Sr. Suzanne Susany of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities assists immigrants from home in Pittsburgh during the pandemic. (Julie A. Ferraro)
For decades, Sr. Suzanne Susany of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities ministered with immigrants in a parish setting. Inspired by her interactions and the needs of the people, she headed in a new direction in 2006: Then in her 60s, she enrolled in law school to become an immigration attorney.
She earned a bachelor s degree in theology years earlier at Mount Mercy College, now Carlow University, in Pittsburgh after professing her vows with the Sisters of St. Francis of Millvale, one of the communities that formed the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities in the early 2000s.