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Lyntoria Newton was in Atlanta last year, visiting her family for the holidays, when a news story about a pair of nuns came on TV. It profiled the Merced-based Sisters of the Valley - Christine "Kate" Meeusen and her apprentice Darcy Johnson - not for their religious servitude or generosity...

Lyntoria Newton was in Atlanta last year, visiting her family for the holidays, when a news story about a pair of nuns came on TV. It profiled the Merced-based Sisters of the Valley - Christine "Kate" Meeusen and her apprentice Darcy Johnson - not for their religious servitude or generosity...

The Catholic Church often teaches that there is redemption in suffering, but the spiritual Sisters of the Valley hope to alleviate suffering through a centuries-old tradition familiar to many cloisters and abbeys. They make salves and lotions and tinctures from plants that are lovingly grown...