![]() Sister is quick to emphasize that she doesn’t like to be called a healer. The Lord taught her little by little and she began to use her hands and prayers to help His people. His hands and His wounds are in her hands. She felt that she didn’t have time for this. Sister Dulce did not want to initially accept the Lord’s call. I thought I had been dreaming, but I realized now that it was a vision through which I received the invisible stigmata,” Sister shared. Then He told me ‘Put your hands where it hurts.’ When I placed my hands on the pain, it completely disappeared and I woke up. The Lord asked me ‘What is wrong.’ I said ‘I am in terrible pain.’ The Lord said, ‘Show me your hands’ and when I did my hands were transparent like glass and inside my hands were His hands, wounds and all. A vision sounds pretentious, but what really happened was while praying, I felt a tremendous pain. ![]() She would just work all the time sometimes going three days without sleep. Leo’s, Sister said she put herself on the back burner. They said, ‘We have a mother among us.’”ĭuring the five years she was at St. Even though we had a few drug addicts hanging out, the people were helped. “We would even have a dance every now and then. Leo’s Mission provided for the basic spiritual, physical and cultural needs of the people. “Girls could go there for prenatal care we found free food, clothing, and shelter for the needy we were allowed to use the parish’s thrift store, where the people could go and get free clothing and, this clinic was open to all of God’s people, regardless of the faith they practiced” Sister explained. Through Sister’s efforts and her concern for God’s people, she was also able to help establish a clinic fully-staffed with doctors and nurses. There was a great need for us to continue and celebrate the Spanish culture.” So, knowing the importance of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the Spanish people, Sister along with the people, made a nine-day novena with the special intention of opening a social center. She also remembers, “The immigration officers and police were very nice to all the people, but there was a language barrier. “I found jobs, hospitals, doctors, apartments and made sure they had clothes and shelter,” she shared. ![]() At times, women had been assaulted or raped while crossing the border,” recalls Sister. In some cases, there were as many as eight families staying in one place. “People there had very little food or clothing, no work, and some had no place to stay. Sister Dulce became an associate pastoral assistant and the priest, who was administering two parishes, told her ‘make up your own budget – you are on your own.’īesides preparing the residents for receiving the Sacraments, Sister also translated for the residents. She got permission to stay there and began with a zero budget. What she found in Solana Beach was a small town with tremendous needs. She soon learned that the Lord had plans for her. ![]() But in my prayer life, the Lord was telling me, ‘This is where I want you to come.’” Sister remembers initially being unhappy. Although she had been a teacher and a principal, nothing prepared her for what she would face in the Mexican-American mission community in Solana Beach. Leo’s Mission in Solana Beach, California for a summer. Sister left the Mojave Desert for her next assignment which brought her to St. She fluently speaks English and Spanish, and at times the Lord has lifted other language barriers so that Sister can communicate effectively with those visiting from other countries. While she joined the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Corpus Christi, her first assignment was in the heart of the Mojave Desert. She did extensive studies in psychology and at one time thought that she might want to focus in that field, but opted for teaching. Sister Dulce earned a bachelor’s, masters and a doctorate in education and administration.
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