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Sr. Rose Marie-Jane Kujawa, CSSF, passed away Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. A funeral Mass will begin at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, following a 10 a.m. ...

Sister Rose Marie also was instrumental in adding acreage and buildings to the 97-acre campus and creating a top-level Athletic Complex. On Sunday, March 21, 2021, Sister Rose Marie received this rare papal honor awarded by Pope Francis for six decades of selfless ministry and service to the local and universal Church. She was extremely active in Livonia and surrounding communities, serving on the Livonia Chamber Board, and working with the Rotary Club and the Livonia Symphony. Among the honorary degrees and honors bestowed on Sister Rose Marie over her 60 years as a Felician Sister, one stands out: the PRO ECCLESIA ET PONTIFICE medal – “For Church and Pope”. She also spent six years as Provincial Secretary of the Felician Sisters of Livonia, and prior to her passing, she served as local minister of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Central Convent in Livonia. A tireless advocate for making a Madonna education accessible to more people, Sister Rose Marie fostered the expansion of study abroad programs and focused increased attention on diversity and programs for underserved populations. She was inducted into the Livonia Hall of Fame in 2014. In 1976, Sister was assigned to Madonna College where she taught mathematics and organized and taught the first computer courses. Sister Rose Marie Kujawa was appointed sixth president of Madonna University on July 1, 2001, a position she held for 14 years. Sister also chaired the task force promoting the change of Madonna College to Madonna University on February 11, 1991. She earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics at Madonna University in 1966 and taught for 12 years, at St. She is survived by her sister Laura Colasinski, and brother John Kujawa, and by nieces, nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews.