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The Jesuit Post, April 18, 2017
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">I knew from the playful twinkle in her eyes, the seriousness on the rest of her face, and the way she said &ldquo;long&rdquo; that she didn&rsquo;t mean her mother had been the parish secretary before her. She meant her family had been working for the Church for a very, very long time &mdash; and not by choice.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">I had just met a descendant of slaves. I, a Maryland Province Jesuit and alumnus of Georgetown University, was standing face-to-face with a woman whose biological forebears were the slaves of my spiritual forebears. I don&rsquo;t think my jaw dropped, but my heart certainly fell.</span></div>
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<a href="https://thejesuitpost.org/2017/04/sins-of-the-past-and-hope-for-the-future/">FULL ARTICLE&gt;&gt;</a></div>