Red Cross honours nun for donating blood

(June 29, 2011) A nun in Hong Kong has been honoured by the Red Cross for having donated her blood 53 times over the last 29 years. The local Red Cross honoured Sister Anna Chin, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Precious Blood, on June 19- on the Feast of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, according to the diocesan newspaper "Kung Kao Po."
Sister Chin told the diocesan weekly that donating her blood was an act of charity, and that being healthy enough to donate blood is also a blessing.
"I will pray for those who get my blood, and that the person may have a chance to know the love of God and have his blessings," she said. The Precious Blood Sisters is the first local women religious congregation in Hong Kong. Some 1,600 people were honoured for having donated blood over 25 times in the past years.