Maryknoll Sisters

Ossining, N.Y., Feb. 18, 2026 ── Sister Marie Rosso, M.M., a Maryknoll sister of 75 years with a passion for social work, died on February 8, 2026. She was 95. 

Sr. Marie was born on Nov. 16, 1930, to Daniel and Anna Brennan Rosso in Philadelphia, Pa. She had five siblings, four of whom pre-deceased her, including Maryknoll Sister Dolores Rosso, M.M. Her younger brother, Thomas Rosso, currently resides in Maryland. 

Sr. Marie graduated from the Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1948. She entered the Maryknoll Sisters on Sept. 4, 1948, at the Venard in Clarks Summit, Pa. Sr. Marie pronounced her first vows on March 7, 1951, and her final vows on the same date in 1954. She received her Bachelor of Education degree from Maryknoll Teachers College in 1954, as well. 

In 1954, Sr. Marie set out on her first mission, teaching for a year at the Transfiguration School in Chinatown, N.Y. She then taught eighth grade for five more years at St. Anthony’s of the Bronx, N.Y., before being called to teach in Honolulu, Hawaii. Sr. Marie spent the next three years in Likiep of the Marshall Islands, serving as a teacher, principal and house superior. She would spend the next decade teaching in the Kalihi neighborhood, before becoming the regional superior in 1976. 

In 1979, Sr. Marie joined the Hale Kane integrated prayer community of Kihei, Maui, to share ministry and prayer, detaching from material things and deepening her trust in God. In 1982, Sr. Marie began her next role, working within the Treasury Department in Honolulu, before serving as the wage and benefit consultant for the Catholic School Department in 1986. 

Following her passion for social work, Sr. Marie’s next roles allowed her to provide support for women in many ways. She joined Walking with Women to assist women fleeing violence, as well as the Home for the Rebirth of Women and Sisters Offering Support, offering help to women leaving prostitution. In 2000, Sr. Marie worked as the house manager at a transition house for abused women, operated by the United Church of Christ. Additionally, she often gave homilies for the Dignity Honolulu Faith Community, in support of the gay and lesbian struggle for recognition. She received the St. John Award for this work in 2000. 

By 2006, Sr. Marie was assigned to Monrovia, where she managed human resources for lay employees, while serving with the Interfaith Council of Monrovia, acting as secretary for the California Corporation and working with the finance committee. She returned to the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y., in 2018, where she remained until her passing. 

A wake for Sr. Marie was held on Feb. 11, 2026, in the Annunciation Chapel of the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. A Mass of Resurrection was said on Feb. 12, 2026, also in the Annunciation Chapel. 

Ossining, N.Y., Dec. 8, 2025 ── Sister Rosemary Huber, M.M., a Maryknoll sister of 71 years and avid learner, died on November 22, 2025. She was 94.

Sr. Rosemary was born in Borden, Indiana, to Joseph and Mary Koetter Huber on Aug. 3, 1921. She had four sisters and six brothers; four of her siblings have pre-deceased her. Sr. Rosemary graduated from the Academy of the Immaculate Conception at the Benedictine Monastery in Ferdinand, Indiana, in 1949. She entered the Maryknoll Sisters at Valley Park, Missouri, on Feb. 1, 1954. After taking her first vows on Sept. 8, 1956, Sr. Rosemary worked for a year on mission promotion at Maryknoll. She took her final vows at Maryknoll in Ossining, N.Y., on Sept. 8, 1962.

In 1963, Sr. Rosemary received her Bachelor of Science in Education from Mary Rogers College and went on to receive a master’s degree in hospital administration from St. Louis University the following year, with a residency in Michigan from 1964-1965.

Sr. Rosemary’s first assignment was in Pusan, Korea, in 1965. There, she worked in the Maryknoll Hospital and in the Cooperative Education Institute in Seoul, developing credit unions as paths out of poverty. She then served as the director of support services at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in New York, before being called to the Ursuline Community of Bandung, Indonesia for mission in 1972. For nearly two decades, Sr. Rosemary traveled throughout the Indonesian archipelago, serving in healthcare management for both local and provincial hospitals.

Sr. Rosemary briefly did medical-pastoral work on a mission in Aileu, East Timor, in 1991, before returning to the Maryknoll Sisters Center in 1992 to serve as Center healthcare administrator for five years. Her passion for inter-religion dialogue then brought her to Nepal, where she was elected to the Monastic Inter-Religious Dialogue Group in Kathmandu, worked in administration at Patan Hospital and taught English at a local high school. She also briefly worked in Congregational Service as a staff writer in the development department, before being assigned to Monrovia as a coordinator until 2010. She returned to the Center in 2011, where she remained until she passed.

A passionate learner, Sr. Rosemary received many certificates in different areas, including Inter-Religious Dialogue, Catholic Hospital Administration, bio-medical ethics and moral theology. She also received certificates of appreciation from the Hasan Sadikin Provincial Hospital and the Association of Religious Sisters in Bandung.

A wake for Sr. Rosemary was held on Dec. 3, 2025, in the Annunciation Chapel of the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. A Mass of Resurrection was said on Dec. 4, 2025, also in the Annunciation Chapel.