Sr. Princess Mary was born and raised in Philadelphia and began to think about religious life during her high school years at West Catholic Girls High School.  There were Sisters from various communities at the school, and she began to visit them and participate in prayer days and weekend retreats.
 
She visited the Mission Helpers and felt more “at home” with them than with other communities.  She joined the Sisters for a two-week Vacation Bible School program in Hattiesburg and Lucedale, Mississippi, and became even more interested in joining the Community.
 
“I saw the Sisters in action there,” she recalls.  “They were having fun and sharing our love of God.”  Sister Princess Mary joined the Mission Helpers in September 1992.
 
She trained as a medical assistant and worked in healthcare in Altamonte
Springs, Florida, before becoming a teacher’s aide at a childcare center there.  She has also served as an advocate for the elderly homeless and was a residential caregiver in Boston and in Baltimore.
 
Since 2012 she has been with Catholic Social Services of West Alabama, where she manages the food pantry and assists in all facets of services to the poor.
 
“I am privileged to be able to serve these sisters and brothers, she says, “and I feel blessed daily because I feel valued here.  I am serving God where it really counts.”