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Sister Mary Luke Tobin
1908-2006
Inducted 1997
Adopted by The Loretto Community, sisters of Loretto, and Loretto
Co-Member
A member of the Sisters of Loretto, Sister Mary
Luke is a catalyst for renewal in religious communities, a worker
for peace and justice worldwide, a promoter of equality for women,
a mentor of women and men of all faiths, and an advocate for
their empowerment. She was one of only 15 women worldwide to be
invited
to the Second Vatican Council in Rome. She has traveled and stood
with others in Northern Ireland, El Salvador, California, Colorado,
and Washington, DC, on behalf of various issues and struggles.
Tobin visited Saigon in 1970 to promote peace in Vietnam.
She also participated in international hearings on disarmament
in Amsterdam. In 1993 she joined a delegation that studied the
rise of neo-Nazism in Germany. Tobin has recorded her
experiences in the book "Hope is an Open Door" and
in numerous periodical articles. |