I’m Maria Siciliano from Los Angeles, California. I became a Pauline Cooperator in 2014. What got me motivated to become a Pauline Cooperator was that I enjoyed being with the Sisters and wanted to have what they have!  I liked the mission and work in the bookstore, too. In my daily life and efforts of evangelization as a Pauline Cooperator, I try to approach people and issues in a Christian way and in a joy-filled, proactive way, as I have witnessed among the Sisters. Words that I would share with anyone looking into a “third order” or lay association or wanting be part of a religious spiritual family: “It adds a richness to one’s life, particularly if one is single and doesn’t have family in the local community. It is comforting and hopeful to have the spirituality and family spirit of the Paulines undergirding one’s life and actions.”