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Sr Aileen Cohalan

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Sr Aileen Cohalan

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
28 May 2000 (aged 99)
Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Burial
Albany, Albany County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.6294583, Longitude: -73.77365
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The Milwaukee Sentinel - Oct 20, 1930

Aileen Cohalan to become nun. Daughter of former New York judge, for whom Herbert named play, will take veil.

New York, Oct 19 (AP) Miss Aileen Cohalan, daughter of Daniel F Cohalan, formerly a justice of the Supreme Court, will take vows Monday as a nun in the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, at the convent at Kenwood, near Albany, New York.

Four of her aunts are nuns and an uncle is a priest. The Right Reverend Daniel Cohalan, bishop of Cork, Ireland, is her father's second cousin.

Miss Cohalan, who is a college graduate, has spent much of her time in social work. Victor Herbert's musical play Aileen is named for her.

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Mother Cohalan, RSCJ, was the Director of the Pius X School of Liturgical Music at Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart for several years as well as a lecturer in music at Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Newton, MA.

Mother Cohalan initiated the plan and organization of the Pius X Hymnal, published by McLaughlin and Reilly in 1953.

Requiescat in pace!

Cor unum et anima una in Corde Jesu.
The Milwaukee Sentinel - Oct 20, 1930

Aileen Cohalan to become nun. Daughter of former New York judge, for whom Herbert named play, will take veil.

New York, Oct 19 (AP) Miss Aileen Cohalan, daughter of Daniel F Cohalan, formerly a justice of the Supreme Court, will take vows Monday as a nun in the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, at the convent at Kenwood, near Albany, New York.

Four of her aunts are nuns and an uncle is a priest. The Right Reverend Daniel Cohalan, bishop of Cork, Ireland, is her father's second cousin.

Miss Cohalan, who is a college graduate, has spent much of her time in social work. Victor Herbert's musical play Aileen is named for her.

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Mother Cohalan, RSCJ, was the Director of the Pius X School of Liturgical Music at Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart for several years as well as a lecturer in music at Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Newton, MA.

Mother Cohalan initiated the plan and organization of the Pius X Hymnal, published by McLaughlin and Reilly in 1953.

Requiescat in pace!

Cor unum et anima una in Corde Jesu.


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