Sister Roberta Salvador was born in Manila, Philippines, and entered Maryknoll in 1967. Assigned to Chile in 1970, she taught at a high school in Huachipato, Talcahuano, and did catechetical work in Fatima Parish in Talca.

Later she taught for five years at Maryknoll High School in Hawaii. She served on a vocation team on the West Coast and in the Communications Office at our mission center in New York.

While a staff member for the Mission Research Office, she served as an advisor for the Holy See Mission to the United Nations and was a recipient of the Cross “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice.” She attended the international Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and signed the Earth Pledge on behalf of the Maryknoll Sisters.

Sister Roberta received her M.A. in Jewish-Christian Studies from Seton Hall University in New Jersey and has a doctoral degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, where she studied the Hebrew Bible and ancient Semitic languages.

She has taught Scripture at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Fordham University, and the General Theological Seminary (Episcopal), all in New York. She also is affiliated with the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association, whose current members are biblical scholars of many faiths throughout the world.

Paulist Press is publishing a new series on the books of the Bible called Question by Question. Sister Roberta is writing the volume on the Book of Psalms. In the fall, she hopes to offer a biblical course at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York.

Maryknoll Sisters have always enjoyed courses from this Scripture scholar, but on vacations, they enjoy even more the fact that Sister Roberta is a fisherwoman. Fresh trout for supper!