ATLANTA--Sister Mary Loyola Murphy, GNSH, former principal of Christ the King and Immaculate Heart of Mary Schools and teacher of St. Jude the Apostle School, died on Jan. 16 at the Grey Nun Motherhouse in Yardley, Pa. She was 93.

Sister Murphy was the principal of Christ the King School from 1950-1956 and taught third and fourth grade at St. Jude from 1964-1965. She went on to become principal of Immaculate Heart of Mary from 1965-1971.

Sister Murphy also taught at schools in New York and Pennsylvania.

In 1975 Sister Murphy moved to the Motherhouse of the Grey Nuns, where she served as the housekeeping maintenance supervisor; in 1986 she became supervisor of housekeeping. In 1992 she became director of hospitality until she became a resident of the infirmary.

Sister Murphy received a bachelor's degree in education from D'Youville College in Buffalo, N.Y. and a master's degree in administration and elementary education from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

At the Mass of the Resurrection, celebrated Jan. 20 at the Sacred Heart Chapel in the Grey Nun Motherhouse, Sister Jean Liston, GNSH, Superior General and former principal of Christ the King School, said that Sister Murphy always worked for the glory of God.

"To Sister Mary Loyola, it did not matter what she was doing--it mattered how she was doing it," Sister Liston said. "To everything assigned to her she responded with love and in praise and glory of God."

Sister Liston also said that those who knew Sister Murphy can learn from her life of service.

"We can all learn a great deal by our observation of holy people, when we are surrounded by them," she said. "Let each of us learn from Sister Mary Loyola to be a person dedicated to whatever is the task at hand, devoted to those whom we are called to serve and committed to spending our life in praise and glory of God."