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She arrived in a place called Dallas as another summer was setting in. She was a stranger in a flat, hot land – uprooted from her native Colombia.
“They told me, ‘Get ready, you are going to Dallas.’ I asked where was that,” says Sister Adelaide Bocanegra, recalling the superiors who sent her into the world to help some old folks in some faraway home. "I said, ‘I don’t speak English.’ They said, ‘You will learn.’ "
Half a century later, the physical, emotional and spiritual care of seniors continues at St. Joseph’s Residence in Oak Cliff.
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“They told me, ‘Get ready, you are going to Dallas.’ I asked where was that,” says Sister Adelaide Bocanegra, recalling the superiors who sent her into the world to help some old folks in some faraway home. "I said, ‘I don’t speak English.’ They said, ‘You will learn.’ "
Half a century later, the physical, emotional and spiritual care of seniors continues at St. Joseph’s Residence in Oak Cliff.
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Just think of all the lives she must have inspired!