Durstyne "Dusty" Farnan (Courtesy of Durstyne Farnan)

Durstyne Farnan

Durstyne (Dusty) Farnan is an Adrian Dominican sister from Michigan. After teaching elementary and junior high, she lived in Ghana, West Africa and Kenya with indigenous religious sisters in their initial formation programs. Later, she ministered in the inner city of Chicago and in psychiatric units as a clinical social worker; she has served her congregation as the director of justice and later vocation director. She currently serves as the U.N. representative for the Dominican Leadership Conference.

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Durstyne (Dusty) Farnan es una hermana dominica adrianense de Michigan. Después de enseñar en primaria y secundaria, vivió en Ghana, África Occidental y Kenia con religiosas indígenas en sus programas de formación inicial. Más tarde, ejerció su ministerio en el centro de la ciudad de Chicago y en unidades psiquiátricas como trabajadora social clínica; ha servido a su congregación como directora de justicia y, posteriormente, directora de vocaciones. Actualmente es representante en la ONU de la Conferencia de Liderazgo de las Dominicas.

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