SAN DIEGO — Sister Fay Hagen, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, died Jan. 17. She was 89.
Born on Oct. 18, 1936, in Salem, Massachusetts, she moved to the San Diego area with her family when she was 7 years old.
She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1960, after years of working at Mercy Hospital. Her early years of ministry were in grade schools and high schools.
Sister Hagen particularly loved her ministry with Father Joe’s Villages. In addition to feeding the hungry, clothing the poor and serving those in need, they were able to open the first elementary school in a homeless shelter in conjunction with the San Diego Unified School District.
Among other services at Father Joe’s Villages, she served as a cook for the residents. She also ministered as director of Joshua House, a community for men with AIDs.
Sister Hagen taught at St. Augustine High School and at the Academy of Our Lady of Peace. At the latter, she also served as vice–principal.
A funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 11 at St. Joseph’s Chapel, the Carondelet Center chapel, in Los Angeles. Interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.
