Sister Rita Johnson, an angel, has gone to heaven

 Sister Rita was the longtime Chaplin of Backus hospital. She was our strength and our hope, at work and outside of work. Always asking how we were, how our families were. Ask her to pray for someone and she’d ask their name, repeat it in her head, and say they were on her list. When I left the hospital for my current position I asked for and received a blessing from her. I kidded her that she was my “undercover nun” because she was the first sister I knew who didn’t wear a habit. An angel has gone home, but she will remain a part of us.