Sister M. Brida Kubis

Born: 28. December 1920
Entrance: 08. November 1947
Profession: 28. October 1950
Died: 08. May 2024

On May 8, 2024, went to be with the Lord, in her 104th year, our dear Sister M. Brida Kubis, Hospital Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis.

Enter his gates giving thanks, to his courts singing praise, give thanks to him and bless his name!

PS 100, 4

Sister M. Brida was born on December 28, 1920 in Kolanowice near Opole. She entered our congregation on November 8, 1947 and belonged to the group of five sisters who were the first to enter the Polish novitiate. She made her first profession on October 28, 1950 in Ullersdorf.

Sister M. Brida began her service in our congregation through her nursing practice in the hospital in Opole as an auxiliary nurse, first in the surgical ward and in the ENT and children’s ward. She then served the sick in the nursing home in Stephanshöh and another year in the children’s home in Gierałcice. From October 1956 to January 1996, for 40 years, she worked as a nurse in the St. Hedwig Hospital in Warmbrunn, mainly in the internal ward. She obtained her diploma as a nurse in 1961. After her retirement in 1996, she moved to the Sisters’ Convent in Wroclaw. There, she helped the Sisters with various domestic chores. In 2011, she moved to the convent in Groß Döbern, where she continued to take on small jobs for as long as she was able.

She will be remembered by the sisters as a good and prayerful sister who was diligent, calm and cheerful in her service to the sick and to her fellow sisters. In the last years of her life, she needed more and more care and full support in her daily activities. She accepted this with great gratitude until the end. She was very much loved by the sisters. She herself returned this love with her kind words and above all with her prayers and her silent suffering.

She longed to meet God and her loved ones in heaven, whom she often called by name. She waited a long time for this moment. Today, in the early hours of the morning, around  5.00 a.m., she went peacefully to God. We trust that she is enjoying His closeness.

Many sisters surrounded Sister M. Brida with care and concern. We are grateful to all of them, but special thanks to Sister M. Rafaela and the sisters of the convent in Groß Döbern for their dedication in caring for our oldest sister of the province. We are also grateful to her relatives for every kindness they have shown her.