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Sister Maria Marciano, O.P., will deliver Marquette Commencement address

April 18, 2017

Dominican Sr. Maria Marciano is pictured with Fr. Bill Hoffman, pastor of St. Therese Parish in Appleton, who spent 19 years serving in the Dominican Republic. Sr. Maria began her mission work in the Dominican Republic in 1994 and started serving in neighboring Haiti in 2010. The impoverished countries are located on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. (Submitted Photo  by James Fitzgerald | For The Compass)Sister Maria Marciano, O.P., will be the keynote speaker at Marquette University’s 136th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 21. Sr. Marciano is a Dominican sister from Brazil who serves Haiti’s poorest citizens.

“What difference can one individual bring to the life of nations?” asked President Michael R. Lovell. In his formal invitation to Sr. Marciano Marquette President Michael R. Lovell said “Marquette University is so honored that Sister Maria will demonstrate the answer with a message of hope and progress for our graduating students and their families.”

A civil and hydrology engineer educated in economics and business administration, Sr. Marciano went to the Dominican Republic in 1994, hoping to work with the needy in Haiti. The political turmoil in that country prevented it; instead, she worked with the destitute in Vallejuelo, a city and region in the Diocese of San Juan, Dominican Republic, that was particularly depressed.

Her successful work in Vallejuelo became models for her work in Haiti after the country’s 2010 earthquake and cholera outbreak. Today, Sr. Marciano continues her work in the Central Province of Haiti — one of the most destitute regions in the entire country.

Sr. Maricano’s work has led to the building of badly needed roads, water systems, schools, community centers, and agricultural formation institutions for educating children and adults in basic literacy and methods of irrigation farming. These projects have provided employment for many permanent and part-time local construction workers, road builders, carpenters and day laborers.

For more information about Sr. Marciano, read the profile written by Dr. Patrick Carey, retired professor of theology at Marquette University, who visited Haiti last year on a mission trip.

 

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