Sister Barbara Buxton (Robert Marian)
Sister Barbara began her ministry as a Sister of Charity at the Academy of the Assumption, Elizabeth Seton High School and Saint Paul School all in Wellesley, MA. Also during this time, she served in the Sisters of Charity Formation Program which opened at Mount Saint Vincent, Wellesley in 1966. Returning to New York, Sister Barbara continued teaching at Bishop Rielly High School in Fresh Meadows, and at Saint Mary High School, Manhasset. She served as Campus Minister at Queens College and assistant Personnel Director for the Sisters of Charity before being elected as the Provincial Superior of the former New York Province. Sister Barbara's deep awareness of and desire to meet the needs of the poor and marginalized moved her to pursue studies at Fordham University, earning a master's degree in social work. As clinical social worker, she provided compassionate and caring service to many at the Glendale Mental Health Clinic in Glendale, NY, for over ten years. Stepping back from full-time ministry, she continued a part-time social work private practice. Sister Barbara also volunteered at Saint John's Bread and Life which serves the most vulnerable communities in Brooklyn and Queens, NY. She retired to Marillac Residence at Mount Saint Vincent and later to Elizabeth Seton Residence in Wellesley, MA.