SISTER M. BEATRICE McQUADE, SC, age 93, died at Caritas Christi, the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in Greensburg, on August 3, 2020. A Pittsburgh native, Sister M. Beatrice entered the congregation of the Sisters of Charity on September 8, 1945, from Saint Anselm Parish, Swissvale, PA. Preceded in death by her parents, Joseph P. and Bridget (Connolly) McQuade, three brothers, Joseph, John, and Thomas McQuade. She is survived by a brother, James McQuade (wife: Mary Ann McQuade) and a sister, Elizabeth (Betty) McQuade. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Seton Hill University, a master’s degree in reading and language arts from the University of Pittsburgh, and her elementary principal certification from Duquesne University. She earned certification in pastoral ministry from the University of San Francisco, and did additional studies at Alverno College and Tuskegee Institute. Sister M. Beatrice was a teacher and an administrator in schools of the Greensburg, Phoenix, and Pittsburgh dioceses. She was an exchange teacher in a program initiated between the Sisters of Charity and the Holy Family Sisters of New Orleans and taught students in the Lafayette, LA diocese and the Archdiocese of New Orleans. She was principal at Saint James, Apollo, PA, Saint Mary-Basha School in Chandler, AZ. and vice principal at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Scottsdale, AZ. Sister M. Beatrice was director of religious education at Saint Anne Parish in Gilbert, AZ and ministered at Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Tucson, AZ. From 1990 until 1996, she served as a social worker with Saint Matthew Intercommunity in Phoenix, AZ. In 1996, Sister M. Beatrice volunteered to go to South Korea to teach English to secondary high school students. From 1997 until 1999, she did volunteer social ministry at Seton Volunteer Center in Webster Springs, WV. She was a supervisor at Elizabeth Seton Hall, Caritas Christi in 1999-2000, and then volunteered her services at the motherhouse. Responsive and responsible, Sister M. Beatrice lived the words of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, “Whatever is Your good pleasure, Your blessed Will be done. Let me have but one wish, that of pleasing You.”
