Pittston Dispatch 4-3-11 by The Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company

Peggy Burke

and by the time she receives this award, it will have surpassed 4,000. Peggy serves on our Ministry board, but also serves the clinic as our nutritionist. She thus uses her Misericordia degree to the best of purposes.’’ A former member of the Misericordia University Alumni Association, Burke is a lector and Eucharistic minister at St. John the Evangelist Parish, and an advocate for those most in need. She is the founder and coordinator of The Greater Pittston Food Pantry; a board member

and nutritionist for the Care & Concern Free Health Clinic; the founder of The Knitting Ministry; a member of the Healing Hearts Bereavement Support Team; and is a board member for the Greater Pittston Meals on Wheels and a weekly meal delivery volunteer. Burke also volunteered for the Principal’s Advisory Council at the former Seton Catholic High School. At St. Mary’s Assumption School, she served as a volunteer librarian, book fair chairperson and worked with the Principal’s Advisory Board. The greater community acknowledged her selfless service to others when she was named the Greater Pittston Person of the Year in 2009 by The Sunday Dispatch newspaper. The Wyoming Valley Women’s Club named her Woman of the Year in 2009. Burke is married to The Honorable Judge Thomas F. Burke, Jr. The couple has five children. “Mrs. Burke is an inveterate servant leader,’’ said Misericordia University President Michael A. MacDowell. “She undertakes volunteer, Church and community responsibilities without any thought to herself. Her only concern is for others. As an alumna

of Misericordia University and a daughter of the Valley, she learned early on that helping oth-

ers is a reward within itself and she has always acted accordingly.’’

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Nicholas DeBenedictis, chairman, CEO and president of Aqua America, will give the commencement address at Misericordia University’s 85th graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 21, at 2 p.m. in the Anderson Sports and Health Center on campus. A baccalaureate Mass will precede the ceremony in the Anderson Center at 10:30 a.m. During the Commencement ceremony, Misericordia University will present DeBenedictis, Charles “Rusty’’ Flack, Jr., chairman and CEO of Diamond Consolidated Industries and a former member of the Misericordia University Board of Trustees; and Father Thomas O’Hara, C.S.C., Ph.D., retiring president of King’s College, with honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees. The institution will also bestow the Catherine McAuley Medal on Margaret (Peggy) Neff Burke in recognition of her significant service to her community and Misericordia University, and the values to which it aspires. Burke is a former Sunday Dispatch Greater Pittston Person of the Year. Burke is a member of Misericordia University’s class of 1974, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics. She also holds a certificate in spiritual direction from the Institute for Contemporary Spirituality at The University of Scranton and a certificate in parish ministry foundation from the Pastoral Formation Institute. The West Pittston resident’s civic mindedness has left an indelible impression on her Greater Pittston and parish communities, according to Monsignor John J. Bendik, a member of the Misericordia University Board of Trustees and the pastor of Saint John the Evangelist Church in Pittston. “Peggy was involved from the ground floor in our deliberations relative to a health clinic,’’ said Msgr. Bendik, who nominated her for the prestigious award. “We were attempting to discern if we were meeting or creating a need. We discovered that the need in the area is beyond anyone’s imagination. “We have served over 3,300 persons in the past three years,

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Misericordia University to honor Peggy Burke