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Ricarda Vincent, SSJ
Sister
Home parish: St. Andrew, Erie, PA
Sister Ricarda Vincent, SSJ, was born Shirley Vincent in Erie, Pennsylvania, on December 29, 1931. She grew up in the St. Andrew Parish community and graduated from Strong Vincent High School in 1949. From an early age, Sister Ricarda was drawn to the spiritual life. She remembers being attracted to the quiet of the church and to the sense that somehow God was present there.…