Maryknoll award goes to director of U.S. Catholic mission group

Published: 2005-11-01

TUCSON, Ariz. (CNS) -- Sister Rosanne Rustemeyer, executive director of the U.S. Catholic Mission Association for the past nine years, received Maryknoll's fourth annual James Keller Award at Mission Congress 2005 in Tucson in mid-October. The School Sister of Notre Dame was honored for being "on the forefront of mission promotion work in conjunction with the American bishops, and for her efforts to engage a growing number of young Americans in mission both here and overseas," said Maryknoll Father John Barth. In addition to her work with the mission association, Sister Rosanne served as coordinator of the Catholic Mission Forum, a coalition of groups that sponsored the congress, and as a consultant to the U.S. bishops' Committee on World Mission. The Keller award is an ongoing commemoration of the life of the Maryknoll missionary who founded The Christophers in 1945, with the belief that every individual has the power and the responsibility to change the world for the better.

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