Where someone else might see desperation in the face of homelessness, Sister Anne Halpin sees opportunity.
Where another person might feel pity, or even derision, for those on the streets, Halpin feels the motivation to help.
Over the last five years, out of a small shoebox-sized room in the St. Anastasia Catholic Church, Halpin has quietly tended to the needs of the community s most vulnerable population.
Halpin, who grew up in New Jersey, joined the Dominican Order of nuns in 1959, serving in a number of Catholic churches there before finding her way to St. Augustine in 2004. Her original intent was to come for a short stay to help a family member having health issues, but stay she did.