Sr. M. Edith Magdalen Visic, OP Obituary (1921

Sr. M. Edith Magdalen Visic, O.P., 91, died on Friday, May 25, 2012 at the St. Catherine Health Care Center in Caldwell. A Funeral Mass will be offered in St. Catherine of Siena Convent Chapel, 7 Ryerson Avenue (Mt. St. Dominic) Caldwell on Thursday May 31 at 10AM. Visiting at St. Catherine of Siena Convent, Caldwell on Wednesday 3 to 7 PM. Sr. Edith Magdalen was born in Dalmacia, Croatia, entered the Dominican Sisters of Caldwell on August 30, 1946 and professed vows on May 3, 1948. She has a BS in Business from Caldwell College and an MBA from Seton Hall University. Sister also studied Spanish at Seton Hall and Russian at Fordham University. Sister taught 3rd and 7th grades at St. Joseph School in Union City and taught Business and Spanish at St. Dominic Academy in Jersey City. Sr. Edith Magdalen taught Management courses and served as Registrar of Caldwell College from 1963 to 1974, Councilor for Finance of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell from 1969 to 1979 and as the 5th President of Caldwell College from 1979 to 1984. She served as Principal of Mt. St. Dominic Academy in Caldwell from 1984 to 1988 and taught business and computer courses until 1999 and continued as a volunteer until 2006. Since 2006, Sister has worked in the Generalate as an Administrative Assistant to the Prioress. Sister served on the Board of Trustees for Caldwell College, Lacordaire Academy, Mt. St. Dominic Academy, St. Dominic Academy, Project Link, Marian Manor, the Independent College Fund of NJ, the Association of Independent College and Universities of NJ and of the Conference of Small Private Colleges. She is the sister of the Reverend Edward Visich and Karen Visich Mirkovich. Memorial donations to the Sisters of St. Dominic, One Ryerson Avenue, Caldwell NJ 07006 would be appreciated.