Obituary: Longtime director of Listening House believed in offering 'radical hospitality'

Rosemarie Reger-Rumsey believed in offering those in need an extravagant welcome. Reger-Rumsey served as the executive director of Listening House of St. Paul, a drop-in center for the unhoused, for 20 years. The nonprofit organization is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. “She just had uncompromising compassion for the people she served,” said former St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman. ...

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