(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...
(Sister Paschal Maria Fernicola was baptized Theresa and, after entering the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, had a lifelong interest in the story of the first SCN, Teresa Carrico. Sister Paschal, as we lovingly call her, did the research and shared the writing of this...
Coming from a humble family in a remote village, Karanj Toli, my father, Elizar Bading had two children from his first marriage. After his first wife and a daughter died, he married my mother, Magdalene Hobo. From that marriage, we were two, my brother and I. My own...
Family I, Cornelia Ekka, was born on September 16, 1949, to Francis Ekka and Cecilia Tirkey in Lodhma village, Ghianabahar parish, Kunkuri, Jaspur district in Chhattisgarh. We five children in the order of birth are Magdali, Jacob, Cornelia, Rumula and Linus. My...
As I tell my story, I am overwhelmed and humbled by the presence of God working through my whole life, leading and blessing me through the experience of family, SCN Community and wonderful mission experiences! It is like a beautiful tapestry. I was born in Owensboro,...
…He (God) Comes, Comes, Ever Comes Have you not heard His (God’s) silent steps? He (God) comes, comes, ever comes. Every moment and every age, every day and every night he comes, comes, ever comes. Many a song have I sung in many a mood of mind, but all their notes...
My name is Brigit Scaria Rathappillil, and I am the fourth child in my family. I was born on May 26, 1949, in a traditional Catholic family in Kalloorkad village and parish of Kothamangalam Diocese, Ernakulam district in Kerala. My father, Scaria Rathappillil and...
I was born, on the 30th of March 1946, to the late Mr. Mathew Velleringatt and Mrs. Aleykutty Elavumkal. My father married twice, and in his first marriage he had three children. They were, in order,: Devasia, Michael, Mariakutty, (Sister Gemma, Our Lady of Fatima) In...
Born on March 19, 1949, I, Kutty (Teresa Madassery) am the eldest daughter of Ouseph (Pappu) and Annamma Madassery. We belong to St. Mary’s parish in Mookkannoor, Ernakulam district in Kerala. My father was the eldest of seven children, five sisters and a brother. We...
Sister Rose Eleanor Perry, SCN, Reflects on Her Life Sister Rose Eleanor wrote the following in response to questions on application forms for Clinical-pastoral Education and Chaplaincy, in 1977 and 1987. She gave me these papers a few days before she died. I have...
