb. 7, 2019, after a long illness.
She loved liturgy and Gregorian chant and served as mistress of ceremonies. An accomplished potter, she taught pottery to community members and interns. She was a gifted seamstress, worked in the monastic Infirmary, and started the Abbey’s compost department. Mother Perpetua heroically battled early onset Alzheimer’s disease for the last ten years of her life.
Laura Catherine Antoinette was born in Washington, D.C., the second of 11 children to Daphne and Professor Alexander Giampietro, an internationally-regarded sculptor and ceramic artist who taught at Catholic University of America. Professor and Mrs. Giampietro instilled in their children a love of beauty, striving to make art and music a part of everyday life.
Mother Perpetua is survived by her monastic community; her mother, Daphne; her siblings, Matilda, Isabelle and her husband, George, Joseph and his wife, Sharon, Mary and her husband, Larry, Frances, Martha, Charles and his wife, Rosellyn, Rev. Father Anthony C.S.B., Teresa and her husband, Mickey, and Gordon and his wife, Mia; and beloved nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her father, Alexander.
The loving care of Mother by the nurses and staff of the Lutheran Home and Hartford HealthCare at Home-Hospice Care is gratefully acknowledged.
Calling hours will be Sunday from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the Abbey Church Jesu Fili Mariae, 15 Robert Leather Road, Bethlehem, followed by Vespers, and on Monday at 9 a.m. followed by requiem Mass at 10 a.m. and burial in the Abbey cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations to New Horizons Renovation Project would be gratefully accepted online or c/o The Abbey of Regina Laudis, 273 Flanders Road, Bethlehem, CT 06751.
Please visit abbeyofreginalaudis.org, or berginfuneralhome.com for more information and Mother Perpetua’s life story.
She loved liturgy and Gregorian chant and served as mistress of ceremonies. An accomplished potter, she taught pottery to community members and interns. She was a gifted seamstress, worked in the monastic Infirmary, and started the Abbey’s compost department. Mother Perpetua heroically battled early onset Alzheimer’s disease for the last ten years of her life.
Laura Catherine Antoinette was born in Washington, D.C., the second of 11 children to Daphne and Professor Alexander Giampietro, an internationally-regarded sculptor and ceramic artist who taught at Catholic University of America. Professor and Mrs. Giampietro instilled in their children a love of beauty, striving to make art and music a part of everyday life.
Mother Perpetua is survived by her monastic community; her mother, Daphne; her siblings, Matilda, Isabelle and her husband, George, Joseph and his wife, Sharon, Mary and her husband, Larry, Frances, Martha, Charles and his wife, Rosellyn, Rev. Father Anthony C.S.B., Teresa and her husband, Mickey, and Gordon and his wife, Mia; and beloved nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her father, Alexander.
The loving care of Mother by the nurses and staff of the Lutheran Home and Hartford HealthCare at Home-Hospice Care is gratefully acknowledged.
Calling hours will be Sunday from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the Abbey Church Jesu Fili Mariae, 15 Robert Leather Road, Bethlehem, followed by Vespers, and on Monday at 9 a.m. followed by requiem Mass at 10 a.m. and burial in the Abbey cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations to New Horizons Renovation Project would be gratefully accepted online or c/o The Abbey of Regina Laudis, 273 Flanders Road, Bethlehem, CT 06751.
Please visit abbeyofreginalaudis.org, or berginfuneralhome.com for more information and Mother Perpetua’s life story.
BETHLEHEM – Mother Perpetua (née Laura) Giampietro O.S.B., 69, a member of the Abbey of Regina Laudis, died Feb. 7, 2019, after a long illness.
She loved liturgy and Gregorian chant and served as mistress of ceremonies. An accomplished potter, she taught pottery to community members and interns. She was a gifted seamstress, worked in the monastic Infirmary, and started the Abbey’s compost department. Mother Perpetua heroically battled early onset Alzheimer’s disease for the last ten years of her life.
Laura Catherine Antoinette was born in Washington, D.C., the second of 11 children to Daphne and Professor Alexander Giampietro, an internationally-regarded sculptor and ceramic artist who taught at Catholic University of America. Professor and Mrs. Giampietro instilled in their children a love of beauty, striving to make art and music a part of everyday life.
Mother Perpetua is survived by her monastic community; her mother, Daphne; her siblings, Matilda, Isabelle and her husband, George, Joseph and his wife, Sharon, Mary and her husband, Larry, Frances, Martha, Charles and his wife, Rosellyn, Rev. Father Anthony C.S.B., Teresa and her husband, Mickey, and Gordon and his wife, Mia; and beloved nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her father, Alexander.
The loving care of Mother by the nurses and staff of the Lutheran Home and Hartford HealthCare at Home-Hospice Care is gratefully acknowledged.
Calling hours will be Sunday from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the Abbey Church Jesu Fili Mariae, 15 Robert Leather Road, Bethlehem, followed by Vespers, and on Monday at 9 a.m. followed by requiem Mass at 10 a.m. and burial in the Abbey cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations to New Horizons Renovation Project would be gratefully accepted online or c/o The Abbey of Regina Laudis, 273 Flanders Road, Bethlehem, CT 06751.
Please visit abbeyofreginalaudis.org, or berginfuneralhome.com for more information and Mother Perpetua’s life story.
She loved liturgy and Gregorian chant and served as mistress of ceremonies. An accomplished potter, she taught pottery to community members and interns. She was a gifted seamstress, worked in the monastic Infirmary, and started the Abbey’s compost department. Mother Perpetua heroically battled early onset Alzheimer’s disease for the last ten years of her life.
Laura Catherine Antoinette was born in Washington, D.C., the second of 11 children to Daphne and Professor Alexander Giampietro, an internationally-regarded sculptor and ceramic artist who taught at Catholic University of America. Professor and Mrs. Giampietro instilled in their children a love of beauty, striving to make art and music a part of everyday life.
Mother Perpetua is survived by her monastic community; her mother, Daphne; her siblings, Matilda, Isabelle and her husband, George, Joseph and his wife, Sharon, Mary and her husband, Larry, Frances, Martha, Charles and his wife, Rosellyn, Rev. Father Anthony C.S.B., Teresa and her husband, Mickey, and Gordon and his wife, Mia; and beloved nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her father, Alexander.
The loving care of Mother by the nurses and staff of the Lutheran Home and Hartford HealthCare at Home-Hospice Care is gratefully acknowledged.
Calling hours will be Sunday from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the Abbey Church Jesu Fili Mariae, 15 Robert Leather Road, Bethlehem, followed by Vespers, and on Monday at 9 a.m. followed by requiem Mass at 10 a.m. and burial in the Abbey cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations to New Horizons Renovation Project would be gratefully accepted online or c/o The Abbey of Regina Laudis, 273 Flanders Road, Bethlehem, CT 06751.
Please visit abbeyofreginalaudis.org, or berginfuneralhome.com for more information and Mother Perpetua’s life story.
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