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Sr. Monica Gail Grimes of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur died July 5 at age 88, after "a life of goodness, kindness and community, always ready to be part of every effort to work for justice, peace and equity," in the words of Sr. Ann Kendrick. (Courtesy of Hope CommUnity Center)

Sr. Gail Grimes leaves lasting legacy of justice and community in Central Florida

Sr. Monica Gail Grimes, who died in July at age 88, helped build a decades-long ministry alongside farmworkers and Black and Hispanic communities in Central Florida through the Hope CommUnity Center and beyond.

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Mercy Srs. Pat Murphy, left, and JoAnn Persch at the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, outside Chicago, in 2009 (Courtesy of Chicago Catholic)

We lost 2 veterans of ministry to people seeking refuge. Their work is our work now.

By Dan Stockman
Sister of Charity Marie de Paul Combo washes the feet of Christian Brother Louis Rodeman, longtime leader at Kansas City's Holy Family Catholic Worker House, during a Holy Thursday Seder service.

Sr. Marie de Paul Combo: 'Fun nun' and 'fool for Christ' dies at 99

By Thomas C. Fox
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Rose Torrence: Legendary Catholic school teacher, mentor, poet, friend

By Sr. Christine Schenk

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