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Francis throws a gauntlet, and 'maybe someday'

The Tuesday Pillar Post

JD Flynn
Aug 30, 2022
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Hey everybody,

Today is the feast of St. Jeanne Jugan, the foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor, a religious community of women founded and dedicated to care for the elderly poor.

Jeanne was born in France in 1792, amid the turmoil of the French Revolution. She was the sixth of eight children. When Jeanne was four, her father, a fisherman, was los…

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