Published: Mon, November 10, 2014 @ 12:00 a.m.

Staff report

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The 26th annual Dis- tinguished Alumni Awards were presented at the liturgy at the Feast of Saint Ursula Liturgy at Ursuline High School.

Each year, the award is given to graduates of Ursuline High School who have distinguished themselves by dedicated service to the school and community. This years recipients were Sister Mary Lee Nalley (55) and John Vitullo (71).

Sister Mary Lee was born on the East Side of Youngstown, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret Drummond Nalley. Her parents provided a Catholic education for their children, Patty Nalley Dempsey (57), Peggy Nalley McDonough (60), Patrick and Joseph (members of the Class of 1963).

Sister Mary Lee is a product of Immaculate Conception School. Upon graduating from Ursuline, she entered the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown. She earned a bachelors degree in education from Youngstown State University. She also has a religious education certificate from the Diocese of Youngstown.

She taught at Immaculate Conception and St. Columba schools in Youngstown; St. Nicholas School in Struthers; and Our Lady of Lourdes in East Palestine. She serves as pastoral associate at St. Angela Merici Parish, the recently formed parish from Sacred Heart and Immaculate Conception.

For more than 40 years, Sister Mary Lee has ministered in a variety of capacities on the citys East Side.

She has worked primarily with children from disadvantaged families. Her work included both classroom teaching in the consolidated parish school and in the Christian Education Program on weekends and after-school hours.

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Ursuline distinguished alumni honored