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.
