Staying alive

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Working the suicide prevention hotline is intense, but S. Réjane Cytacki sticks with it so she can truly help someone in need.

a man walks by himself across a dark space

When your family doesn't understand

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Before she entered religious life, Sister Ana Gonzalez had a tough time convincing her mom it was the right choice. Discover what changed her mom’s mind!

family discussion

The cup of life

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S. Scholastica continues to live the cup of her life, and nurture the lessons presented in ordinary symbols like a cup.

A Nun's Life cup

A decade later, a miraculous reunion

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Leaving Vietnam in small batches, Sr. Trish Doan’s family traveled to the United States over the course of a decade – and at long last, every member of the family was reunited in their adoptive home.

Vietnamese refugees in a boat

Discovering her true identity

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Not until she was working with unaccompanied minors in US Immigration Services did Sr. Trish Doan realize the truth: as a Vietnamese refugee making her way to the United States, she herself had been an unaccompanied minor.

Vietnamese girl sits by herself near a boat