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In 'dying' Illinois town, sister becomes a lifeline for the city's poor
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Global Sisters Report - A Project of National Catholic Reporter
Sr. Julia Huiskamp drives past Bottoms Up, one of the four strip clubs in Brooklyn, Illinois.
(GSR photo/Dan Stockman)It's a sunny spring day, and a boy of about 11 has come into the Thomas Terry Community Center looking for his mother.
The Thomas Terry Community Center is a ministry Sr. Julia Huiskamp runs to serve the residents of the Thomas Terry affordable housing complex in Brooklyn, Illinois.
Sr. Julia Huiskamp sits in the Thomas Terry Community Center in Brooklyn, Illinois.
Soon after arriving, she founded Griffin Center, a community center that offers summer camps and after-school programs for kids.
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