In these times we live in, we need
many more people like Sister Janice in the world. Upon receiving an honorary degree from the University of Vermont in
2008, Sister Janice spoke about the role that faith has played in her
life. She told an interviewer that she was first drawn to the Sisters
of Mercy because of its emphasis on education and its work with
immigrants.
``I truly believe we have purpose and that it is related to some
greater force,'' she said at the time. ``It is almost impossible to
imagine my life without a belief in a higher power, to put it in
secular terms. There is so much in the universe that calls out for
it.''
Marcelle and I have seen Sister Janice answer that calling many times
over. For that, our State, our Nation, and our world are better.
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