2016-04-21 13:48:00

Bishop comforts the parents of slain Kenyan missionary


The four Missionaries of Charity nuns killed in Yemen had courage to defend their faith, Bishop David Kamau the Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi said recently in Nairobi.

The bishop was speaking at the Holy Family Basilica, Nairobi, during a Requiem Mass for the repose of the souls of the late Sr Mary Ansem (India); Sr Mary Judith (Kenya); Sr Mary Marguerite (Rwanda); and Sr Mary Reginette (Rwanda).

The four were among 16 persons killed when terrorists attacked the Mother Teresa home of the aged in Aden, Yemen on 4 March, this year.

“Today we are commemorating the death of the Sisters who died in the course of duty, of defending the faith and living their baptism,” said Bishop Kamau in his homily.

“In our baptism, we are mandated and given a mission. Let us pray that we may carry that mandate and responsibility of keeping the faith,” he added. 

Bishop Kamau observed that in the history of the Church, God uses ordinary people to defeat and shame the strong noting that, “Our sisters were just ordinary individuals who went through the baptism of Jesus” and that “this is an example to follow not just as missionaries but even as Christians.” 

Bishop Kamau further encouraged the Kenyan parents of the late Sr Mary Judith (Anastacia Kanini) to be proud to have had a brave child persecuted for her faith.

“She had the option of coming back but decided to stay there...what courage and what an example of faith! Let us pray that we may have that kind of courage,” he said.

During the Requiem Mass Sr Mary Carmeline (Bernadette Nzembi) another Missionary of Charity sister who was killed 16 years ago in Sierra Leone was also remembered.

(CISA -Nairobi, Kenya)

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