Sister Theresa Gleeson, BVM, came to SMDLP in late summer of 1990. Sister Theresa, one of the first staff members of SMDLP, was involved with the formation of the parish, and in our subsequent move to the current SMDLP church building. She was primarily responsible for the RCIA program and formed the SMDLP Youth Group. Additionally, she worked with the Youth Religious Education Program and took on many other duties that came about as the Parish and its ministries were developing.
Sister Theresa was reassigned and left SMDLP in the summer of 1995. She was very effective in her role, and made an amazing impact on our parish community. In order to honor her outstanding achievements at the parish it was announced during a farewell Mass for Sister Theresa, that the existing SMDLP Golf Tournament would assume her name to acknowledge her dedication in working with and for the youth of our parish.