德國籍修女羅麥瑞，來台將近六十年，今年八十六歲的她，1970年在輔仁大學創立織品服裝學系，將大半生奉獻給台灣織品服裝教育，對台灣紡織產業及服裝教育有卓越功績，被譽為「織品之母」。
羅麥瑞修女1947年出生於德國，1965年於菲律賓馬尼拉聖神學院取得家政與教育雙學位，1966年抵台授課，並於1970年創立輔仁大學織品服裝學系。她之後亦赴美深造，於威斯康辛大學及FIT紐約時尚學院攻讀織品服裝碩士學位。
在台期間，她積極推動產學合作，為台灣培育數千名設計人才，在台灣紡織業興盛時期貢獻良多。
於最近一次公開演講中，修女以教宗方濟各的《Laudato Si 願你受讚頌》通諭為行動呼籲，回顧自己幾個階段的「天命」歷程：從德國到菲律賓，從台灣再到美國，原本單純的宗教傳教使命，逐漸轉化為教育、產業、文化推廣的終身志業。
她深信人生的歷程就是上天的安排，也呼應了Laudato Si的核心精神——照顧我們共同的家園、回應地球與貧窮的哭聲。她引用教宗的話語作結：「只有改變教育，才能改變世界。」
修女鼓勵現場每一位聽眾都能成為「改變者」，在各自崗位上推動永續理念與人類福祉的實現。
【English Version】
Sister Rosemary, a German national, has dedicated nearly 60 years of her life to Taiwan. At the age of 86, she remains an inspiring figure who founded the Department of Textiles and Clothing at Fu Jen Catholic University in 1970. Her lifelong contributions to textile education in Taiwan have earned her the title “Mother of Textiles.”
Born in Germany in 1947, Sister Rosemary earned dual degrees in Home Economics and Education from the Holy Spirit College in Manila in 1965. She came to Taiwan in 1966 to begin her teaching mission, later founding the Department of Textiles and Clothing at Fu Jen in 1970. She also pursued advanced studies in the United States at the University of Wisconsin and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York.
During the height of Taiwan’s textile industry, she actively promoted industry-academia collaboration, nurturing thousands of students and professionals in textile design.
In a recent public lecture, Sister Rosemary reflected on her life journey through the lens of Pope Francis’s Laudato Si. From Germany to the Philippines, Taiwan, and the U.S., what began as a spiritual mission transformed into a lifelong devotion to education, culture, and sustainability.
She believes her path is a divine calling, aligned with the core of Laudato Si—caring for our common home and responding to the cries of the Earth and the poor. She concluded by quoting Pope Francis: “Only by changing education can we change the world.”
Sister Rosemary encouraged everyone in attendance to be “agents of change,” promoting sustainability and human well-being through their individual efforts.
