Gerrie Naughton
Catherine "Gerrie" Naughton (1942–2009) was a Roman Catholic nun of the Sisters of Mercy (RSM). In 1987 she founded ARISE Adelante to serve those living in the unincorporated colonias (low-income, informal communities sometimes called slums) of the Rio Grande Valley. Members of ARISE receive assistance for a period of time but then must volunteer back to the community in a distributive leadership model. Naughton's motto was "ARISE does not do for the people what the people can do for themselves."
Sister Gerrie Naughton RSM | |
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Sr. Naughton (left) singing at a protest in McAllen, Texas, January 2007. | |
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| Born | April 26, 1942 Roscommon, Ireland |
| Died | October 29, 2009 (aged 67) McAllen, Texas, United States |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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