Sister to be honored
Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont will honor Notre Dame Sister Roseanne Murphy March 21 at its annual "Great Expectations" gala. Sister Roseanne has served at the school for more than 40 years, 37 as chair of its Psychology/Sociology Department. She currently serves in the role of Director of Planned Giving.
"Sister Roseanne Murphy has touched the lives of innumerable students," the school said in a release. "Many still keep in touch and treasure her as part of their lives."
"I see it as an honor to all the Sisters who have given up their lives to this place, not just me," Sister Roseanne said. "I've had the honor to work with some of the finest women in the world."
Sister Roseanne is author of "Martyr of the Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang" which chronicles the life and murder of Notre Dame Sister Dorothy Stang, slain some three years ago in the rainforests of Brazil where she worked tirelessly among the poor.
A graduate of her congregation's Notre Dame High School in Belmont, Sister Roseanne holds a post-graduate degree in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
The award is presented to an "individual who has demonstrated outstanding community service" and has "given selflessly of his/her time, energy and resources to improve the quality of life for others and to promote social justice," the school said.
Monterey Bishop Richard Garcia will preside at a Mass of Thanksgiving beginning the evening at 5:30 p.m. at the Westin Hotel at SFO in Millbrae.
From March 20, 2009 issue of Catholic San Francisco.
