Rose Ann Howard, SCN

June 3, 1936 - February 4, 2022

Rose Ann Howard, SCN, 85, was born in Waverly, KY on June 3, 1936. She died February 4, 2022 at Nazareth Home in Louisville, KY. She entered the Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph, Maple Mount, KY, where she made her final vows in 1957. She transferred into the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in 1974. Sister Rose’s earliest ministries were in grade school education as a teacher at St. Leonard School in Louisville and St. Catherine School in New Haven. From 1968-1973 she was the principal at Mother of Good Counsel in Louisville. Sister Rose began her ministry at Bellarmine University in Louisville in 1973. In her many years there, she served as a lecturer of teacher education, as an assistant professor, as a professor of education and as the director of secondary education. She chaired several committees for Bellarmine. She also served as a member of the Board of Trustees at Spalding University. Sister Rose earned her doctorate in education from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She later spent time in study and sabbatical in Belgium and returned to Louisville where she volunteered for a variety of organizations. She spent several months in India where she led workshops and visited with her SCN Sisters and their ministries. As director of the SCN’s office of congregational ministries, Sister Rose guided the various ministries of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. She later served as a board member for some of these ministries. She is survived by her sisters Dorothy Howard Herr of Jeffersonville, IN and Mary Howard Ramsey of San Antonio, FL; her brothers Thomas Anthony Howard of Louisville, William Jerome Howard of Louisville, and Dr. James Howard of Jeffersonville. She is survived by her extended family and by her religious community, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Visitation will be Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at Ratterman and Sons Funeral Home, 3800 Bardstown Road, Louisville, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Wake will also be Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at St. Vincent DePaul Church, Nazareth. Sister’s funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, the 10th of February at 10:30 a.m. from St. Vincent Church at Nazareth, followed by burial in the Nazareth Motherhouse Cemetery. The service will be webcast at: Nazareth.org/live. Funeral Arrangements are being handled by Ratterman Funeral Home, 3800 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY. Memorials may be sent to the SCN Office of Mission Advancement, P.O. Box 9, Nazareth, KY, 40048. Online condolences may be shared at www.ratterman.com.