When Sophie Corporan completed her early registration for the 2010 Stewardship Kaleidoscope Conference, she had no idea what life had in store for her.
On Feb. 24, less than a month before the conference was to convene in Indianapolis, Corporan’s husband, Marcelino, died of complications from an aortic aneurysm. His sudden, unexpected death at the age of 59 found Corporan and her family not only in deep grief, but also making arrangements for Marcelino’s burial in his native Dominican Republic.
Upon returning to New Jersey just one week before the conference’s March 15 opening, Corporan prayerfully decided to follow through …