Sister Rose Mary Brueggen, CSJ

Sister Rose Mary Brueggen was born in Sedalia, Missouri. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1963 and was received into the novitiate in 1964 as Sister Margaret Raymond. She received a bachelor's degree in deaf education from Fontbonne College (now University), St. Louis in 1968.

Sister Rose Mary served most of her 60 years in the St. Louis Archdiocese. She began 13 years of service at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf in 1968, serving as a primary deaf educator, recreation assistant director, houseparent, receptionist, and resident flight coordinator. Sister Rose Mary began serving at Nazareth Living Center in 1981. She was a resident in the renewal program for the Derham Community from 1983 until 1985 in St. Paul, Minnesota, when she returned to Nazareth Living Center to serve as a dietary aide until 1989.

Sister Rose Mary then served as a teacher's assistant at St. Joseph's Educational Childcare Center from 1989 until 1991. In 1991, she served in geriatric care as an assistant manager at Manresa House and at St. Elizabeth Hall as an activities director until 1997. Sister Rose Mary worked at Walter Knoll Florist for five years until 2002 as an arranger and greenhouse caretaker.

From 2002 until 2007, Sister Rose Mary served as the assistant activities director and receptionist at Mary Ryder Home; as the receptionist at The Charless Home and as a service partner in the dietary department at St. John's Mercy Hospital and the Sisters of Mercy Catherine Residence. Sister Rose Mary then worked at Nazareth Living Center, serving the sister retired residents of her CSJ community until her retirement in 2019.

Since 2019, she has resided at Nazareth Living Center carrying out her mission of prayer and presence. Sister Rose Mary enjoys gardening and sewing.

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