An unexpected decision in the search for something more

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by Maxine Kollasch

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"Is this it? Is this what it's supposed to be like?" Jenny Zimmerman was asking herself as she worked day in and day out in the career that matched her college degree. She talks to Sister Maxine about how her search for something more took her through an unexpected door: becoming a Sister of Notre Dame.

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