Sister Spotlight

Catherine Fitzgibbon grew up in Holy Name parish in Brooklyn and attended the parish elementary school. It was there she met the Sisters of St. Joseph. She was taught by them again at Bishop McDonnell HS. Catherine can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to become a Sister. Since the Sisters of St. Joseph were the ones she knew best, when it was time, she entered the congregation.

At age fifteen, Catherine had begun to work at the New York Life Insurance Company. By the time she was leaving to enter the convent in 1954, her organizational skills and business sense had brought her to the role of supervisor. As a farewell gift, New York Life gave her the trunk and all the necessary supplies it held that Sisters were required to bring. So, Catherine left her business career to follow her desire to enter the Novitiate. At Reception, she received the religious name Sister Timothy Marie.