Memories of Moments of Life Family Born on November 30, 1950, at Marygiri Hospital (IHM) in Bharanaganam, I was brought up in a traditional Catholic family in Kerala, South India. Deeply rooted in faith, my parents, Mathai Ezhaparampil and Mariam handed down that...
My parents gave birth to three girls and a boy, the first three in successive years: 1928, 1929, 1930, and the fourth in 1935. My older sister was named for my mother, Mary Leona. I am the second oldest, born on May 22, 1929. Since this is the feast of St. Rita, I was...
Memories of moments of my life and services in the community and mission. The pilgrimage of my life’s journey commenced on the 16th of January, 1942, in the family of Mr. Mani Philip Gnavally-Puthenpurayil and Mariamma Kuruvila in the parish of Sacred Heart Church,...
March 15, 1946, I, Ann (Annakutty) Muthukattil, was born into the large family of the late Chandy and Annamma Muthukattil as the fourth of eventually ten children: four boys and six girls. My siblings are: Joseph, Aleyamma (Sister Fabian), Mathew (late Father Mathew),...
I was born on 19th July 1949 in Perambra, Trissur District, Kerala as the sixth child of seven siblings. My parents, Ouseph Moyalan and Rosamma, were devout Catholics and brought us up in faith and a prayerful atmosphere. They lost four of their children in their...
The Marie Menard Committee, which has members in all three provinces, works to collect and preserve SCN history by recording the stories of individual Sisters. You may have noticed some of the stories in the nightly news or perhaps your own story has been featured. If...
I was born on 16th February, 1947, as the fourth child of the Mulackal family in Bharananganam, Kottayam District, Kerala. My parents were the late Mr. Varkey Chandy and Aleyamma. I have two brothers, the first the late Joseph MC, and George, MC, then five girls, the...
I, Carol Ann McKean, was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio on February 26, 1942, to Leo and Dorothy Logue McKean. I was the third of four children, all born within a six-year period. This allowed for plenty of playmates, siblings and mutual friends. Our kitchen was...
“I believe that God always accompanies me and sustains me!” Family background: I am the youngest of eight children, five brothers and three sisters. My family was part of a small village, Bhaimunda, Kurdeg parish in Simdega Diocese, Jharkhand. We were a devout...
(The remarks of this interviewer are in italics.) (“Yes, I attended a Catholic high school in South Boston, Massachusetts but it was not an SCN staffed school. I did not know any SCNs then.” These words of Sister Jackie, as we call Sister Jacqueline Lucy Aceto, show...
Edna Victoria Fabre was born on April 28, 1937, in Yauco, Puerto Rico. Her parents were Antonio Fabre and Leonor Rodriguez. Her brother, Jose Antonio was ten months younger than she. Edna’s mother died when she was ten months old. She and her brother were raised by...
(The remarks of the interviewer are in italics. Sister is referred to by both her baptismal name ‘Mary Anne’ and her religious name ‘Marianna’ in this story.) Robert Burkardt (Bob) and Blanche Rose Hoff (Blanche) celebrated their marriage in St. Anthony Parish on the...
Woman of courage, compassion, long suffering, your number is legion, your gifts diverse, your goal ONE and the same to serve your God through loving service! Sister Xavier Valiakunnackal, SCN, was a witness to the Word of God in twenty-five dioceses of India for over...
Preeti Chalil, a martyr for the kingdom of God on earth, was brutally murdered on the night of February 13, 1993 at her mission in Teenkune, Dharan in East Nepal. Preeti was born on July 26, 1950 to Kuruvilla Chalil and Thersiamma Vettathu at Bharanaganam in Kerala,...
Gentle and loving, Sister Mary Jude (Henrietta) Howard is more than a memory. She is a living presence, still with us like a mother as she rests in peace at the cemetery in Mokama. With gratitude we remember Sister Mary Jude for her forty-one long years of simple and...
Wounded yet Chosen, Rose Kochithara, SCN Bared All in Total Self-Emptying I thank my Creator God in whose holiness I was conceived, who chose me even before the world was made, made hidden plans for me! Sister Rose Kochithara is fondly remembered for her modern art...
(Sister Mary Serra and I agreed that we would collaborate on her blessed life story. I would listen, write a draft and she would rewrite or change in whatever way was agreeable to her. Her life has taken many interesting turns from a loving happy family in Illinois,...
Sister Pat speaks fondly of her parents, Sylvester Hill and Elizabeth Meyers Hill. Her mother was born in Paducah, Kentucky, and later, the family moved to Louisville. Her father was born in the West End of Louisville. Sylvester and Elizabeth were both members of the...
According to my mother, I was born on a very hot August 1, 1941, at St. Joseph Infirmary, Louisville Kentucky. All she wanted was a fan and a box of chocolates. She got them both. Mother Anna Mae Greenwood and father Louis Ferriell were very happy with a second...
One who Abides in God’s Love Love is for sharing, and it did not take away the pain, but in this suffering there is joy. This is what Sunanda always believed and she found her joy in being poor with the poor till her very end. She laid down her life in radical...
