In her 73 years as a religious, Sister Concepta Vay found a special calling in education.  “My greatest joy has been teaching young children to love God and to do their best for Him,” she said on the occasion of her 70th Jubilee in 2022.

Sister taught at St. Ambrose, Holy Apostles, Sacred Heart, St. Lawrence, and Nazareth Hall in Rochester, NY; St. Jerome in East Rochester and Sacred Heart in Auburn, NY.  For 18 years, Sister Concepta spent summers in Alabama, teaching at the Fathers of St. Edmund mission in Pine Apple. Sister Concepta also volunteered at Holy Cross School and Bethany House, a homeless shelter that provides transitional housing and critical support to women in the Rochester area.