Sister Mary McGowan, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 64 years, died at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass., Jan. 27. She was 86.

Formerly Sister Christopher Marie, she taught at Our Lady of Angels School, Bay Ridge, 1967-70. She served as the provincial superior of the Sisters of Charity, 1970-78, while residing at the provincial residences in Brooklyn and Jamaica.