Keeping the faith on the slow road to justice

A road in Alabama (Unsplash/Kyle Rossi)

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by Maxine Kollasch

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Clip from "In Good Faith"

Sister Maxine talks with St. Joseph Sr. Patricia Flass, who has lived and worked in small towns around Selma, Alabama, for more than 20 years. Sister Pat reflects on what keeps her going and how the people she serves influence her faith as she ministers in some of the most impoverished areas in the United States.

Click here to listen to the full "In Good Faith" podcast where this clip is from.

GSR shares clips from our friends at A Nun's Life Ministry. Check out full episodes of all their podcasts (Ask Sister, In Good Faith, Random Nun Clips and more, like the archived Motherhouse Road Trips) on their website, ANunsLife.org.

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