SCN Leaders
The SCN Family is led by three Sisters of Charity of Nazareth who serve as spiritual leaders of the Congregation and proclaim the mission of the SCN Family throughout the world.
Mary Elizabeth Miller, SCN President
A native of Wilmington, Del., Sister Mary Elizabeth entered the Congregation in 1959 from St. Mary Magdalene Parish in Wilmington. She made her first profession of vows in 1962 and her perpetual profession in 1967.
She is the daughter of the late Victor and Virginia Miller of Wilmington and stepmother, Marie C. Miller. She earned her bachelor's degree in music education in 1964 from Nazareth College and a master's in education and guidance from Memphis State University in 1972. She received her master's in divinity from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in 1983.
Sister Mary Elizabeth taught music at St. Thomas More in Louisville, Ky., Nazareth College and Academy in Nazareth, Ky., Sacred Heart High School, Memphis Catholic High School, St. Michael's and Little Flower Grade Schools in Memphis, Tenn. She served as principal at St. Mary Academy in Leonardtown, Md., for seven years. She worked in pastoral ministry at St. John Chrysostom Parish, West Roxbury, Mass. She worked with the homeless and mentally ill in Boston, Mass., as counseling supervisor at St. Francis House and as the assistant director of the Harbor Area Supported Housing Program. In 1998 she was elected vice president of the Congregation, a position she held until 2003. She served briefly as the director of sponsored ministries before assuming duties as director of finance for the Congregation, a position she held from 2004 to 2008.
Susan Gatz, SCN Vice President
A native of Louisville, Ky., Sister Susan entered the Congregation in 1965 from Holy Family Parish in Louisville. She made her first profession of vows in 1968 and her perpetual profession in 1973.
She is the daughter of Ellen "Nell" Gatz and the late Norton Gatz of Louisville. She earned a bachelor's degree in English and Spanish in 1970 from Nazareth College and a master's degree in pastoral studies from St. Paul University in Ottawa, Canada in 1981.
Sister Susan taught at Presentation High School and Assumption High School in Louisville, and Providence High School in New Albany, Ind. She worked in youth ministry at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Raymondville, Texas, as a pastoral assistant at St. Anne Church in Ruskin, Fla., and in lay ministry development for Sacred Hearth Southern Mission in Mississippi. Sister Susan served as the southern regional from 1988-1994, the director of communications 1995-1996, and director of the Office of Congregational Advancement 1996-2002. From 2002-2007, she was provincial of the Western Province.
Teresa Kotturan, SCN Vice President
A native of Mookkannoor in Kerala, India, Sister Teresa entered the Congregation in 1967. She made her first profession of vows in 1970 and her perpetual profession in 1976.
She is the daughter of Mariam Kotturan Kaiprampat and the late Joseph Kotturan. She earned her bachelor's degree in philosophy from Sophia College, University of Bombay, India, in 1978 and her master's in hospital administration from the University of Philippines, Manila, in 1987.
Sister Teresa has served as the provincial secretary; a teacher in the area of formation in Mokama, India; as the assistant administrator of Nazareth Hospital in Mokama; in the capacity of convent administrator at Charta in Jharkhand; as administrator in the area of Rural Development with Catholic Charities at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand; and in community service at Nazareth Convent in Kakkavayal, in Kerala. She was a Province board member from 1989 to 1994. During this period she was the Coordinator of the health care and social action ministries of the Province. Sister Teresa served as provincial in India from 1999-2002 and as provincial in the Eastern Province from 2002-2007.