An Indian nun who was a missionary in southern Ethiopia on February 21 died in Indore, central India, following a lost battle with cancer. She was 88.
Sr. Jacintha Mattappallil, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Mary of the Angels (FSMA), passed away at Betma near Indore in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
The funeral will be on February 22 at Mhow (Dr. Ambedkar Nagar), a town in the Indore district of Madhya Pradesh.
Sr. Jacintha had been in Shashemene School for the Blind in Ethiopia for 50 years.
She worked for five decades looking after thousands of malnourished, deaf, and blind children in southern Ethiopia, said Dr. Raju George, a close associate of Sr. Jacintha.
“I had been fortunate enough to witness her missionary zeal during my four-year stint at Debub University while assisting the United Nations' Development Program (UNDP) in Ethiopia,” said George, an Indian.
“She reminds me of St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta,” he added.
Fr. Chrysostom of the Cross and Sr. M. Chrysostom of the Cross founded the FSMA congregation in 1871 in Angers, France, at the request of the Bishop of Angers.
The members of FSMA work in education, socio-medical apostolate, and evangelization, serving the poor, caring for the sick, and supporting the church and the world.
They are present in France, England, India, Ethiopia, Brazil, and Tanzania.
Radio Veritas Asia (RVA), a media platform of the Catholic Church, aims to share Christ. RVA started in 1969 as a continental Catholic radio station to serve Asian countries in their respective local language, thus earning the tag “the Voice of Asian Christianity.” Responding to the emerging context, RVA embraced media platforms to connect with the global Asian audience via its 21 language websites and various social media platforms.
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