Sr. Dorothy Stang Catholic Heroes Monsignor John Egan

Monsignor John Egan

mentored and guided her with his own passion for Christ and thirst for justice and equality by the light of the Gospels

The Dormition of the Theotokos is known in the Western churches as The Assumption and is likewise celebrated on August 15th

a difficult endeavor since at the time France had a government that was militantly anti-Catholic and anti-clerical

and interfaith dialogue with a growing interest in Buddhism

Sr. Dorothy Stang Catholic Heroes Monsignor John EganSr. Dorothy Stang, SNDdN 1931 2005 Dorothy Stang was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1931. While still a teen, she entered the congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, an order of religious founded by Saint Julie Billiart to minister exclusively to the poor girls of peasant and farmer families. After professing final vows in 1956, Dorothy was assigned as a teacher for fifteen years in the Chicago area, first at St. Victor in Calumet City, an area