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The Catholic Extension Society has awarded its 2024-2025 Lumen Christi Award to a woman religious who as a physician provides health care to uninsured patients in rural eastern Tennessee.

Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, a Religious Sister of Mercy of Alma, Michigan, is the medical director of St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic, a ministry of the Diocese of Knoxville.

“She and her team of staff and volunteers provide primary care to improve the lives of the medically uninsured,” said a Sept. 20 news release from Catholic Extension announcing the award. “Driven by her faith and compassion, Sister Mary Lisa said the clinic’s goal ‘is to bring the love of Christ to them so that they know they have dignity and that they have worth.'”

As this year’s award recipient, Sister Mary Lisa will receive $50,000 to support her work.

Catholic Extension’s Lumen Christi Award​


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