[1] She gave up her post at the Philippine Air Force as a switchboard operator and accounting clerk and enrolled at the Institute for Catechetics in Manila to prepare for full-time work as a catechist.

On 1 April 1990, through the recommendation of Cardinal Jaime Sin, Franco received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award from Pope John Paul II for her exemplary service as a lay catechist.

[1] In 2002, Ka Luring received the Mother Teresa Award, a project of AY Foundation Inc. and the Manila Jaycees, for her work with the poor and needy.

[4] In July 2024, the Diocese of Pasig received a letter from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints granting nihil obstat allowing to commence its local inquiry for Franco's cause of beatification.

[6] Meantime, Dr. Erickson Javier, the postulator for the cause of Ka Luring submitted the “supplex libellus” to Bishop Vergara, who created a Historical Commission on Franco’s works and contributions.