Originally published at National Catholic Register
The accident happened on Oklahoma Highway 3, about 4 miles south of Okarche, the hometown of Blessed Stanley Rother.
A religious sister who ministered in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City died in a car accident Thursday afternoon after running off a rural highway northwest of the city, according to local news reports.
Sister Veronica Higgins of the Carmelite Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Infant Jesus was killed after her vehicle left the road, struck a tree and came to rest in a creek, authorities said.
The accident happened on Oklahoma Highway 3, about 4 miles south of Okarche, the hometown of Blessed Stanley Rother.
Sister Veronica, 74, was “apparently ill,” and troopers wrote in the report that the cause of the collision was a medical incident, KOCO reported.
Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City paid tribute to Sister Veronica shortly after the accident, writing on social media: “I have just learned of the sudden and unexpected death of Sister Veronica Higgins, CST, earlier today, Jan. 2. Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Veronica, the Carmelite Sisters of St. Thérèse, and all who grieve her passing.”
“Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord,” the archbishop
