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Rose Rea

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Rose Rea is the Founder of Radiant and Valiant Magazines, Catholic Magazines for young men and women now owned by Our Sunday Visitor. Growing up in North Dakota, she is a country girl at heart and treasures the rich gift of her Catholic faith, especially the beautiful writings of the Doctors of the Church. Living in San Diego with her military husband, her greatest joy is being a wife and mother to her five busy, little children.

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