A “deeply saddened” Notre Dame Academy community announced that Sr. Mary Reina Arlinghaus passed away on May 22.
Born in 1917, Sr. Mary Reina was an art teacher at Notre Dame Academy for 50 years.
Services will be Wednesday, May 25 at St. Joseph Heights at 4 p.m. with a wake service at 5 p.m. and
Mass of Christian Burial at 7 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Church in Ft. Mitchell.
Interment will follow 8:30 a.m.
Mass will be held at the Provincial Center Chapel on Thursday morning, May 26, in the convent cemetery.
Memorials are requested to:
Sr. Reina Scholarship Fund
Notre Dame Academy
1699 Hilton Drive
Park Hills, Kentucky 41011-2796
The Notre Dame Academy ask: “Please keep Sr. Reina and all her family, friends and Notre Dame sisters in your prayers. We pray in a special way for her family on the 4th floor; Sr. Dolores, Sr. Mary Ethel, Sr. Rachel, Sr. Paul Ann and Sr. Walter Ann. May God’s love fill their hearts with comfort and peace.
“Sr. Mary Reina was truly an amazing and dear woman who was God’s goodness to us all. Please keep Sr. Reina, her family, friends and Notre Dame sisters in your prayers. May Sr. Reina rest in God’s peace. Heaven just got even more beautiful!”
Here is a little background about Sr. Reina from the NDA Heritage Blog:
“Sister Mary Reina Arlinghaus served on the faculty at NDA from 1947 to 1997 as Art teacher. Aspects of daily maintenance of the school plant were also on her agenda for those years. Her service to the school and her influence certainly did not end as those 50 years drew to a close, however.
“Mentoring of a new art teacher and assisting with the Art Club kept Sister Mary Reina with the arts in the school for several more years. Up until a few weeks ago, Sister’s voice was still heard on the intercom each morning around 7:40 inviting students to join her in the chapel to begin the school day with a decade of the Rosary.
“Sister was born and raised in Cincinnati, the oldest of four children. While a girl, Mary Ethel Arlinghaus dreamed of being a nurse.
“As a teacher, Sister Mary Reina Arlinghaus brought healing to countless students and faculty over the years. This was accomplished through her gifts of encouragement, of concern for others, and of healing wounds of hurt. Her instruction in art has opened within many students the realization of their own abilities in creating beauty.”