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Maryknoll Sr. Melinda Roper, center, in Darien, Panama, working at the Maryknoll Sisters Pastoral Care Center. The center is located in the Panamanian rainforest and has a model farm, conserving some 96 acres of the surrounding rainforest and letting it grow back with native plants and animals. The center is one of the congregation's environmental ministries. (Courtesy of the Maryknoll Sisters)
Maryknoll Sr. Melinda Roper, center, in Darien, Panama, working at the Maryknoll Sisters Pastoral Care Center. The center is located in the Panamanian rainforest and has a model farm, conserving some 96 acres of the surrounding rainforest.