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By Elizabeth Raggi, Contributor
October / November 2001

October 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

On July 18, 2001, Dorothy Marie and Gwen Hennessey of the Sisters of St. Francis of The Holy Family, left their fellow sisters and friends to report to Pekin Federal Correctional Institute in Illinois. They were sentenced to six months for a November 2000 protest at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia. Founded in 1946 and funded by U.S. taxpayers, SOA … [Read more...] about Ladies of Mercy

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