Danielle Rose, a senior at The University of Notre Dame, is finishing her degrees in both theology and music. Danielle’s parents, who encouraged her in a way of life that fostered service to others, set the examples early on. Her father, Dr. Dan Skorich of Duluth, Minnesota, is a doctor who served with people in India over 25 years ago. Like her father, Danielle felt called to India at the age of 17 to serve as a volunteer with Mother Teresa’s Missionary Sisters of Charity. One of Danielle’s prize possessions is a rose that Mother Teresa gave her as a reminder to share her great gift that will unfold as a rose does, in God’s time.

Born Danielle Skorich, she has taken the professional name "Danielle Rose" in commemoration of that occasion. At school in South Bend, she performs with the Notre Dame Folk Choir, a world famous singing group. Inspired by that experience, she started composing and singing her own original material, and has recently recorded it on "Defining Beauty." Her music has moved and inspired audiences as divergent in age and background as participants at large Marian conferences and youth gatherings.

At a national convention of church musicians held recently in Washington DC, Danielle’s performance literally stopped the show with a lengthy standing ovation in the middle of a concert with other much more experienced performers.