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Karla Núñez rscj, province of Peru

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I was born in Lima December 30, 1970, but my childhood and adolescence were spent in Piura in the north of the country. (...) We were two siblings who learned from our parents to live “open house” ...

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María Carmen Soler García rscj, province of Northern Spain

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I was born 37 years ago in Valencia, on the edge of the Mediterranean, in a very welcoming family. Our parents’ house is always full: neighbours, friends, family...

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Beth Sulleza rscj, district of the Philippines

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One night, maybe 10 years ago, I was in my room in a boarding house in Manila crying to God. I felt, at that time, that what I wanted in life were simple things. I did not want to be rich or become a famous architect, I just want to be able to design resorts, churches and retreat houses...

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Bernadette Porter rscj, province of England-Wales

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I am the fifth child in a family of ten. I had a very happy and secure childhood growing up in the South of England. There was not much money around but alwaysplenty of fun...

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Amira Ishak rscj, province of Egypt

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My name is Amira Ishak and I am a member of the Province of Egypt. I was born in Beni-Ebeid, Minia, Egypt on 23 June, 1975. I am the fifth of 7 brothers and 3 sisters. My parents had deep faith and were hard workers. When I was about 7 years old a sister from another congregation visited our house and asked my father if he had considered having one of his children become a sister. I can’t remember his response but I do remember that her question had a profound impact on me... 

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Jean Lawson rscj, province of Ireland-Scotland

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I was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland on 18th march 1939 to Catholic parents, both of whom attended non-catholic schools. Their religious education was parish based. Both grew up with remarkably strong faith which resulted in both children of the marriage having religious vocations. My brother, Monsignor Alistair Lawson is now parish priest of our home town and the parish celebrated 150 years in existence on June 1st 2008.

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Paola Paoli rscj, province of Italy

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I am the younger of two daughters from a family with little interest in religion. Nevertheless I have always had an inward desire to help in the building of a better world and to share life with those on the margins. For that reason, on leaving school, I decided to become a factory worker and to work alongside those least favoured by society.

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