Jubilarian 2022 - Sister Mary Rebecca Campbell

Sister Mary Rebecca Campbell, baptized Margaret Ann, was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1946 and was received into the novitiate in 1947. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Fontbonne College in St. Louis in 1963 and a master’s degree in elementary education administration from Marquette University in 1971.

Sister Mary Rebecca dedicated nearly 55 years of service to elementary education, beginning her ministry in the 1950s at Sacred Heart in Savannah, Georgia.

Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, she continued teaching in Georgia, serving at St. Joseph Male Orphanage in Washington, Sacred Heart in Atlanta, St. Joseph in Marietta, and St. Anthony in Atlanta.

From 1962 to 1978, Sister Mary Rebecca served at St. Mary School in Littleton, Colorado, first as assistant principal then as principal.

Sister Mary Rebecca returned to Georgia in 1977 to continue her ministry. From 1977 to 1984, she worked at the Village of St. Joseph in Atlanta as teacher, principal and director of education. She was an administrator at St. Francis Xavier Grade School in Brunswick until 1988, before taking a one-year sabbatical at the University of San Diego.

Returning to Georgia in 1989, she served as the secretary and bookkeeper at St. John the Evangelist Grade School in Valdosta through 2003.

Sister Mary Rebecca retired in 2004 and continued in volunteer ministry.

Since 2019, Sister Mary Rebecca has resided at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis and continues to carry out her ministry of prayer and presence.

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