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Women War and Peace

Sister Denise

Love for the foreigner, lost in a foreign land.

03/26/2019

Women War and Peace

Sister Denise

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Love for the foreigner, lost in a foreign land.

Sister Denise LaRock is a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and has been working in San Antonio since January 2016. She works with the Interfaith Welcome Coalition (IWC), greeting asylum-seekers at the bus station and providing backpacks with donations from churches. She bases her work on the words of the Bible regarding foreigners.

03/26/2019

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