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María Ruiz Scaperlanda

María Ruiz Scaperlanda is an award-winning journalist and author of The Shepherd Who Didn't Run: Blessed Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma (Our Sunday Visitor). She and her husband, Michael, live in Norman, Oklahoma. 

We Pay It Forward

María Ruiz Scaperlanda December 19, 2022

It was a huge bag of peaches that took two kids to carry. I thanked them for their thoughtfulness, reflecting to myself, Who brings fruit from their backyard to the previous owners of their house?  “It’s our pleasure, María! You and your family planted the seeds and watered them, and the bountiful harvest is here

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No Greater Love: Operation Pedro Pan

María Ruiz Scaperlanda May 22, 2020

At the age of 10, Oscar Pichardo left behind his parents, friends, possessions and native land. Oscar and his brother Jesœs were among 14,048 unaccompanied Cuban minors between the ages of six and 18 who were airlifted out of Cuba to the United States after Fidel Castro took power. Their parents were not allowed to leave Cuba.

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