Ellsworth
Carmelite Sister Margaret Dorgan died Oct. 21, 2022. She was born in Providence, R.I., the daughter of John and Isabelle (Carroll) Dorgan, on July 2, 1927. Sister Margaret graduated from Classical High School in Providence in 1944 and enrolled in Radcliffe College, eventually receiving a Harvard/Radcliffe degree in philosophy.
She entered the contemplative monastery of Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Concord, N.H., in 1946. In 1965, she and two other sisters received permission from their prioress and the Bishop of Manchester to establish a more solitary foundation. The Bishop of Portland, Peter L. Gerety, DD., welcomed the Carmelites to Maine in 1969 and encouraged their purchase of wooded acres in Orland, where they built a small monastery. Later the monastery was relocated to Ellsworth.
Sister Margaret was predeceased by her brothers, William and John, and sister-in-law, Cynthia. Sister Margaret leaves her nephews Carroll (Mary), Peter (Pam), John (Helen) and niece Elizabeth Dorgan Volpe (Tom) and their children and their grandchildren.
A Mass of Christina Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Wednesday November 2, 2022 at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church, Franklin Street, Bucksport.
Arrangements are under the care of Mitchell-Tweedie Funeral Home, Bucksport. (mitchelltweedie-young.com)