Date of Birth: 
Saturday, December 31, 1949
Relationship to the Society: 
RSCJ

Diane was drawn to the Society because of the witness of Carol Putnam and other RSCJ in the South End of Boston in the mid 1970s.  She spent her early years working with the children and adults of Sursum Corda Village in Washington, DC, eventually helping to convert it into a tenant-owned Co-op.  Her interest in affordable housing led her to become trained as a resident manager and to get her real estate license, skills  which she used working for various non-profit and commercial housing providers in St. Louis, Boston and New Orleans.  She also used her organizational development skills during her four years living and working in Haiti.  In her sixties, Diane's interest shifted to mentoring young adults interested in Justice and Spirituality, first in New Orleans and later in Washington, DC.  

Organization or Ministry: 

Sursum Corda Village

Duration of ministry: 
1969 until Helen McCulloch move out in late 1990's
Type of Ministry: 
Affiliated with the institutional church (Catholic Charities, Archdiocese, Parish…)
Collaborative effort (with other religious or secular groups)
Corporate Ministry (i.e more than one RSCJ Involved)
Categories of Ministry: 
Education for under-served populations
Direct service to those in need
City: 
Washington,
State/Province: 
DC
Country: 
USA
Names of other RSCJ involved: 
Alice McDonell, Kate McDonnell, Faine McMullen, Grace Butler, Hellen McCulloch, Mavi Coakley, Gertrude Cosenke, Elizabeth Antisdale, Jules Cozi, Freddy Cartwright, Deanna Rose VonBargen, Julie Yachtis, Marilyn Lorenz, and others

Seeds of Change Community Corporation

Duration of ministry: 
2000-2004 (approximately)
Type of Ministry: 
Initiated by RSCJ
Corporate Ministry (i.e more than one RSCJ Involved)
Categories of Ministry: 
Protection of the Environment
Interfaith and Ecumenical work
City: 
St Louis
State/Province: 
MO
Country: 
USA
Names of other RSCJ involved: 
Carol Bialock, Dotty Clark, Maria Schlomer, plus two non-rscj: Rev. Marge Swacker from the UCC and Robin Feeherty from the neighborhood

Commonwealth Land Trust

Ministry still exists

Duration of ministry: 
2008-2010
Type of Ministry: 
Collaborative effort (with other religious or secular groups)
Categories of Ministry: 
Direct service to those in need
City: 
Roxbury
State/Province: 
MA
Country: 
USA

Old North St. Louis Restoration Group

Ministry still exists

Duration of ministry: 
2000-2004
Type of Ministry: 
Collaborative effort (with other religious or secular groups)
Categories of Ministry: 
Work for Structural Change
City: 
St. Louis
State/Province: 
MO
Country: 
USA

Timoun Tet Ansanm

Duration of ministry: 
2004-2012
Type of Ministry: 
Initiated by RSCJ
Affiliated with the institutional church (Catholic Charities, Archdiocese, Parish…)
Collaborative effort (with other religious or secular groups)
Corporate Ministry (i.e more than one RSCJ Involved)
Categories of Ministry: 
Education for under-served populations
Direct service to those in need
Protection of the Environment
Work for Structural Change
Mission work in developing countries that reflects the new paradigm of “Mission”
City: 
Verrettes
State/Province: 
L'Artibonite
Country: 
Haiti
Names of other RSCJ involved: 
Josefa Corrada, Matilde Moreno, Judy Vollbrecht, Marta Nunez Ruiz, Diana Wall, and others