Sister Leah Sellers, O. Carm.

Sister Leah Sellers, O. Carm. Returns to God

Sister Leah Sellers, O. Carm., a Sister of Mount Carmel, died June 17, 2022 at Eastridge Nursing Home, Abbeville, LA. She was 83 years old and in the 65th year of her religious profession.
Sister Leah, formerly Sister Mary Alphonse, was born on January 9, 1939 in Abbeville, LA. She was the last of three children born to the late Alphonse J. “Sam” Sellers of Abbeville, LA and Nella DeRouen of Jefferson Island, LA. She entered the Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in 1954 and received the habit of the Sisters of Mount Carmel in 1955. On Aug. 1, 1957, she made her first profession, and pronounced perpetual vows in 1962. She celebrated her 60th Jubilee in 2017.
Sister attended Mount Carmel Elementary, Abbeville, LA and Mount Carmel High School, Abbeville, LA. She received a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a master’s degree in Administration and Supervision from Loyola University, New Orleans, LA.
Sister Leah devoted 49 years to Catholic education. She served on faculties of Cathedral Carmel School, Lafayette, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Westwego, St. Louis King of France, Metairie, Mount Carmel, New Iberia, St. Joseph Elementary, Thibodaux, St. Dominic School, New Orleans, and Trinity Catholic School, St. Martinville, LA. She also served as principal at St. James Major Elementary in New Orleans and St. Joseph Elementary in Rayne, LA. Sister worked as Director of Religious Education at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Erath, LA, and as a full time teacher she started a literacy program at St. Martin Parish Correctional Center, Breaux Bridge. She also served as full-time teacher at St. Landry Parish Jail which, through the Diocese of Lafayette, started an Adult Basic Education Program. She volunteered at Pelican Point Nursing Home, Maurice, LA and she served as spiritual advisor to Lay Carmelites in Abbeville, LA.
Sister was preceded in death by her parents, sister, Loretta Faulk and brother, Paul Daniel Sellers. She is survived by nieces and nephews.
Services will be celebrated at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, 300 Pere Megret Street, Abbeville, LA on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Saint Paul Cemetery, 515 Jacqulyn St. Abbeville, LA. Arrangements entrusted to Martin & Castille Funeral Home, Lafayette, LA.
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