February 11, 1944 – April 14, 2026
Gabriel Mathlin and Urith Cromarty welcomed the gift of a precious Gem on February 11, 1944. She was baptized on March 26, 1944 and was given the name Elizabeth Gloria Atherley Corah.
She attended the St. John’s R.C. School and was an active member of the St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church. Her active involvement in the Catholic Youth Organisation, along with the loving guidance and strong faith of her grandmother, Nen, she was introduced to Jesus at an early age. This spiritual foundation nurtured a deep and personal relationship with Christ and eventually inspired within her a sincere desire to serve God more faithfully.
In following that desire to serve God more faithfully, Elizabeth Gloria Atherley Corah entered the convent of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother in Barbados on January 31, 1961. She was invested or received the sister’s habit on August 12, 1961. She made her first vows on August 12, 1963, and her final commitment on August 12, 1970. Elizabeth Gloria Atherley Corah was given the religious name Sr. Mary Angela of the Immaculate Conception.
Sister Mary Angela celebrated her 25th Jubilee in 1988 here in Grenada, her 50th Jubilee in 2013 in Wisconsin and in Grenada, and her 60th Jubilee in 2023 here in Gouyave.
She pursued her higher education at the Barbados Community College, where she attended classes from 1969 to 1978. In 1979, she successfully completed the G.E.D. examinations through the University of the State of New York.
She also attended Teachers College, Caribbean Ecumenical Program for Youth Leaders as part of her ongoing formation and leadership development. From 1981 to 1983, she studied at the Pontificia Università Urbaniana, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Missionary Catechesis with distinction and was named Valedictorian of her graduating class.
In addition, she received a certificate in Religious Formation from the Catholic Theological Union after completing their program from August 2014 to May 2015 in preparation for her role as Postulant Director.
Sister Mary Angela truly embodied a life of loving and dedicated service. She served as a teacher at the Holy Family School in 1963 to 1967 and likewise at the St. Rose Modern Secondary School from 1968 to 1975.
She served as SSM Area Councillor of the Caribbean Area from February 1984 to 1986.
She served as Resident chaplain at the New Life Organization Grenada from September 1, 1992, to June 1993.
Trainer of Catechists from January 1999 to January 2001 in the Diocese of St. George’s in Grenada.
She served as Administrator for the Franciscan Institute for Personal and Family Development in St. Lucia from January 2001 to March 2003. Additionally, she served as Director of Catechists in St. Lucia from February 2002 to March 2003.
She returned to the Diocese of St. Georges in Grenada and held the position of Directress of Catechists from March 2003 to March 2016.
She also held the position of Postulant Director form April 1, 2010, to December 31, 2011, and again from March 2016 to June 2017.
Sr. Mary Angela served a member of the US/Caribbean Multicultural Committee and the Committee for the Canonical Revision of our Constitution. She attended many of our SSM General Assemblies in Rome.
She served and lived community in Wisconsin, USA, Palmiste Vieux Fort, St. Lucia, Crochu St. Andrews, St. Martin Retreat Center, Mt. St. Ervans St Andrew’s and St. Rose Convent, Gouyave, St. John’s.
Sr. Mary Angela had health challenges for several years. During her latter years, she suffered from severe dryness of her skin due to kidney malfunction. She was hospitalized on April 11, 2026. On April 14, 2026, she was called to her Creator.
Funeral mass to celebrate her life was held on May 14, 2026, at St. Peter’s R.C. Church, Gouyave, St. John, Grenada. She was laid to rest in the sister’s private plot at the Douglaston cemetery, Gouyave, St. John.
The Congregation of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, together with the family, friends, and all whose lives Sr. Mary Angela has touched, give thanks to God for the gift of her life. Her years of faithful religious life were marked by generosity, humility, prayer, and dedicated service to God’s people.
Confident in the promise of the Resurrection, we commend her soul to the loving mercy of God. May the angels lead you my dearest sister into paradise and may your legacy of faithful witness continue to inspire generations to come.
Submitted by Sr. Delia Marie Monrose