Meet Sister Brigid O’Shea Merriman, OSF
From:
London, England & Garden City, MI
First Profession:
1962
Ministries:
Sister taught grades 1 – 7 until 1974, spent a year in the House of Prayer, and chaired the Religious Studies Department at Lourdes. In 1978 she went to Berkeley, CA to earn a PhD in Theology, later teaching theology at Mount Angel Seminary in OR. Since returning in 2003, she has served as a Professor of Theology at Lourdes University and, until recently, as Formation Minister.
Extra: A child of Irish Catholics, Sister took to heart the advice on the O’Brien-Foley family crest that reads: Ut prosim – That I may serve. When not in the service of her community, she delights in quietly gardening, reading and, not so quietly, singing.
Additional Names/Nicknames
Brigid
Peaceful protest