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Sister Faine Moira McMullen, R.S.C.J., a native of New York who was a co-founder of the Planning Office of Urban Affairs for the Archdiocese of Boston, died Dec. 27 at Teresian House, the Society of the Sacred Heart’s elder care community in Albany. She was 101.
She served in the Planning Office of Urban Affairs for the Archdiocese of Boston, 1969-1973.
She was active in creating the Triangle Park in Chicago, which converted city property into a private park and playground in a poor area of the city, where she had moved in 1983. She served as director of the Senior Advocacy Program for low-income elderly in New Orleans, 1985-1988.
In 1974, she moved to the impoverished neighborhood of Sursum Corda in Washington, D.C., where she provided free legal services to the poor.
Her early years were spent teaching in Sacred Heart schools, including teaching political science at Newton College in Boston. In her later years, she continued to work with poor seniors on issues such as transportation and public housing.
Born in New York, she entered the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1944 and professed final vows 10 years later.
She earned a law degree from Fordham University, a master’s in history from Manhattanville College and a bachelor’s in history from the College of Mount St. Vincent.
A Funeral Mass was offered Jan. 4 at the Teresian House chapel. Burial was in the Society of the Sacred Heart cemetery at Kenwood.
