Marney Costello

Marney Costello

Marney and Rick have been married for 31 years (in May 2023) and have five children, Michael , Joey, Emma, Faith, and Malina. Marney began her career with Progressive Insurance but ultimately decided to stay home and raise her young children.  As a stay-at-home...
John Clegg

John Clegg

John was educated by De La Salle Brothers at De La Salle Grammar School in Sheffield, England. He then studied law at The London School of Economics and graduated with a Law Degree (LLB). He then went to Lancaster Gate College of Law in London to complete his...
Tom Sullivan

Tom Sullivan

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Tom Sullivan earned his Doctor of Law from Catholic University of America in 1967. After service in the U.S. Army, he led a distinguished career in the environmental law field. In 1973, he founded Government Institutes and served as...
Steve Peroutka

Steve Peroutka

Steve Peroutka is a Maryland lawyer who attended Loyola College and the University of Baltimore Law School. He founded the Law Firm of Peroutka and Peroutka, P.A. in 1991 and is currently its Managing Partner. For several years, he hosted a variety of local and...
Sister Maria Cho

Sister Maria Cho

Sr. Maria Cho, was born on 11 November 1956 in the town of Kwang-Ju in South Korea. Her civilian name is Duck-Lim Cho. It is in this great rebellious city of the South-West of the peninsula (at the center of the revolt against the military regime over thirty years...

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The children at our schools come from the poorest of the poor. Each child has their own stories of what their life was before coming to our schools and how their lives are being transformed by the Sisters of Mary programs.  Read the moving stories of our children in their own words. 

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