First Profession in Bangladesh: sr. Provati Mardi

Gudivada School (India) 1968 R.C.M. School Gudivada (Roman Catholic Mission School, can be read on the board). The school of reeds and straw is very dark. So, sr. Serena takes class in the courtyard under the neem tree. We can see the presence of small girls (and not only boys!) in between the school benches.

We are in Gudivada, the first community of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate opened in India in 1948, which over the years has grown in number of sisters, nationality (in 1954 it accepts the first vocations from India) and of activities: such as a clinic, an equipped hospital and a school that serve the whole surrounding area. So, in 1967, sr. Edvige Zanfrini – above – while visits a pa...