Barbara Papitto 50th Anniversary Woman of the Year Award

Barbara Papitto

Barbara’s creativity, generosity and overall brilliance of gathering the best minds and hearts in the BIPOC population to help her is ingenious.

Barbara, we love you and we celebrate all of what you and Ralph have done through many years for the people of Rhode Island and beyond. Thank you! You are such a model for us of your philanthropy, your Catholicity and the profound importance of your faith in reaching out and helping others in so many important and various ways. You are a hero; you are a woman for all time and you are ReFocus’ 2022 50^th Anniversary Woman of the Year! May God bless you dearly for your faithfulness to the Church and to the people of God, everywhere and of every faith and ethnicity. We are truly One in God’s eyes and in your eyes.