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January 27, 2022, Lansing, Michigan – As Mark Murray, a 1972 graduate of Lansing Catholic High School, prepares to retire from a career that included serving as CEO of Meijer, President of Grand Valley State University, and state treasurer, he cites many influences along the way. Among them are his time in Catholic school and the late Sister Patricia Brady, OP, one of his high school teachers.

Sister Patricia Brady, OP

Sister Patricia, formerly known as Sister Francis Kevin, was influential in the lives of countless high school students. In 1999, she founded what would become the Dominican High Schools Preaching Conference, in which students and faculty members from Dominican high schools in the United States and beyond come together in the summer for a conference focused on the Dominican charism, especially the call to preach with their lives. She chaired the first board of directors of Dominican Volunteers USA and helped to found what later became known as the Dominican Association of Secondary Schools. She was director in 2008. Sister Patricia died in 2019.

Read the profile of Mark Murray in the Winter 2022 issue of Lansing Catholic High School’s magazine, Totus Tuus. Scroll down to page 19 to read the article, written by teacher Stephanie Van Koevering.

Feature photo: Participants in a recent Dominican High Schools Preaching Conference, founded by the late Sister Patricia Brady, OP, gather for a group photo. Adrian Dominican Sisters File Photo

December 20, 2021, Dayton, Ohio – Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), spent a day in late November in recognition and support of one of the agencies of the national network. She came to present a plaque and donation to Catholic Social Services of Miami Valley, based in Dayton, Ohio, in recognition of its 100th anniversary. She also spoke that evening at a gala dinner in honor of the agency.

But while Sister Donna recognized the hard work and dedication of those who served at CSSMV, she also received appreciation from Laura Roesch, CEO of Catholic Social Services of Miami Valley and a member of the Board of Trustees of CCUSA. “Sister Donna’s leadership of Catholic Charities USA has been a true blessing to the network of local organizations, including Catholic Social Services,” she said.

Read more about the work of both CCUSA and Catholic Social Services of Miami Valley in an article in The Catholic Telegraph, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.