Embracing Beauty & Brokenness with Sr. Lorraine Crawford, IBVM
Sr. Lorraine, a native Chicago, entered the Institute of the Blessed Virgin in 1949. Sr. Lorraine taught at St. John of the Cross school in Western Springs, IL for 14 years. She served as a Pastoral Associate for 21 years at the Cathedral of St Raymond in Joliet, IL. She lived, served and taught in Mary Ward (literacy) Center for 15 years. She currently lives, serves and blesses residents, visitors and friends with her rich, positive, loving, humor and insights while serving on the liturgy committee in the Mercy Circle community on the far south side of Chicago.
Love & Speak the Truth podcast is made possible by the Institute of the Virgin Mary, US Region
Executive Producers: Megan Beutel and Jennifer Schmitz
Special Contributor: Carol Banasiak
Sound Track: Laurenti Wright on keyboard
Music Composition of Women Bearing Witness: Maria Bierer, IBVM
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I have the grateful pleasure of having known Sr. Lorraine as a friend for over 50 years. Thank you Sr. Brenda for bringing Sr. Lorraine’s hope, joy and philosophy of living in her own words and voice to a wider sea of people. Such a beautiful voice it is. In her words she is, “A woman of faith … Given to beauty and accepting of brokenness (and trying to do something about the brokenness) … As a Christian humanist, I strive to love people no matter who or what they are”. The world needs Sr. Lorraine!