Like McCormick’s Distinguished Alumna and its Rising Star recipient, the 2023 graduating class moves into communities here and abroad to meet needs and share the gospel, not only in their words, but also in their actions. meet, we made our church available. What we learn in church is could sit and talk without being judged,” she recalls. “I was able that we are to visit the sick…feed the hungry…encourage those to see a much bigger picture by studying with cultures I had in the prisons. You don’t do that in church; you do that in your been clueless about.” community…that’s the ministry of Jesus.” While pastoring in New York, Rev. Rosario-Riviere taught Latin Chaplain Sullivan-Marrero has long been engaged in ministries American studies at the City University of New York. “Teaching that move outside the church and into the community as well. helped to broaden my education and experiences and that was The public square, she notes, is where she puts into practice knowledge I could bring back to the church,” she says. “There is much of what she learned at McCormick. “One of the things I no limit to what we can give and what we can receive when we picked up from McCormick was the importance of creating an share the gospel, not only in words, but also in our actions in the open table, a safe space, and a diverse community where anyone world around us.” 2023 ANNUAL REPORT 19