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As groundbreakings go, the one that took place Nov. 14 at the old St. Paul Lutheran School in Aurora was extra special.

For one thing, this 20-unit development, which will provide affordable housing for those with disabilities, is called Las Rosas, named after Sister Rose Marie Lorentzen, the founder of Hesed House homeless shelter in Aurora who passed away almost a year ago.

All three executive directors of the Aurora area’s three nonprofits who came together to make Las Rosas a reality were certainly thinking of the beloved Catholic nun as those ceremonial shovels went into the ground at 550 Second Ave.

“She lived the Gospel, particularly Matthew 25:40, which says ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers a

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