“It’s a wonderful privilege to be part of a group of women, all of whom want to be of help to God’s children — especially to so many who are struggling with so many things in their lives,” she said June 9 after the annual Celebration of Consecrated Life jubilee Mass.
At 77, Sr. Johnson is still teaching mathematics and tutoring students in math at the University of Detroit Mercy.
She said many of the students with whom she works are otherwise talented people who nevertheless hate or fear math.
“They seem to be so grateful for the extra help,” Sr. Johnson said.
Students find it comforting when she tells them that, while they might not be as proficient in math as she is, they have talents she doesn’t have, she continued.
Besides her work at UDM, Sr. Johnson is also a liturgist and coordinates many of the liturgies at the McAuley Center in Farmington Hills.
She grew up in St. Francis de Sales Parish, attending the parish school and then Mercy High School. She entered the congregation at Mercy College in 1953, and taught at many schools throughout Michigan over the years.
