Doris Bernier pm

The daughter of Rene and Henriette (Helie) Bernier, Sr. Doris was born in Manchester on June 12, 1930. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in Hudson, NH on July 25, 1948, pronounced her First vows on February 2, 1951 and Final Vows on August 15, 1956.

Sister Doris received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Rivier College in Nashua, NH. She continued her studies in Religious Education at both St. Joseph Colleges in Maine and Connecticut and received her Certification in Christian Ministry from the Ministry Institute of Notre Dame College in Manchester.

Sister Doris was a woman of exceptional competence in music and as an educator. Sister spent 32 years in ministry, teaching both Music and Junior High classes in Rhode Island and in New Hampshire. Following the closing of schools in 1983, Sr. Doris ministered as a Coordinator of the Religious Education Program and as Pastoral Associate at St. Marie's Parish in Manchester. A position which she fulfilled for 26 years with compassion and a sense of shared joy, a service to the shut-ins of the parish.

Sr. Doris was predeceased by her parents and siblings.

Family members include nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews and cousins.

A funeral Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Thursday, April 26, 2012 in St. Marie Church, 378 Notre Dame Avenue, Manchester. Burial took place in the Presentation of Mary Cemetery, Hudson, NH.