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Sister Nuala Ryan, right, works to communicate and comfort a client at a recent Sunday service at Lanterman Developmental Center in Pomona. After 23 years as the center's music therapist and Catholic chaplain, Ryan is retiring in two weeks.

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( Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times )

Sister Nuala Ryan, right, works to communicate and comfort a client at a recent Sunday service at Lanterman Developmental Center in Pomona. After 23 years as the center's music therapist and Catholic chaplain, Ryan is retiring in two weeks.

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