Jean M. Marshall
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Sister Jean M. Marshall O. P. | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | January 20, 1942 The Bronx, New York |
| Died | May 7, 2014 (aged 72) Nyack, New York |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Jean M. Marshall (1942-2014, Sister Rita Vincent) was a Dominican Sister of Sparkill, New York. She founded St. Rita's Center for Immigrant and Refugee Services food distribution center, serving Cambodian, Vietnamese, and many other refugees and immigrants in the Fordham section of the Bronx, New York.[1] In 1999 President Bill Clinton honored her at the White House with the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award.[2]
She was born in the Bronx, New York, the daughter of Rita (Cullen) Marshall and Coleman V. Marshall (Vincent). She went to Monsignor Scanlan High School. She became a novice in the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill, New York, entering on September 8, 1959 and taking the name Sister Rita Vincent.[3] In 1961 she took her first vows, and in 1966 she made her final vows. She went to St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, New York, and later earned a master's degree in education from the City College of New York. She also earned a certificate in multicultural studies and guidance counseling from the Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning in Denver, Colorado.[4]
Teaching
Marshall taught elementary school in the Archdiocese of New York, and the Brooklyn diocese. From 1961-62 she taught at St. Joseph's School in the Bronx; from 1962-65 and again from 1977-83 she taught at the now-closed St. Rose of Lima elementary school in Manhattan; from 1965-68 she was at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Richmond Hill, New York; from 1968-69 she taught at St. Agnes school in Sparkill, New York; and from 1969-77 she was based at St. John Chrysostom in the Bronx.[5]