Sister Susan Rose Francois
Susan Rose Francois is a perpetually professed Roman Catholic sister of the order of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. She is an author, columnist, and blogger on religious life and social justice. She has been active in the Nuns on the Bus movement, and came to the attention of mainstream media because of her daily practice of tweeting a prayer to US President Donald Trump.Early life, education, religions life
Susan Francois was born in the US State of Maryland in 1972. She is the youngest of 5 children. Her father Francis Francois was a local politician in Bowie, Maryland focused on a mix of social and transportation planning issues, and her mother Eileen Schmelzer was a social worker supporting the local population of prisoners and their families. She was raised in Bowie and attended primary and secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Washington, graduating from DeMatha Catholic High School, before attending Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon, graduating in 1994. She worked for the city of Portland for 11 years before then joining the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace in 2006. She later received a Master of Theology degree from the Chicago-based Catholic Theological Union. She is the grand niece of Sister Rose Francois, FSPA, a prominent 19th Century American nun.
After joining the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace in 2006, she took her final vows in 2011. Her ministry includes social justice and the fight against human trafficking, which she carries out through a mix of action, her writings, and social media
