Sister Maria Ester Guerra, CDP
February 10, 1929 – October 8, 2018
Sister María Ester Guerra (formerly Mary Goretti), CDP, born February 10, 1929 in San Antonio, Texas, entered eternal life on October 8, 2018, at the age of 89. She was the first of eight children born to José Guerra and Felipa Chavez. She answered God’s call to become a Sister of Divine Providence on January 14, 1949 and professed first vows on June 22, 1951.
Sister María Ester was an educator at heart and centered her life on teaching others and learning from them—from elementary, to high school, to parish catechesis and pastoral ministries. She taught in Ennis, Laredo, and San Antonio, Texas, and in Lafayette and Plaucheville, Louisiana, among other places. She also served as a Hospice chaplain in Arizona.
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