Mother Olga of the Sacred Heart

Mother Olga of the Sacred Heart is the founder and servant mother of the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth in the Archdiocese of Boston. She has a BS in biology and hematology, an MA in philosophy and theology from Babylon College, a master’s in pastoral ministry from Boston College, and an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Providence College. She lived through four wars in the Middle East, and as a young lay woman, she started a lay movement called Love Your Neighbor that served the needs of the poor in a war-torn area. In 1995, she established the first order for religious sisters in the Assyrian Church of the East in 700 years: the Order of Marth Mariam Sisters—Missionaries of the Virgin Mary.