Patricia Murray

Sr. Patricia Murray is executive secretary of the International Union of Superiors General and a member of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Loreto Sisters. She previously served as the founding executive director of Solidarity with South Sudan, which fostered collaboration among religious orders in the new African station, and on the general council of the Loreto order.

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