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BIOGraphy<br />
The Franciscan Sister<br />
Sister Thereza was born on January 25 th ,1967 In<br />
Barra ao Rio Azul, Rio Grande do Sul. Her parents we're<br />
Immigrations that came from Poland and Russia. At that<br />
time,they had not resources and they had to fight to get what<br />
they want<strong>ed</strong>.<br />
Thereza often mov<strong>ed</strong> the place to live,she went to:<br />
Minas Gerais, Iguaçu, Parana and others. As a child, she liv<strong>ed</strong><br />
away from school and it was necessary to walk 2 kilometers<br />
everyday. In rainy days it was complicat<strong>ed</strong>.<br />
At 15 years, she has been a Franciscan Sister because<br />
she want<strong>ed</strong> to know what it was. Thereza did catechesis,<br />
pray<strong>ed</strong>, visit<strong>ed</strong> schools and help<strong>ed</strong> ne<strong>ed</strong>ly people. She sad: “All<br />
of my family support<strong>ed</strong> me to do that. The day I go back home<br />
I’ll be welcome”.<br />
Years later, Thereza met other sisters that came from<br />
differents places. They have kept schools with the institution<br />
“Manten<strong>ed</strong>ora”, such as: Santa Isabel, Santa Clara, Santo Inacio<br />
and Sao Francisco. They also have given supplies to the parish<br />
of Moema.<br />
Most of the people she has help<strong>ed</strong> are children and<br />
teenagers who have in socially vulnerable situation, but study<br />
for free and have their lives transform<strong>ed</strong> through <strong>ed</strong>ucation and<br />
social assistance. She told “I felt very good when more people<br />
are getting better conditions”.<br />
Sophia Wang<br />
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