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Running for the love of the Lord and the mission

Sister Stephanie Baliga, 27, and "Team OLA" ran the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct. 11, raising almost $70,000 for the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels.

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Father Bob Lombardo thanks Franciscan Sister Stephanie Baliga, 27, for her organizing "Team OLA" for the Bank of America Chicago event. The marathon team and their families gathered for a pre-race dinner on Oct. 10 Our Lady of the Angels church hall. Baliga, a Franciscan of the Eucharist of Chicago, ran in her fifth Bank of America Chicago Marathon Oct. 11 to raise almost $70,000 along with the other "TEAM OLA" members for the mission.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World