By Catholic News Service

Sister Catherine (of the Sacred Heart) Arnoldy, a longtime educator who taught at two Alameda schools, died in Los Gatos on Jan. 16, just one month after celebrating her 100th birthday. She had been a member of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur for 82 years.

Born in Tipton, Kansas, her family moved to California where she graduated from Notre Dame High School in Marysville. She joined the Sisters of Notre Dame in Belmont, attended Holy Names College in Oakland, San Jose College, Lone Mountain College and received her master’s degree in education and administration from the University of San Francisco.

She was a teacher and administrator in Notre Dame elementary and secondary schools in California and Oregon. She taught eighth grade at St. Joseph School in Alameda during the late 1930s until 1944. She was assistant principal at Notre Dame High School in Alameda from 1968 – 1969.

At age 67 she began a 20-year career as a volunteer at Notre Dame High School in Belmont. She spent the last decade of her life at Holy Names Convent in Los Gatos.

Two Masses celebrating her life and ministry were held, one at the Sisters of Notre Dame Province Center Chapel in Belmont on Jan. 22, with Father Stephen Howell presiding, and the other at Holy Names Convent in Los Gatos on Jan. 21, with Father Kevin Joyce presiding. Burial was at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont, CA 94002 or online at www.snddenCA.org.

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