Carey Kasten (Author) Carey Kasten is an associate professor of Spanish language and literature at Fordham University. She researches contemporary Spanish culture and Spanish-speaking communities in New York City. She is the author of The Cultural Politics of Twentieth- Century Spanish Theater: Representing the Auto Sacramental (Bucknell, 2012). Dr. Kasten works with the Kino Border Initiative to take students to the Arizona- Mexico border and learn about the complex realities of migration. In 2021, she curated "Hostile Terrain 94," an art installation that depicts the loss of migrant life in the Sonoran desert, at Fordham University's Lipani Gallery.Brenna Moore (Author) Brenna Moore is a professor of theology at Fordham University. She is a specialist in the area of modern Christianity, with a focus on Catholic intellectual and cultural history in twentieth- century Europe. Her most recent book is Kindred Spirits: Friendship and Resistance at the Edges of Modern Catholicism (Chicago, 2021), in which she explores a community of Catholic artists and thinkers who responded creatively to the far-right surges of xenophobia and nationalism in the mid- twentieth century. She is a longtime volunteer at the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service and serves on their board of directors.

• Foreword by Norma Benítez Sánchez ixIntroduction: Humanizing Stories: Relationships and Beginnings 11. "The Power of Growth Is in Relationship":The History of the Little Sisters of the Assumption Nuns in East Harlem, 1865– 1970 212. "LSA Is Like a Second Home": The Story of Melina Gonzalez 623. Voices from the Neighborhood: Immigrant Mothers at Little Sisters 874. Mutuality for a New Era 122Epilogue: On Sister Susanne's Passing and the Shadow Side 165Acknowledgments 179Appendix: Data on Mothers Interviewed 183Notes 185Index 199

Carey Kasten (Author) Carey Kasten is an associate professor of Spanish language and literature at Fordham University. She researches contemporary Spanish culture and Spanish-speaking communities in New York City. She is the author of The Cultural Politics of Twentieth- Century Spanish Theater: Representing the Auto Sacramental (Bucknell, 2012). Dr. Kasten works with the Kino Border Initiative to take students to the Arizona- Mexico border and learn about the complex realities of migration. In 2021, she curated "Hostile Terrain 94," an art installation that depicts the loss of migrant life in the Sonoran desert, at Fordham University's Lipani Gallery.Brenna Moore (Author) Brenna Moore is a professor of theology at Fordham University. She is a specialist in the area of modern Christianity, with a focus on Catholic intellectual and cultural history in twentieth- century Europe. Her most recent book is Kindred Spirits: Friendship and Resistance at the Edges of Modern Catholicism (Chicago, 2021), in which she explores a community of Catholic artists and thinkers who responded creatively to the far-right surges of xenophobia and nationalism in the mid- twentieth century. She is a longtime volunteer at the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service and serves on their board of directors.

• Foreword by Norma Benítez Sánchez ixIntroduction: Humanizing Stories: Relationships and Beginnings 11. "The Power of Growth Is in Relationship":The History of the Little Sisters of the Assumption Nuns in East Harlem, 1865– 1970 212. "LSA Is Like a Second Home": The Story of Melina Gonzalez 623. Voices from the Neighborhood: Immigrant Mothers at Little Sisters 874. Mutuality for a New Era 122Epilogue: On Sister Susanne's Passing and the Shadow Side 165Acknowledgments 179Appendix: Data on Mothers Interviewed 183Notes 185Index 199

Carey Kasten (Author) Carey Kasten is an associate professor of Spanish language and literature at Fordham University. She researches contemporary Spanish culture and Spanish-speaking communities in New York City. She is the author of The Cultural Politics of Twentieth- Century Spanish Theater: Representing the Auto Sacramental (Bucknell, 2012). Dr. Kasten works with the Kino Border Initiative to take students to the Arizona- Mexico border and learn about the complex realities of migration. In 2021, she curated "Hostile Terrain 94," an art installation that depicts the loss of migrant life in the Sonoran desert, at Fordham University's Lipani Gallery.Brenna Moore (Author) Brenna Moore is a professor of theology at Fordham University. She is a specialist in the area of modern Christianity, with a focus on Catholic intellectual and cultural history in twentieth- century Europe. Her most recent book is Kindred Spirits: Friendship and Resistance at the Edges of Modern Catholicism (Chicago, 2021), in which she explores a community of Catholic artists and thinkers who responded creatively to the far-right surges of xenophobia and nationalism in the mid- twentieth century. She is a longtime volunteer at the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service and serves on their board of directors.

• Foreword by Norma Benítez Sánchez ixIntroduction: Humanizing Stories: Relationships and Beginnings 11. "The Power of Growth Is in Relationship":The History of the Little Sisters of the Assumption Nuns in East Harlem, 1865– 1970 212. "LSA Is Like a Second Home": The Story of Melina Gonzalez 623. Voices from the Neighborhood: Immigrant Mothers at Little Sisters 874. Mutuality for a New Era 122Epilogue: On Sister Susanne's Passing and the Shadow Side 165Acknowledgments 179Appendix: Data on Mothers Interviewed 183Notes 185Index 199