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Author recounts experience with Catholic Worker

Kiera Johnsen | Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Rosalie Riegle, an author and alumna of the Saint Mary’s class of 1959, spoke Tuesday about her life and journey with the Catholic Worker for the Collegiate Speaker Series sponsored by the Career Crossings Office, the Department of Communication Studies and the Cushwa-Leighton Library. Riegle said meeting Dorothy Day while working as a peace activist

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Saint Mary’s alumna discusses nonviolent civil disobedience

Kate Kulwicki | Friday, January 17, 2014

Rosalie Riegle, oral historian and Saint Mary’s alumna, visited her alma mater Thursday to speak about her life’s work dedicated to nonviolent civil disobedience. “In 2004, I found myself contemplating, for the first time, doing serious civil disobedience, to show my outrage, my sadness and my emotional involvement in resisting our government policies,” Riegle said.