Sr. Dorothy Stang Catholic Heroes As it is an icon

As it is an icon and a vehicle for prayer and not merely a portrait

Mother Cabrini died in her motherhouse on the north side of Chicago in 1917

Monsignor John Egan

and interfaith dialogue with a growing interest in Buddhism

wired back that seven candles should immediately be lit in front of the icon of the Mother of Perpetual Help that hung in the church

Sr. Dorothy Stang Catholic Heroes As it is an iconSr. 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