SHAW ISLAND — Mother Thérèse Critchley, foundress and first priors of Our Lady of the Rock Monastery on Shaw Island, did Oct. 28, 2026. She was 90.Born Mary Terese Critchley on Oct. 4, 1936, in Forestville, Connecticut, she was the first of Nicolina (Lembo) and Christopher Critchley’s two children. She attended Sarah E. Reynolds Academy and Bristol High School and received a four-year school to Annhurst College in Woodstock, Connecticut, graduat…
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SHAW ISLAND — Mother Thérèse Critchley, foundress and first priors of Our Lady of the Rock Monastery on Shaw Island, did Oct. 28, 2026. She was 90.Born Mary Terese Critchley on Oct. 4, 1936, in Forestville, Connecticut, she was the first of Nicolina (Lembo) and Christopher Critchley’s two children. She attended Sarah E. Reynolds Academy and Bristol High School and received a four-year school to Annhurst College in Woodstock, Connecticut, graduat…