Sr. Marie Therese “Tess” Browne SCN is Sister of Charity of Nazareth. She is a native of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and a U.S. citizen. As an active parishioner of St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Boston, Massachusetts, she is the co-chair of the parish Social Justice Committee. She is a teacher, community organizer and social justice advocate. Sister Tess lives out charity rooted in justice, care for the earth and being in solidarity with oppressed and marginalized persons, especially women and children.

Sr. Tess holds several degrees including a Masters from UMass Boston College of Community and Public Service and is a Merrill Fellow of Harvard Divinity School. She has a long history with the United Farm Workers and is a founding member of the National Black Sisters Conference, the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus. Sr. Tess’s accomplishments are far too numerous to list, but her total dedication and involvement with social justice concerns continue to be evident throughout her life.

Sr. Tess embraces the reality that…..

“God is good all the time, and all the time God is good”