Sr. Susan Moran honoured

Summer 2002

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Fr. Patrick O’Dea presents Sr. Susan Moran and Chris Zowinir, one of the student founders from St. Michael’s College School, with the Cardinal Newman “Kindly Light Award” for their work with Out of the Cold.

The Order of St. Michael

Our Lady’s Missionary Sr. Susan Moran was inducted into The Order of St. Michael on November 9, 2001. St. Michael’s College School bestows this honour on those who demonstrate a life of exemplary witness and service to God and neighbour. Sr. Susan joined the staff at St. Michael’s in 1987 working as a Special Education consultant and assisting in the chaplaincy program. Her concern for the poor and homeless led to the opening of the Out of the Cold, a ministry that brings food, shelter, dignity and hope to many throughout the city of Toronto.

Kindly Light Award

Sr. Susan has also received the 2002 John Henry Cardinal Newman “Kindly Light Award” for the founding of Out of the Cold. Presented at the University of Toronto’s Newman Centre in March 2002, the award recognized the founders of Out of the Cold: Sr. Susan, Fr. John Murphy and the original student team from St. Michael’s College School, as well as Rev. John Erb, an Anglican priest who was the first to open his church to the program. It was their “prophetic vision in creating a ministry that helps us all to become more sensitive to the poor and homeless on the streets of our city.” Today, more and more churches of various denominations are participating in the program.

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