Sister Mary Ann was born on July 31, 1958, in Charleston, West Virginia, to Bartley and Helen Rosenbaum. After graduating from East Bank High School in 1976, she attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, where she earned a Batchelor of Science degree in 1980. She later earned a Religious Studies Certificate from the University of Charleston and a Pastoral Ministry Formation Certificate from the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.
Sister Mary Ann entered religious life in 1986 from her home parish, Good Shepherd in Coalburg, West Viriginia. While still a candidate, she served as an auditor at the State of West Virginia Tax Department from 1986 – 1987. After completing her novitiate, a clinical pastoral education program and a three-month ministry experience at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston in 1990, she professed first vows in 1990 and final vows in 1995
In 1990, she became Director of the Pastoral Care Department at Wheeling Hospital which continues to today. She also serves on the board of Wheeling Hospital, on the board of Catholic Charities West Virginia, in the Congregation of St. Joseph Investment Committee and Community Life and Ministry Committee, and as Treasurer of the Sisters of St. Joseph Health and Wellness Foundation.
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