Sr. Maria Aloysius Como, ASCJ died peacefully September 16, 2011 at Sacred Heart Manor in Hamden, CT. She was born in McKeesport, PA September 11, 1923 to the late Joseph and Philomena Chiaverini Como. She entered the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus December 31, 1940 in New Haven, professed her first vows August 23, 1943 and her perpetual vows August 23, 1949. Sr. Aloysius began her more than 60 years of rich and memorable ministries in caring for the orphans at St. Anthony's Home in New Haven, Connecticut. Sr. Aloysius served in education as a teacher in elementary schools in New York and at Sacred Heart Academy in Hamden, Connecticut.