On Friday Aug. 8, Maria Laura Fernandez was formally received by the congregation as a novice during an evening prayer service at the Franciscan Villa chapel in Syracuse, N.Y.


On Friday Aug. 8, Maria Laura Fernandez was formally received by the congregation as a novice during an evening prayer service at the Franciscan Villa chapel in Syracuse, N.Y.
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