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Benedictine College Announces Sister Deirdre Byrne as its 2025 Commencement Speaker

Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, is pleased to announce that Sister Deirdre “Dede” Byrne, POSC, a Roman Catholic religious sister, missionary, surgeon and retired U.S. Army colonel, will be the featured keynote speaker for the college’s Commencement Exercises, set for May 17, 2025. She has been a fearless advocate for the unborn and the chronically ill and disabled, and she has worked tirelessly to defend conscience protections for medical doctors. She told her story in the recently published biography, Sister, Soldier, Surgeon: The Life and Courage of Sister Deirdre Byrne, M.D. by Leisa Marie Carzon, Ph.D.

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