Sister Helen Jeanne Hurley is a loving teacher devoted to Mount Carmel. But, after 30 years, Sr. Hurley is leaving Mount Carmel. During her time at Carmel, Sr. Hurley taught and tutored many students, especially in math, and the impact she left on those she taught and those she worked with has left a lasting legacy.

Mrs. Laura Mazurkiewicz first met Sr. Hurley in 1988 when her son Tony started attending Mount Carmel. Later, in 2001, when Mrs. Mazurkiewicz first started working at Carmel, she saw a lot more of Sr. Hurley. When asked, Mrs. Mazurkiewicz talked about how Sr. Hurley has “always been a great friend, and always ready to help people, whoever needed the help.” Sr. Hurley was very active and full of energy, however Mrs. Mazurkiewicz does regret never being able to see one of Sr. Hurley’s tennis matches, and will very much miss Sr. Hurley’s smile that she always wore, even when she wasn’t having the best of days.

Sister Hurley first came to Mount Carmel in 1986 after asking then principal Father Bob Carroll for a job, and loved Carmel so much she ended up staying for 30 years. The thing she loved best about teaching was working with the students. She loved “the spontaneity of the kids she taught,” and how they were all wonderful to her. But now that she is done teaching at Mount Camel due to her hip, she is now spending her time at her mother house which just so happens to also be named Mount Carmel. Sr. Hurley said,  “Every time I go there, and wake up in the morning, I know I’m at Mount Carmel, and I’ll always remember Mount Carmel High School….My years here were very, very happy ones, and if I could I would stay here for another 20 years, I would.”