S. Rosemary Schmid (formerly S. Mary Magdalena) died May 5, 2012, at the age of 80. Born in Dayton, Ohio, she was a Sister of Charity for 61 years.

Sister earned her Bachelor of Science in Education from the College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1962 and the master’s in religious education from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1972.

S. Rosemary’s ministries included elementary and religious education, retreat work in Colorado and Ohio and three years in the foreign missions in Manazo and Lima, Peru (1982-’85). She began teaching at St. Mary, Marion, Ohio, in 1952; then St. Jude, Cincinnati, Ohio, (1958-’63) and St. Mary, Port Huron, Mich., (1963-’65). She also served at the following Catholic elementary schools: Corpus Christi, Dayton, Ohio, (1965-’66); Holy Ghost, South Holland, Ill., (1966-’68); and Dayton Catholic Middle School, Dayton, Ohio, (1974-’76). Sister served in parish religious education and DRE ministry at: St. Albert, Kettering, Ohio, (1968-’74); Mt. Carmel, Pueblo, Colo., (1981-’82); St. Peter, Rocky Ford, Colo., (1993-’98); and St. Joseph, Cold Spring, Ky., (1998-’03). For nine years she did retreat work at El Pomar Retreat Center, Colorado Springs, Colo., (1976-’80) and in numerous parish settings in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area (1987-’92).

When Sister moved to the Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse she loved the natural surroundings and the beauty of the chapel. In her golden jubilee reflection S. Rosemary saw the leisure hours as time to keep up on NPR and international radio broadcasts, to read, to be an advocate for the poor, to be faithful to our care for the earth, and to be more attentive to God’s presence and goodness.