AFRICA : KENYA : RIP SR. REDENTA NABEI OF CONSOLATA COMMUNITY

CISA REPORT:
120613_0033Funeral Sr Redempta
NAIROBI, June 15, 2012 (CISA) -A somber mood engulfed the Consolata Community in Kenya as they buried one of their own, Sister Redenta Maree Nabei in a requiem mass held at the Flora Hostel Chapel in Nairobi on Wednesday June 13.
The late Sr Nabei died on Friday June 8, 2012 at the Nairobi Hospital.
The mass was celebrated by His Lordship Bishop Giorgio Bertini of Djibouti where Sr Redenta was doing her missionary work with Caritas.
In his homily, Bishop Bertini described Sr Redenta as a dutiful Christian loved by her family, congregation, and community. “She was beautiful when she was smiling. Her smile was enlightening. Our hearts are broken at her loss,” he said.
Sr Anna Paqui, Superior General of Consolata sisters in Djibouti, described Sr Redenta as an ever peaceful and smiling sister. “She was generous and welcoming to people in the apostolate and the sisters. She always took time to listen to people,” she said.
Her brother Richard Loyale referred to her as an “intimate friend at all times who was frank and sincere.”
In attendance were nuns and priests from the Consolata Community, family, friends, and other faithful including Fr Rodento, the parish priest of her native Baragoi Parish. “Sr Redenta has showed us the way of living a Christian missionary life,” said Fr Rodento.
Sr Redenta was born in Baragoi, Samburu County on March 27, 1971. She made her perpetual vows on March, 2008.
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