My vocation story begins like this.
I was born as the third child of my parents. I have two older brothers and one younger brother. My father was a dentist and my mother a homemaker. My mother had a great devotion to Our Lady and had prayed to her daily for a girl child. So, I was born as the third child, the only daughter to my parents. I was attached to my parents. I never left my parents even for half-a-day. There was a spirit of devotion and prayer in the family. We grew up in an atmosphere of great love and blessings of God.
Once, after the 10th standard final exams, I had gone to Church. After Mass, a certain sister from the Franciscan Congregation came along with me till the bus stop and she kept talking about the people struggling for justice in the North East and other parts of India. Two days later, I told my parents that I wanted to become a nun. They did not believe me! I had never stayed away from my parents. I was loved very much and petted as a child. Since my mother’s teacher was the Superior General of the Congregation of St. Anne, Bangalore (SAB), she suggested that I join them. So, I joined the SABs.
Sr Maria Matilda SAB
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