Sister Catherine Cassidy entered the Humility of Mary Community in 1953 from St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Parma, and professed her perpetual vows in 1969. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Notre Dame College, Cleveland, her Master of Arts from Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Akron.
After teaching high school in Ashtabula and Cleveland, she ministered in Cleveland’s inner city in the 60s and 70s. Her law practice focused on the poor, and she ministered to immigrants in Florida for over 35 years, providing legal assistance and fighting for “just and humane immigration laws and practices” at Florida Rural Legal Services and Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center in Fort Pierce, and with the children’s program at AIJustice in Miami. Sister Catherine currently serves in the HM Prayer Ministry.
