Sister Carmen Rita Lopez of the Passion

2025 Jubilarian Celebrating 75 Years

I am originally from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, where I was baptized. I was drawn to the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity because I felt they were a safe haven in which to give glory and honor to the Triune God. I was able to accompany those furthest from the faith. One of the things that has sustained me in the MSBTs is our sense of family; it has been my preference to be in mission with the STs, our brothers and the MSBTs our sisters. They taught me to constantly invoke the Holy Spirit to continue in my ministry with a joyful spirit, without seeking myself.

Over the years, I was missioned to serve in Puerto Rico, in the towns Coamo, Rio Piedras, Cabo Rojo, Canovanas, Ponce. I also ministered in Lorain, Ohio; Newark, New Jersey (St. Bridget); Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and internationally in Managua, Nicaragua; and the Dominican Republic.

I am most grateful for the trust that the community placed in me by allowing me to be missioned to so many different places. I feel that each one of these missions shaped me into the person I am today.