Working for a Better World
Working For a Better World
Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo
CEO and President, Catholic Relief Services
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Contents
By Fr. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
Part I: God Has Always Been There
“… I Would Get Down on My Knees and Pray”
“… Not Pros and Cons, but Joy and Fears”
Letting Go: From Hong Kong to America
Part II: God Sends Us to Neighbors
By Cardinal Seán O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.
Foreword
By Fr. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
Meet my friend. Dr. Carolyn Woo makes that easy as she visits us in the pages of her new book, Working for a Better World. It is difficult to be totally objective about one’s friends, and I don’t claim to be. I do want you to get to know Carolyn Woo, though, because she is courageous, competent, and committed. She is clearly led by the Holy Spirit: mind and heart. Meet a daughter, sibling, wife, and mother: a person who lives what she teaches and in the process has come to see all as neighbor.
When communism took over mainland China, Carolyn Woo’s parents left their ancestral homes for Hong Kong. Thus, she identifies with refugees because her family was displaced and had to start over. The efforts of Carolyn’s family and nanny were complemented by her education with the Maryknoll