photo by Jim Lockman

Sister Claudia Cano, a native of Raymondville, Texas, was recently received into the Sisters of Mercy – South Central Community. The reception ceremony took place on June 24, 2010, during the Community’s Assembly at the Concord Convention Center outside of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Sister Claudia is from Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Raymondville and is the daughter of Jorge and Dora Cano. Since entering the Sisters of Mercy in 2008, Sister Claudia has volunteered at Whiteside Clinic in Springfield, Missouri, and with Daughters of Charity Health Services in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is spending the summer working with ARISE in Alamo, Texas. In August, she will enter the novitiate of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy in Laredo, Texas. During the novitiate phase of the incorporation process, Sister Claudia will engage in prayer, study vows, minister with other novices and live in community.

Total time of the video below is 3 minutes, 51 seconds.