"The 2007 GMC Savana Cargo Van with
200,000 miles on the odometer pulls off the exit a little past 9 o'clock
on this Friday morning.
"It's August 31, one day after the Little
Sisters of the Poor marked the 150th anniversary of the religious
community’s arrival in the United States from France.
Two of these 'begging sisters' in full
white habits are in the back seat, silently reading their prayer books.
While driver Gustavo Magallanes has made good time in the express lane
of the 110 Freeway from San Pedro, they were slow getting started on
their collecting, and the Little Sisters are 15 minutes late.
"Sister Pauline sits back, concern still
creasing her face. They must stop at the meatpacking place first. And
she's well aware that the best pickings at the East Los Angeles food
bank are before the line opens. But, oh, no, now gates are going down at
a train crossing, the lone engine blowing its whistle.
Turning to Sister Maureen O'Grady, the community's other begging nun, she asks: 'Let's pray to St. Joseph?'
"They do. The engine reverses its course. And the gates go up.
"'You see,' Sister Pauline points out to
the ride-along up front from Angelus News. 'I'm telling you, praying to
St. Joseph works.'"
A recent California Catholic Daily article reported on the Little Sisters of the Poor and the begging they do as part of their ministry.
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