Sister Kathleen Mathilde Bahlinger

1937 - 2013  (75 years)

• Name	Kathleen Mathilde Bahlinger
  Prefix	Sister
  Nickname	Julius
  Born	31 Oct 1937	Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Jul 2013	Louisiana, USA
  Buried	Roselawn Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I291707	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Julius Andrew Bahlinger,   b. 23 Sep 1896, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 18 Jan 1981, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mathilda Mary Fabacher,   b. 29 Jun 1896, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 7 Dec 1988, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Married	11 Jul 1923	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F26645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Sr Kathleen Bahlinger Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about sponsoring this memorial... Birth: Oct. 31, 1937, USA Death: Jul. 6, 2013 Louisiana, USA Click here to print the obituary below Sister Kathleen Bahlinger, C.S.J. . Sister Kathleen Bahlinger, C.S.J. (formerly Sister Julius), a Sister of St. Joseph for 57 years, passed away unexpectedly in New Orleans on Saturday, July 6, at the age of 75. She was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the youngest daughter of the late Julius Andrew and Mathilda Fabacher Bahlinger. Sister Kathleen is survived by her sister, Barbara Bahlinger, and five brothers, Julius, Marion, Reginald, Harold and Donald Bahlinger, S.J. She was predeceased by two brothers, Vernon and Charles Bahlinger. Sister Kathleen entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in New Orleans in 1956 and professed perpetual vows in 1964. She received a B.A. in 1962 from St. Mary's Dominican College in New Orleans and did further study in liturgy at Loyola University New Orleans and earned an M.A.T.at Tulane University in New Orleans. Sister Kathleen's teaching career began in Catholic secondary education in 1961. She taught at St. Joseph's Academy in New Orleans and Baton Rouge and at Catholic High School Pointe Coupee where she was principal from 1971 to 1974. Sister Kathleen later devoted herself to adult education, first at Hope House in New Orleans in 1980 and then at St. Paul's Learning Center in Baton Rouge from 1983 to 2006. She returned to New Orleans and taught for two years at Frederick Douglass High School and for five years at St. Vincent de Paul Adult Learning Center. Sister Kathleen's commitment to social justice led her to collaborate with the late Sister Lory Schaff, CSJ in founding St. Paul's Adult Learning Center in Baton Rouge, which was modeled on Hope House. In 2003 she was presented the YWCA Racial Justice Award in Baton Rouge in honor of her significant community work. Sister Kathleen was a 1956 graduate of St. Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge where in 1877 her great-aunt, Josephine Bahlinger, was the first graduate. Visitation will be held Wednesday, July 10th, from 6 to 9 pm at Rabenhorst Funeral Home on Government Street in Baton Rouge. Visitation at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, 3912 Gus Young Ave., Baton Rouge, on Thursday, July 11, from 9 a.m. until a Mass of Christian Burial to be offered at 10 a.m. Principal celebrant will be Father Donald Bahlinger, S.J. and the eulogy will be given by Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. A memorial Mass will be offered in New Orleans at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to "Sister Kathleen's Ministry Fund;" please make checks payable to Sisters of St. Joseph c/o Sister Carolyn Brady, CSJ at 3134 Hundred Oaks Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. . Published in The Advocate from July 8 to July 10, 2013 Family links: Parents: Jules Andrew Bahlinger (1896 - 1981) Matilda Fabacher Bahlinger (1896 - 1988) Siblings: Vernon Matthew Bahlinger (1926 - 2006)* Charles Lawrence Bahlinger (1931 - 2013)* Kathleen Bahlinger (1937 - 2013) *Calculated relationship Burial: Roselawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana, USA Plot: 88-C Created by: elaine forbes/sheena haz... Record added: Jul 09, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 113563935