Sister Rose Marie (St. Carol) Lorentzen, BVM died at Mount Carmel Bluffs, in Dubuque, Iowa, on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024.
Sister Rose Marie was an elementary teacher at St. Martin in Cascade, Iowa. She also was an elementary teacher in Chicago; a secondary teacher in Milwaukee and Memphis, Tenn.; and a religious education instructor in Chicago and Franklin Park, Ill. She served as parish minister, social justice advocate, bilingual community college instructor and tutor, and executive director of a homeless shelter in Aurora, Ill.
She was born June 3, 1935, in Walsh County, N.D. She entered the BVM congregation Aug. 2, 1959, from St, Francis Xavier parish, Chicago. She professed first vows on Feb. 2, 1962, and final vows on July 16, 1967.
May she rest in peace.
Arrangements are pending.
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