Sr. Maria Catherine, O.P.
Marion Cianciolo
Mrs. Cianciolo received her masters in education from University of Louisiana at Monroe. In addition, she holds an Education Specialist in Special Education/Academically Gifted with a minor in Language Arts from Louisiana State University. She has worked as a gifted teacher for the Department of Defense, in East Baton Rouge schools and in Georgia before coming to Tennessee. She was responsible for developing and implementing the first gifted program infrastructure at two schools in Germany for the Department of Defense and in Georgia developed curriculum for district-wide use.
I was renewed again with vigor for helping to form leaders of tomorrow who will be well-educated, morally upright, and know the love of Christ so they may pass it onto others.
— Sister Christiana, O.P.
(click here to read Sister's memories of seeing the Pope in the Spring of 2008)