FLATLANDS — An unlikely friendship between a Brooklyn family and a group of cloistered nuns living in a monastery has lasted more than two decades and is still thriving today. This is the story of the Antonio Family and the sisters from the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin Matara.
The friendship was such that when the Antonios celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2012…
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