![]() Sometimes God marries our hearts in an outbreak of outrage. When Fedigan asked him where the women went, he said that they could not take them in, so the women were sent away. ![]() As members of the Soup Brigade, she and Franciscan Brother David Brewer distributed soup to Tucson’s homeless and most marginalized.ĭuring the winter months, Brother Brewer operated a men’s shelter. During a trip to Lourdes, France, she was profoundly moved by the spirit of love and service displayed by the volunteers and how the most needy pilgrims were always placed first in line and heart.įedigan returned from Lourdes and did the next right thing. She had no idea how to roll the Gospel forward. When Sister José passed away in 2009, Fedigan was devastated. She also taught her how to drum the “Holy, Holy, Holy.” They read Scripture together on Friday nights and became fast friends during Sister José’s battle with breast cancer. She taught Fedigan about the marginalized and how to reach out to the poor. Sister José was a Native American who worked with Cesar Chavez and Dorothy Day. Sister José Hobday, a Franciscan nun at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church in Tucson, Arizona was her co-teacher in the parish’s “Just Faith” series. We are all apprenticed by others over time.įor Fedigan, her way forward began with a parish friendship. ![]() Learning to seeįedigan says that her faith is an ongoing conversion and that the “Gospel rolls forward.” She didn’t come to see her path all at once, nor did she come to see it all on her own. This award is Catholic Extension’s highest honor, and it is given to people who radiate and reveal the light of Christ present in the communities where they serve. Jean Fedigan receives Lumen Christi Award with Catholic Extension’s president, Father Jack Wall (left) and Diocese of Tucson Bishop Edward Joseph Weisenburger She is a Lumen Christi.Ĭatholic Extension is honored to name Jean Fedigan as our 2022-2023 Lumen Christi Award recipient. They would do what Jesus would do in the face of suffering today and would show us what we can do. They would be part of the ongoing revelation of Christ in the world. They would cast light on what it means to be fully human.
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