Sister Mary Jo Divney, APB

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Mary Jo Divney, APB, who died September 12, 2025, at the age of 82.

A graduate of Cathedral High School in Portland, she entered the Sister Adorers of the Precious Blood Monastery in Portland in August 1961. She professed her final vows in November 1964.

The monastery, located on State Street, was a cloistered contemplative community, where the sisters prayed for intentions, for people who had no one to pray for them, and for priests. Sister Mary Jo initiated the Apostolate of Prayer for Priests, a calendar of prayer prepared by the sisters that continues in the Diocese of Portland to this day. There were 40 dioceses that sent their priests names to the sisters to have calendars made for them.

Sister Mary Jo was the superior of the community for many years and was also an active board member of the Federation of America of Precious Blood and was president for several terms.

She loved to cook and could often be found in the kitchen baking new and old recipes. 

In October 2018, the monastery in Portland closed, and the sisters moved to the Precious Blood Monastery in Manchester, New Hampshire.