Julie Billiart: Woman of Courage

Julie Billiart: Woman of Courage

The biography of Saint Julie Billiart, Foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Julie faced many elements of the problems we are facing today; violence, confusion of theologies, defections from religion, lack of priests and religious teachers, anti-Catholicism, and misunderstandings regarding the role of women in the church by the hierarchy. Sr. Roseanne Murphy is a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She is a Professor Emerita of Sociology at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California. After receiving her Masters Degree in Sociology at Stanford University and her Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame, she was Chair of the Department of Sociology and Psychology for thirty-seven years. She continues to give lectures and retreats based on the life of St. Julie.