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Our family was lucky. Or at least that’s what my parents told me. “We got out of Cuba just in time. ” First my mother, with my two siblings and me, in 1960. Then my father, shortly before the revolutionaries appropriated the family business

As Catholic parents, we play an important role as models and primary educators in the faith for our children. Just as we guide and nurture them spiritually as they grow, we do the same for their personal development as well. But what happens if your child doesn’t exactly toe the line you’ve laid out for him or her?

Sister Rose is celebrating 15 years with this magazine as the author of “Reel Time, ” and I’ve had the privilege of working with her as the editor of that column. In those years, I’ve learned that her gracious demeanor masks a startling intellect.

It has been a fantastic journey, these past six decades in the life of Carolyn Woo. It is a tale as much Ian Fleming as Thomas Merton, two parts nose-to-the-grindstone for each part prayer of international intrigue, hard work, excellence in all attempted, and faith beyond understanding.