She has great job for the right applicant.(Sr. Margaret McCaffrey searches for new head of Christian Services Program in Shreveport, Louisiana)(Brief Article)(Cover Story)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: September 26, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Don't read this story. It's a trap. The punchline is that someone's dangling a typical Catholic job offer: low pay, no promotions and lots of hard work. Including raising money.

The someone is Sr. Margaret McCaffrey, who arrived here in 1970 broke and with no plan, and ended up as one of the largest slumlords in the city.

Now McCaffrey, 69, is dying. She is less concerned about death from her relentless lung cancer than she is about the survival of the Christian Service Program.

So she's searching -- for a person, a couple or a team that can ...

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