Sister, Soldier, Surgeon

New Biography Showcases Life of Contemporary Heroine on the Battlefield and in the Operating Room. 

This inspiring book chronicles the witness of Sr. Dede Byrne, provider of medical care to the poor and courageous defender of life.

Boston, MA—Meet a modern-day Joan of Arc. Whether in scrubs, camouflage, or a religious habit, Sr. Dede Byrne, in her threefold calling as a professed religious sister, renowned surgeon, and U.S. Army colonel, is a model of virtue and action.

In “Sister, Soldier, Surgeon,” Dr. Leisa Marie Carzon relates how Sister’s inspirational life serves as a call to emerge from the safety of the Upper Room and enter the public square to courageously infuse culture with an unapologetic defense of Christ’s beauty, truth, and goodness.

Whether saving lives on battlefields or outside the doors of Planned Parenthood, this contemporary heroine dedicates herself to care of the poor, love of God and country, and an unwavering defense of the unborn. 

The author details Sister Dede’s journey in discerning and living her vocational calling and her personal vow of providing free and loving medical care to the poor. Additionally, she highlights Sr. Dede’s heroic national keynote address that took the nation by storm and embodied the essence of courageously living one’s faith in the public square.

Readers will learn about the impactful way Sister proposes Christ to everyone she meets with fearless abandon and determined love. She ministered at Ground Zero on September 11, served as St. Mother Teresa’s personal physician, was deployed as a surgeon to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom, facilitated the rescue of citizens hiding from the Taliban, and travels regularly to the war-torn Nuba Mountains in Sudan to provide life-saving medical care to inhabitants under siege.

Dubbed “the Mother Teresa of D.C.,” Sr. Dede continues to provide medical care to the marginalized from her convent basement clinic and administer the abortion pill reversal procedure that has resulted in the delivery of more than a dozen healthy babies. 

All met proceeds will benefit Sister Dede's mission and order, The Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts. 

“The reason Sister Dede Byrne is a heroine,” the author explains, “the reason so many find her inspiring, and the reason we so desperately need her example today, is because of the way she loves; because of the way she proclaims her faith without fear or apology.”

 

At home and abroad, Sr. Dede Byrne spreads her message of love and her exhortations for remaining in the state of grace so that we might all attain our eternal end — eternity with God in Heaven.

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