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Young women make final 'yes' to God

Sister Kate O'Leary and Sister Alicia Torres became the first fully professed members of the Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago on Oct. 4 at Our Lady of the Angels Church on Chicago's West Side.

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Alicia Torres prays during Mass at Madonna Della Strada Chapel at Loyola University on Feb. 15, 2008. Torres began to discern her vocation to religious life during college.

Photo: CNS photo / Karen Callaway, Catholic New World