Finding Purpose: Karina’s Path from Foster Care to Prayerful Living

In this episode of we welcome Karina Nytko, the 2024 recipient of the CCAT Father Paul Lennon/Doreen Cullen Social Work Scholarship, and a social work student at York University. Karina shares her powerful journey, reflecting on how finding faith and purpose radically changed her life—from growing up in foster care, to transformative experiences at World Youth Day in Portugal and the Jubilee pilgrimage in Italy. Karina reveals how her understanding of prayer has shifted from a family tradition to a personal and intentional practice, and how hope, resilience, and forgiveness shape her life and her relationships.