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SISTERS SERVING UD
By Madeleine LiMandri, BA ’21
Sister mary Gabriel Devlin, S.V., BA ’96, withdrew from her faith life in seventh grade after being mocked by her two best friends for belting a hymn during a school Mass. However, her sophomore year at UD, she realized that even though her “superficial goals” were being met, she “still had a restlessness and sadness” within her. On a walk home from UD’s library, she felt drawn to the chapel and upon entering, got a strong sense of God’s presence. All at once, she knew God was real and that He loved her.
After graduating, Sister Mary Gabriel moved to New York City to be a nanny. She came to realize she would give her life for the children in her care, and for any children. At the same time, while volunteering in the South Bronx and praying the rosary with “the little old ladies” after Mass, she thought, “I’ve traded my happy hours for holy hours!”
The first time she visited the Sisters for Life convent, Sister Mary Gabriel had a sense of being home both in the community and in their charism to protect vulnerable human life.
“Receive your own life as a gift,” advises Sister Mary Gabriel, urging those discerning to let go of anxiety and fear of the future so “you can become the best person you can possibly be and give the gift of yourself.”
Read more about Sister Mary Gabriel and other UD sisters at udallas.edu/sisters-serving-ud.
NEWSFEED
SERVING FOR THE GOOD.
President Jonathan J. Sanford, Ph.D., announced the appointment of Associate Professor and Chair of Economics Tammy Leonard, Ph.D., as interim provost for the 2021-22 academic year. “I try to advance my students’ education to better their lives and to encourage using their gifts and talents in service of others,” said Leonard, who officially assumed this role on June 1. “Dr. Leonard is a leader of remarkable vision, energy and dedication to the good of all those she serves,” said Sanford. Read more at udallas.edu/ serving-for-the-good.
INFLUENCING BUSINESS.
Satish Gupta, MBA ’81, was named a 2021 Influential Leader by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), a distinction only 25 business college alumni worldwide received this year to honor those who are using their business education for societal impact. Gupta and his wife, Yasmin, MBA ’82, are the namesakes and longtime benefactors of UD’s business college. Read more at udallas.edu/influencing-business.
DESIGNING ECCELLENCE.
In February, the Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects recognized UD architects Jane and Duane Landry with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The Landrys’ contributions to UD include the Church of the Incarnation and the Student Apartments, as well as the Art Village, Braniff, Gorman and Haggar in collaboration with O’Neil Ford. “The Landrys’ award is well earned,” said Michael Terranova, Ph.D., BA ’85 MA ’93.
TRENDING
Taking the Title
The 2021 Cor Challenge, which ran March 23-27, broke records for the second year in a row in both number of donors and dollars raised, taking the title from 2020 as the most successful Cor Challenge ever. With 957 donors (a 30% increase over 2020), it raised a total of $286,258 (a 43% increase over 2020), including a $50,000 match from UD Trustee Nick Serafy.
Making the Rank
UD made The Princeton Review’s list of “Best Value Colleges,” ranking No. 4 for Most Popular Study Abroad Program and No. 5 for Happiest Students. The Edvocate, an education support and advocacy website, named UD’s DBA program one of 2022’s Best Doctorate Degree Programs in Business Administration.
Into the Deep
UD Chaplain Father Thomas More Barba, BA ’09 ’10, departs UD this summer for his next adventure as chaplain of Tulane University in New Orleans. Barba is succeeded as chaplain of UD by Father Joseph Paul Albin, who has his complete support and confidence — as does UD itself. He emphasized that he will remain involved as an alumnus, and leaves the community with these words of wisdom, drawing upon St. JPII: “Be not afraid to put out into the deep, whatever that deep might look like.” Read more at udallas.edu/ into-the-deep ... and his reflection on the Year of St. Joseph in the Last Word, p. 29.
EMPOWERING EVANGELIZATION
UD Offers Certificate Program in Spanish to Local Parishes
Previously offered through the Ann and Joe O. Neuhoff School of Ministry, this program will continue in the Ann and Joe O. Neuhoff Institute for Ministry and Evangelization.
By Chris Hazell
UD has teamed up with two Dallas parishes — St. Francis of Assisi in Frisco and Our Lady of Lourdes in Dallas — to offer its Certificate of Pastoral Ministry (CPM) Program in Spanish to better serve the large Spanish-speaking community in the Dallas area.
The CPM is designed to form, educate and prepare adults to serve in their parishes, schools and other Catholic organizations. Students can take courses in theology, morality, pastoral ministry, evangelization, marriage and family life, and more.
Father Fray Luis Gerardo Arraiza of Our Lady of Lourdes sees the program as a wonderful blessing for nourishing the diverse members of his parish. Even though his parishioners hail from traditionally Catholic countries such as Mexico and El Salvador, many of them know very little about the traditions and teachings of Catholicism.
“In the Hispanic communities of the past, the grandmothers were the ones who transmitted the faith, but this is not the case now. People need to know what the Catholic faith means, and the more they know, the better influence they are going to have in transmitting the tenets of the faith to our young families and youth,” said Arraiza.
Read more at udallas.edu/empoweringevangelization.
