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Vote for Sister Mary Scullion as one of TIME magazine’s 100 Influential People
I received an email from an A Nun’s Life reader alerting me to TIME Magazine’s finalists for the list of 100 most influential people of 2009. You can vote online for your top pick. Among the list of “leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers” is Sister Mary Scullion, RSM, a Sister of Mercy who ministers on behalf of homeless people in Philadelphia. According to the TIME profile on her, “over 95 percent of those who cycle through her Project H.O.M.E. program have never again been forced to live on the streets, a success rate which has made the program a model for dozens of other U.S. cities.”
It’s awesome that TIME is featuring a Catholic sister on their list of influential people. I’m proud of Sister Mary for the work she is doing and for representing nuns and the awesome work that nuns do throughout the world — from the cloister to corporate office to impoverished villages.
Check out TIME’s list and be sure to vote for Sister Mary!
I’m sure that rocker Jon Bon Jovi voted for Sister Mary!
For more info on Sister Mary, check out the Project H.O.M.E. website as well as various media coverage.
- Philadelphia Inquirer – Ask Sister Mary Scullion – Sister Mary questions about homelessness (February 26, 2008)
- Philadelphia Magazine – The Good Generation – Jon Bon Jovi and Project H.O.M.E. (December 2007)
- NBC News – Philly nun aims to end homelessness: Organization she founded has already cut homeless population in half (November 16, 2005)
- MSNBC The Daily Nightly – More About Sister Mary (November 15, 2005)
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Wow, that’s awesome!
I love it: OCCUPATION: Philadelphia’s Mother Theresa
Haha, I gave her most influential. I love Philly!
Awesome! Keep voting … Sister Mary’s ranking keeps getting better! Would love to see her in the top 100!
Yes! I voted . . . most influential.
Keep the votes up — multiple votes count. As we say in Chicago, “Vote early and vote often.”
Sr. Julie:
That’s a good topic. Why don’t you do a post on what people think the difference between being religious and being spiritual is … Of course, the two can meet! dee
I love this story. As I read about the housing and service networks Sister Mary and her co-executive have founded (and the model they provide for agencies/networks around the country), I kept thinking about the first generations of American sisters who built hospital and education systems because that was what was needed at that time in our country and Catholic sisters provided the models. How cool to have this wildly successful example of a sister who is today absolutely following in that tradition in its most essential basics: the need to be met is simply different in its particulars. Very cool: at once, tradition and progress. Jean
Anyone find it annoying that “moot” is currently at number one? According to the summary he/she has an internet site that contains profane images. Gee, how touching. Weird.
FYI: It looks like for the 2nd year in a row, a Sister has ended up on Time Magazine’s annual 100 Most Influential People in the World list. In the 5/10/10 edition (apparently, we can move forward in time since it’s now only 5/1/10…), Sr. Carol Keehan is listed in the “leaders” section. Thought you might be interested!