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Guerin Outreach Ministries: Catholic religious sisters offer English classes, friendship to residents of St. Anthy Trailer Park in rural Mecca, Calif.

Martha Arrendondo is 46 years old and has been in the United States for 26 years. She works in the grape fields in and around the Coachella Valley in California. Right now she is looking for a better job, and…

Amy Miranda
June 6, 2012
Guerin Outreach Ministries, Providence in the Desert

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Sisters with California’s Providence in the Desert offer English classes, friendship

Martha Arrendondo is 46 years old and has been in the United States for 26 years. She works in the grape fields in and around the Coachella Valley in California. Right now she is looking for a better job, and…

Amy Miranda
June 6, 2012
Education, Guerin Outreach Ministries, Peace & Justice, Providence in the Desert

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Dynamic Providence in the Desert founder celebrates 60 years as a religious Sister

The trailer park residents at the east end of the Coachella Valley in Southern California are some of the poorest people in the United States. Mostly immigrant farm workers from Mexico, they are often marginalized and discriminated against for their…

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Providence in the Desert opens new doors for student

Martha Langarica is a shining example of what Providence in the Desert is all about. Martha came to the United States from the state of Nayarit in Mexico 25 years ago. She came to work in the fields so that…

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Giving her whole self to music

This article is reprinted from the summer 2009 issue of HOPE. A Sister of Providence since 1951, Sister Carol Nolan has been teaching music since 1953. She was the first music teacher at Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove,…

Sisters of Providence
May 26, 2009
Art & Music, Providence in the Desert, Sisters in Ministry