Sister Chiara Marie Stimpfle, a Sister of Christian Charity of the North American Province, professed her final vows on Aug. 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, during a Mass celebrated by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney in the chapel of the sisters’ Mallinckrodt Convent in Mendham, N.J.
Sister Stimpfle is a 5th grade teacher at Divine Mercy Academy in Rockaway, N.J. She earned her teaching certification from DeSales University in Valley Center, Penn., and a master’s degree in the art of teaching from Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Penn.
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Before entering the Sisters of Christian Charity, Sister Stimpfle taught 5th grade in the Allentown Diocese. She later served as a co-teacher at the School of St. Elizabeth in Bernardsville, N.J., and as a middle school and 5th grade teacher at St. Jude School in Mountain Top, Penn.
Sister Stimpfle enjoys riding her bicycle, hiking, and writing stories.
On social media, St. Isidore Parish in Quakertown, Penn., posted that it “rejoices today, as our own parish daughter made her solemn perpetual vows as a Consecrated Religious Sister among the congregation of the Sisters of Christian Charity.”
“We congratulate sister, her family, and her religious community, and assure them of our continuing prayers on this most blessed day!” St. Isidore’s posted.
