Sister Mary Andrew Hooper, SSCJ. Sister Mary Andrew Hooper, age 61, a perpetually professed Sister of the Congregation of Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, entered into eternal life on Thursday, August 13, 2026, at Garvey Manor Nursing Home, Hollidaysburg, PA, after 37 years of religious life.
Sister Mary Andrew was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 7, 1964, to John Patrick and Marie (Donahue) Hooper, and was given the name Mary Aileen.
Sister Mary Andrew was a graduate of Carrick High School in Pittsburgh. She went on to achieve a degree in Applied Science in Leadership Technology from Cambria County Community College.
Sister Mary Andrew entered the Congregation of Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on September 25, 1988. She made her first profession on June 29, 1991, and her perpetual profession on June 29, 1996, in Cresson, PA. She celebrated the silver jubilee of her religious life on June 4, 2016, at St. Francis Xavier Church in Cresson, PA.
Since October 15, 2007, she belonged to the local house community of St Maximilian Kolbe at the province house of her sisters in Cresson.
Sister Mary Andrew served in the field of personal care in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown where she worked at Bishop Pelczar Manor in Johnstown and later at John Paul II Manor in Cresson, where she was the first administrator and provincial econome, as well as working with province development on the golf committee. Sister held these offices until she suffered a stroke on September 12, 2020.
Since October 13, 2020, Sister Mary Andrew resided at Garvey Manor. The Sacred Heart Sisters and the family of Sr. Mary Andrew are most grateful to the Carmelites of the Aged and Infirm and their caring staff at Garvey Manor for the exceptional care they provided over the last six years.
In addition to her deceased religious Sisters and parents, Sister was preceded in death by her twin sister, Kathleen Pujol.
Sister is survived by her stepmother Carole Hooper, and siblings – James (Janene) Hooper, Trish (Julian Neiser) Hooper, JoAnne (Bryan) Concannon, brother-in-law Raymond Pujol and beloved nieces and nephews.
A viewing for Sister Mary Andrew will be held in the lobby of John Paul II Manor, 856 Cambria St., Cresson on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, from 2:00 to 4:00PM and 6:00 to 8:00PM, Vigil prayers for the deceased will be offered at 7:30PM on Tuesday by Most Rev. Mark L. Bartchak, Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown.
On Wednesday morning, August 19, 2026, funeral services will begin from the John Paul II Manor lobby at 10:00 AM, followed by transferal of Sister’s body to the Church of St. Francis Xavier, 211 Powell Ave, Cresson. Rosary for the deceased will be prayed at 10:30AM, followed by a Mass of Chrisitan Burial at 11:00AM with celebrant and homilist, Rev. Fr. Leo F. Arnone, Sr. Mary Andrew’s pastor and friend.
Burial will follow in the Sisters of the Sacred Heart section of Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery, Route 53 North, Cresson Township.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sr. Mary Andrew’s memory to John Paul II Manor, 856 Cambria St., Cresson, PA 16630.
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