Mary Janet Rozzano, RSM, is currently retired and living in Burlingame, California. Her ministries have included teaching and administration in secondary education, service on the former Burlingame Community leadership team, and chaplaincy work with older adults. She holds a Master’s Degree in Gerontology from San Jose State University. Janet has also been active for many years in the LGBTQ+ community, offering support and education, and writing several essays published by New Ways Ministry. She offers a unique liturgical ministry to her local Mercy community. Over the years has been the one to compose the welcoming service for deceased members, prepare the order of the funeral Mass, and deliver the reflection.
Reflecting on more than 70 years of knowing Lorita—as a schoolmate, fellow Sister of Mercy, and friend, I struggled to know what to say today in this reflection. Though I was especially close to her during the last years of her life, I was keenly aware that these years were deeply painful for her and not typical of the Lorita most of us knew before
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