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Mary Beth Faller – The Arizona Republic – Friday 15 Aug, 2007


Christa Parra kneels in prayer at the Loreto sisters convent at
SS. Simon and Jude Cathedral in west Phoenix. She has been
there since February and will soon leave for Illinois to become
a novice. Image: David Kadlubowski/The Arizona Republic

Six years ago, Christa Parra was 21 years old, unhappy and confused.
“What should I do with my life?” was a constant question she asked herself.

Parra needed an answer, so she went to a place where she felt comfortable and welcome.

She knelt down in one of the pews of her parish church, SS. Simon and Jude Cathedral in west Phoenix, to pray. “What should I do?”. . .

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