Education leader, principal of Charlotte Catholic High School
BELMONT — Mercy Sister Mary Rosalind Picot passed away at Sacred Heart Convent on May 25, 2024. She was 90.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Friday, May 31, 2024, in Cardinal Gibbons Chapel at Sacred Heart Convent. Interment was at Belmont Abbey Cemetery.
A proud native of North Carolina, Mary Rose Picot was born on Sept. 18, 1933, in Wilmington, the daughter of Hallette E. Picot and Rose Allen.
A Sister of Mercy for 69 years, Sister Rosalind was an educator and a leader who empowered people to grow and expand their vision of life and service.
She attended St. Mary's Catholic School and New Hanover High School in Wilmington. After joining the
Sisters of Mercy in Belmont in 1955, she later received a bachelor’s degree in education from Sacred Heart College in Belmont, a Medical Technology degree from Mercy Hospital in Charlotte, two master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (one in French, and the other in Education Administration), and a doctorate in education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a concentration in Administration for Higher Education. An honorary doctorate from Belmont Abbey College was presented in recognition of her outstanding service in education.
Sister Rosalind's spiritual motto was: “In You, O Lord I Trust.” She lived this as an elected regional councilor and president for 16 years, served on boards, and was well known as the principal of Charlotte Catholic High School.
She was an outstanding administrator renowned for her love of the French language and travels in France.
For seven years, Sister Rosalind Picot also served on the Board of Directors at Holy Angels, where she passionately advanced the ministry of Holy Angels.
Sister Rosalind was loved by all those she met and was an extremely gracious woman of Mercy.
On her 50th jubilee anniversary as a Sister of Mercy in 2005, Sister Rosalind told the Catholic News Herald that religious life was her path to a deeper relationship with God. “I entered to search for God. I stay for the same reason – I keep finding God in so many different ways, events and people. There have been sudden revelations and an evolving process, filled with God’s grace.”
Mclean Funeral Directors of Belmont was in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at www.mcleanfuneral.com.
— Catholic News Herald