On Nov. 19, 1862, Mother Marianne, then Barbara Koob, a German immigrant who grew up in Utica, entered the women’s religious community the Sisters of St. Francis. After helping found two Central ...
Mother Cope, now Blessed Mother Marianne, is a role model for Patricia Iagnoccio, of Utica, a member of St. Joseph-St. Patrick Church in Utica, which the Cope family attended. "I just think she's ...