Marian Call was born in 1943 to James and Jane Call in Lexington, Ky. The second of five children in a strong Catholic family (her father was a convert), because of her father’s job with the L&N Railroad, they moved several times so he could take advantage of promotions he was offered. When Marian was about three years old, they left Kentucky for Indiana where they resided for several years, then onto Birmingham, Al. where the family lived for about six years. When Marian was twelve, her father was transferred back to Kentucky, where they settled in Louisville. Marian attended Catholic schools until she graduated from high school. Upon graduation, Marian left home to join the Religious Sisters of Mercy, whose Motherhouse was in Cincinnati, Oh. Trained as a teacher, Marian taught elementary school students for about ten years. In the 1970s, her last stint as a teacher found her living in the west end of Louisville and belonging to a small community of Sisters of Mercy comprised of only six members who had chosen to live together. It was in the early 1970s and change was in the air, both in the Catholic Church and in the larger society, and these six nuns received permission from their Superiors to join together where they hoped to experiment and incorporate some of these changes into their lives. At the end of their time together, most of them chose to leave the Sisters of Mercy and move out on their own. But the bonds they formed have kept them connected as sisters for almost fifty years.