To Serve and Protect: A Conversation with Sr. Maureen O’Connell, OP
This episode features Sr. Maureen O’Connell, an Adrian Dominican, who currently serves as the Director of Secretariat of Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Through her diverse life and vocational experiences as a teacher, police officer, social worker, and religious sister, Sr. Maureen continues to impact the lives of many. Her family predicted that she’d be a “perfect little nun,” but she had other plans in mind. The Lord, nonetheless, led her to the Dominican Sisters in her hometown to pursue a life of service and protection for vulnerable individuals.
Note: Sr. Maureen is an Adrian Dominican, not a Dominican Sister of Peace.
Trigger Warnings: brief mentions of sexual assault.
The Flourishing Sisterhood Project is supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s Catholic Sisters Initiative. The podcast is produced by the Loyola Institute for Ministry and retained by the university’s Digital Humanities Archive.
Note: Sr. Maureen is an Adrian Dominican, not a Dominican Sister of Peace.
Trigger Warnings: brief mentions of sexual assault.
The Flourishing Sisterhood Project is supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s Catholic Sisters Initiative. The podcast is produced by the Loyola Institute for Ministry and retained by the university’s Digital Humanities Archive.
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